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Monday is 1.44 Day in Trail HL teams chase Smith By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Castlegar native Jim Smith is on the verge of signing 2 National Hockey League contract. The 22-year-old University of Denver defenseman has a string of NHL teams looking at him, but Smith won't say which team he favors until all the offers have rolled in. Clubs which have expressed an interest in him Flyers, currently completing his last quarter of university for a degree in business management. Smith played minor hockey in Castlegar and also saw action with the Rebels for one season before being invited to Denver. He said he's happy he chose the college route, “I got a full college education out of it,” he said, noting that most players in the major Junior A hockey include P Oilers, V Canucks, Minnesota North Stars, Chicago Black Hawks, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers, Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins. “It helps to be a free agent,” Smith says. He adds that he'll probably sign with a team in June. His agent, Toronto lawyer Don Meehan, is talking with the various teams. Smith notes that the advantage of not being drafted earty in his college career is the ability to choose the team he wants to play for. Waiting until after he has finished his college career has also given Smith time to mature. He says that going to school in Denver and living on his own have helped him “grow up a lot.” The son of Harry Smith, a member of the 1961 world champion Trail Smoke Eaters, Jim Smith has been playing the last four years for University of Denver Pioneers, where he is on a hockey scholarship. Smith is dont even finish high school. Although it has been tough getting through university, Smith says it will help him later in life. He says playing in the NHL is something every hockey player dreams about but it’s different now because he’s finally going to realize his Smith played forward for the Rebels and the Pioneers before making the switch to defense. In his second year at the University of Denver, the team lost a lot of defensemen and Smith was asked to take up a position on the blueline because of his size and his skating ability. Although the transition took a while, after the first year Smith became steady on defense. In fact, now Smith actually prefers defense to the forward line. “You can see the whole game (on defense),” whereas on the forward line the player is “creating the whole ruckus. “I still get to rush with the puck,” Smith said. “I'd still like to score all the goals,” he said, adding that he makes it to the net “now and then.” This past season was Smith's best at the University of Denver. In his first year at Denver (as a forward) he picked up 28 points. When he switched to defense his point total diminished to 18, rising to 26 the next year and whopping 50 points this year. Smith said the reason for his improvement this year was being more offensive-minded, packing the puck more and making more plays. Smith has also been fortunate to have had no major injuries to hamper his hockey career. “The worst was a charlie horse in the leg.” he said. “T'm very lucky,” Smith said, noting that at one point this season it seemed like the whole team was injured. The team lost three players for the season — two to knee injuries and one with a back injury. In spite of the setbacks, the team had a good year. After winning the Western Collegiate Hockey Associa- tion championship, Denver placed fourth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association after losing to Harvard and Minnesota. Of the 25 members of the Pioneers, 18 are from Canada and 12 of those are from B.C. Former members of the Pioneers now in.the NHL include Dwight Mathiasen now playing with Pittsburgh Penguins, Glen Anderson, Dave MeNabb and Rich Preston. bs JA SMITH . verge of NHL contract Jeremy Drazdofi, Ryan Fer- riera, Craig Hawkins, Shaun Horeoff, Ryan Kinakin, Ben Koorbatoff, Philip Laporte, Brent Neumann, Adam Rod- gers and Ryan Stoochnoff. Castlegar won all four games. On Good Friday. Castlegar played Trail, win ning 5-2. Goal scorers were: Brent Neumann with two and singles to Jeremy Drazdoff and Darrin Belanger. Most valuable player was Shaun Horcoff. Saturday morning. Castle gar played Beaver Valley's white team. The score was 4-3. Goal scorers were: Philip Laports with two goals and singles to Ben Koorbatofi, and Shaun Horcoff. Most valuable player was Robert Case. Saturday afternoon Castlegar played Beaver Valley's Orange Team. the seore was 51. Goal scorers were: Philip Laporte and Dennis Clow with two each and Ryan Ferriera with one goal. Most valuable player was Craig Hawkins Sunday morning Castlegar played Rossland, the score was 70. Goal scorers were Jeremy Drazdoff and Brent Neumann with two each and Philip Laporte, Ben Koorba TROUNCE TORONTO Hartford i HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Goaltender Mike Liut, a major reason