02 Castlegar News morch , 908 Balk rules change DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — It took Charlie Hough an entire Season to set the American League baseball record for balks. It took him only one exhibition game to match that mark. Hough was called for nine balks in four innings Monday, the first victim of proposed new rules designed to crack down on violations. “Balk rules are so vague and apparently there is a dif. ferent one now,” Hough said. “Obviously, I don't quite understand it.” Actually, he may not need to know this season. Before the new balk rule goes into effect, the players’ associa tion will have to give its approval. That may not hap. n. “We might be willing to let them give it a try this year, to see if it works, but at the same time reserving our right to withdraw our ap. proval if it doesn't work,” Gene Orza, the union's coun sel, said Tuesday. The union's approval also is needed for the redefined strike zone, which Orza call. ed “confusing.” HANGS ON UNION If the union does not agree to the changes this year, they will automatically go into effect in 1989, Hough, making his first start of the spring for Texas, was called for seven balks in the second inning. Cecil Fielder was hit by a pitch leading off and he scored when Hough committed three straight balks before making his first “official” pitch to the next batter. “Everytime I threw the ball to the plate, they called a balk,” Hough said. “They say I didn't stop my feet, It's difficult to interpret, “I was out there to get a workout, not listen to um. pires.” But umpires Rich Garcia, Dan Morrison and Jim Me Kean found nine reasons to speak to the 40-year-old knucleballer. “He wasn't coming to a stop, with his hands or his feet,” Garcia said. “That's the whole problem. Pitchers are not stopping and we're going to enforce it.” SHATTERS RECORD Last year, the National League shattered its record for balks in a season with 219, while 137 were called in the AL. Hough led the majors with nine, a single-season AL record, During the off-season, um. pires were instructed to make pitchers hold their set positions. Plus, a rule was added to require a pitcher to plant both feet on the ground when coming to a set, During the Texas-Toronto game 12 balks were called, Eight more were called in Monday's 12 other games. Toronto starter Mike Flanagan balked once and Blue Jays reliever Mark Eichhorn made two, “It was. like barnyard baseball out there,” Texas manager Bobby Valentir said. “I just hope they call on both sides,” Said Hough, shaking h head, “I'm a strange guy and I've seen strange things. But nothing like that.” Texas won the game, 6-5. Canucks trade Brodeur By GRANT KERR Canadian Press VANCOUVER (CP) — The changing of the guard of the struggling Vancouver Canucks continued Tuesday with the dispersal of veteran goaltender Richard Brodeur to the Hartford Whalers on the National Hockey League trading deadine The Canucks gained another veteran netminder, seldom-used Steve Weeks, from the Whalers, running the total to 13 players acquired by president-general manager Pat Quinn since he assumed control of the team last spring Brodeur, 35, was dubbed King Richard by his followers six years ago when the portly native of Longueuil, Que., backstopped the Canucks to the Stanley Cup final against the New York Islanders. The lone remaining member of the 1981-82 Vancouver team is captain Stan Smyl, currently sidelined by injury “It was something we've attempted to do all year long,” Quinn said about the Brodeur trade. “We were able to appease Richard in his desire to leave this organization.” Brodeur asked to be traded earlier in the season when the team elected to carry three goaltenders, including rookie Kirk McLean and veteran Frank Caprice, cutting his work load to a minimum. PLAYS 11 GAMES Broduer played 11 NHL games this season — he COMMUNITY Bulletin Board ROBSON RIVER OTTERS CASH BINGO Saturday, March 12th at Castlegar Arena Complex Tickets $9.00 at the door. No advance tickets. Early birds 6:00 p.m. Regular 7:00 p.m: Packages available. 60% Payouts. 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Notices should be brought to the Castlegar News at 197 Columbia Ave COMMUNITY Bulletin Board CAN YOU STAND THE PACE? 100 km. an hour! These top skiers can do it, five days in a row, hurtling down Red Mountain's HUSKY WORLD DOWNHILL COURSE Pretty impressive, eh? Scarey too! The best in the warld, on our hill Can you keep up? That's the challenge not on the hill, but in the social program of dances, din- ners, entertainment and fun from March 8 through 13 Go on, extend yourself! Check out the Program in today’s paper and see just how much fun you can handle. There's even a tun bus to get you home sately Rise off the couch to the challenge of the HUSKY WORLD DOWNHILL. INFORMATION 362-5669/362-5668 appeared in 53 a year ago — and had a 4.39 goals-against average before he was assigned to the minors last month with the Fredericton Express of the American Hockey League. Weeks, 29, a Toronto native, is in his eighth NHL season after breaking into the league in 1981 with the New York Rangers. He played 18 games with Hartford this season with a 3.59 average. The Canucks also acquired left winger Paul Lawless from the Philadelphia Flyers for Willie Huber, signed free agent left winger Ken Berry from the Canadian Olympic ‘team, traded Craig Coxe to the Calgary Flames for centre Brian Bradley and right winger Peter Bakovic, and had Canadian Olympian Claude Vilgrain join the team. Vilgrain was signed last summer as a free agent. Quinn earlier dealt for McLean, centre Greg Adams, goaltender Darren Jensen, defenceman Daryl Stanley (the acting captain in Smyl's absence), centre Doug Wickenheiser and defenceman Randy Boyd and Larry Melnyk. SEEKS BACKUP General manager Emile Francis of the Whalers said Brodeur was acquired to provide backup insurance to veteran netminder Mike Liut during the final month of league play and during the playoffs. Brodeur is the last player in the NHL from the first World Hockey Association season in 1972-73. He performed seven years for the WHA Quebec Nordiques before joining the NHL New York Islanders in 1979. The Canucks obtained Brodeur in 1980 in an exchange of fifth-round draft picks — the Islanders had netminders Billy Smith and Glenn (Chico) Resch at the time when they were Stanley Cup champions — and Brodeur played 377 games for the Canucks. Weeks was in Quebec when the trade was announced and was to join the Canucks today Canadian World Cup notes By CasNews Staff IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO when the Canadian men's and women's ski teams competed at Red Mountain in the first FIS World Cup event in Canada. Current Canadian women's team coach Currie Chapman was a bright-eyed member of the Canadian