why the Whalers qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs this season, stopped 20 shots Saturday night as Hartford downed Toronto 7-1 en route to their first NHL postseason action in six years. Liut, playing for the 15th straight game, had plenty of support as the Whalers, on 11-3-2 roll since March 2, clinched fourth spot in the Adams Division. The Whalers last qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1980 — the team’s first season in the NHL. Hartford will play Quebec in the Adams Division first round series which begins Wednesday. FLYERS 4 PENGUINS 3 PITTSBURGH — Ilkka Sinisalo scored his second goal of the game 1:49 into overtime to give Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over Pittsburgh and eliminate the Penguins from post-season play for the fourth consecutive year. Pittsburgh's loss automatically gave New York Rangers, who tied Washington Capitals, the fourth and final playoff spot in the Patrick Division. Pittsburgh mishandled the puck, Sinisalo grabbed it and fired a backhander past Gilles Meloche from 10 feet to give Philadelphia its fourth consecutive win. NORTH STARS 5 RED WINGS 3 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Goals 1:05 apart by Willi Plett and Craig Hartsburg late in the second period lifted Minnesota North Stars to a 5-3 victory over Detroit Red Wings, clinching second place in the Norris Division for Minnesota and giving Detroit its worst record in modern club history. BLUES 7 BLACKHAWKS 5 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rick Meagher scored early in the third period then ‘added an empty-net goal with 81 seconds left, giving St. Louis Blues a 7-5 triumph over Chicago that prevented the Blackhawks from winning the Norris Division n playoffs ISLANDERS 7 DEVILS 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Kromm scored two goals and Pat LaFontaine added a goal and two assists as New York Islanders continued their home-ice domination of New Jersey Devils with a 7-1 victory. Kromm scored goals in the second and third periods for the Islanders, who improved their record against the Devils at the Nassau Coliseum to 28-1-3. New York took command early with goals in the first period by Gord Dineen, LaFontaine and Bryan Trottier. CANADIENS 4 SABRES 2 MONTREAL (CP) — Mats Naslund set up three goals to break an NHL record for the most assists in a season for a left winger to lead Montreal Canadiens to a 42 triumph over Buffalo Sabres. The win in their last regular season game gave Montreal 87 points, one more than Boston Bruins, who tied Quebec Nordiques 1-1. For the Bruins to move into second place and have home-ice advantage in their Adams Division playoff against the Canadiens starting Wednesday, Boston would have to win today at home against Hartford. Buffalo's loss combined with the Whalers’ win over Toronto eliminated the Sabres from the playoffs for the first time since 1974. BRUINS 2 NORDIQUES 2 QUEBEC (CP) — Keith Crowder scored his 36th goal with less than six minutes left in the third period to lift Boston Bruins into a 2-2 tie with Quebec Nordiques. The draw means the Bruins can clinch second place in the Adams Division if they defeat Hartford Whalers at home tonight With the Bruins holding a man-advantage Crowder took Barry Pederson’s pass from behind the net and fired a low Z 2 yl toff and Ryan Ferriera with singles. Most valuable player DOUBLE-TEAMED was Philip Laporte Selkirk Saint goes up and over two Midway players to get off shot during eight-team invitational basketball tournament Saturday at Selkirk Coaches of the Castlegar College. Besides Selkirk College and Midway, teams include, Trail, Nelson, Bon team were Lee Belanger and "@*'S Ferry, Cranbrook, Brewster and Vernon. Final game is today at-4 p.m Gerry Rodgers CostiewsFhoto by Ron Norman Mr. October set for spring MESA. ARIZ. (AP) — Mr. October, in the autumn of his career, is not ready for the darkness Reggis Jackson. who turns 40 next month, seems to have come to terms with several emotional issues, including his retirement from baseball, and his role as a designated hitter “I love the game as much as ever or I wouldn't be here,” he said during a spring training break. “I'm not good enough to have half my heart in it and do well.” Jackson said he has accepted the unlikelihood of lasting two more seasons with California Angels. Also, he said. there's no bitterness about owner Gene Autry’s decision to wait and see how Jackson plays this season before offering him another $1 million or so for 1987 “That was their stance,” Jackson said, acknowledging it means his career is set “only for the next six months. As it is, Jackson will earn $975,000 in 1986. “If you go out and hit .190 or .200, you have to graéiously say, ‘It's been a good ride, but it's over.” As for his strictly DH role, Jackson said he wasn't totally in the dark about manager Gene Mauch's decision to replace him in right field with 36-year-old George Hendrick. “It hasn't been written, but I talked with Gene Mauch about it a couple of times before last season ended,” said the slugger known as Mr. October for his World Series heroics with New York Yankees. “I prepared myself for it. “I'm coming to appreciate it,” Jackson said of his new role. “I don't have to worry about shagging fly balls all the time, don't have to be running on and off the field “I don't think I'll be unhappy if I'm never out there with a glove again. I was out there enough.” Jackson has hit 530 home runs in his career. “I don't know what his true thoughts are.” Mauch said. “But he told me he'll do what we think is best and I assume he meant it “All I know is, he's in great physical shape, the best I've seen him in five years.” Jackson said he’s trained hard to look that way. “| worked out 2'/% hours a day during the off-season. I feel great.” title. Despite winning, St. Louis saw its hope for first place vanish when Minnesota closed its season with a 5-3 victory over Detroit Red Wings. The win moved the North Stars one point ahead of Chicago and two points ahead of the Blues in the standings. By IAN MacLAINE TORONTO (CP) — Ed Lukowich had Swedish vet eran Stefan Hasselborg in trouble from the outset by stealing three in the first end while the Scottish champions skipped by David Smith peeled away at an overmat ched U.S. team led by Steve Brown to set up the first Canada-Scotland final at the men’s world curling cham pionship since 1971 Lukowich's Calgary four some stole another point in the second en route to a 6-3 semifinal victory Saturday over Hasselborg while Scot land cracked 4 deuce in the third and refused to allow the Americans any opportunity to fight back for a 3-1 win in the other semifinals played before 5,311 at the Coliseum. The young Scottish cham pions pushed their unbeaten string to 10 games, including nine in preliminary round robin play, while the U.S. titleholders, from Madison, Wis., finished at 5-4 and de feated Switzerland 7-1 Fri: day night to qualify for a playoff berth. Both Canada and Sweden finished the round robin with 6-3 marks, but the Swedes — the same rink that lost last year's championship game to Canada's Al Hackner — took second on the strength of a win over Canada in the pre. liminary matches. The last time Scotland and Canada met in a final was at Megeve, France, where Can ada’s Don Duguid defeated Scotsman James Sanderson 9-5. The last appearance by a Scottish team in the cham. pionship was at Duluth, Minn., in 1976 when Bill Muirhead lost to American Bruce Roberts. Today's championship game, schedule to start at 11 a.m. Castlegar time, will be televised nationally by the CBC and by Scottish Tele vision, which also broadcast the Scotland-U.S. semifinal. GOALS ATTAINED David Smith, a 22-year-old Perth farmer in his first season as a skip, said the Scots have already exceeded all expectations by getting to the championship game with out a loss including a 6-3 win shot through Richard Sevigny's legs at 14:51 CAPITALS 4 RANGERS 4 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) James Patrick scored with 16 seconds remaining in regulation time as Washington and New York Rangers played to a 4-4 overtime tie, clinching a playoff spot for the Rangers in the Patrick Division. Lukowich to face Scots over Canada in the round robin. He admits the team most of whom have already experienced two or three world championship competi tions, including his brother and lead, Peter, who won the world junior championship in Dartmouth, N.S., two weeks ago — will have to be prepared for a different team from the one they defeated earlier. “It doesn't matter if you've won 50 in a row,” he said “You've got to go out there with the idea that you want to win.” Smith said beating Canada once doesn't neces sarily give the Scots a psy chological edge “It's going to be hard out there. They are an experi enced team. We're a strong young team.” He said the long drought between Scottish world champions doesn't prey on his mind “Doesn't. make any differ ence to me,” he said with an edge of cockiness. “This is my year, or our year as a team.” A new rule adopted this year by the International Curling Federation gives the top place team — or the team with the best record — the last shot in the first end. Seotland also enjoys that edge over the Canadians in today’s finale Luckowich agrees that knowing what position he'll be in to start the game will affect their early strategy. “I don't think it's a factor,” he said. “I just think we'll have to be patient and stay within a point of them for a few ends.” I think that’s the one thing they ‘won't like — if we can just stay close to them.” The Canadians made a fila jor concession to their game plan Saturday in the first end when second Neil Houston and third John Ferguson buried three of their stones behind cover at the front of the rings: The Swedes were unable to follow into the poe ket at the left side of the button and Stefan Hassel borg’s attempt to blow the cluster apart with his last shot miscued.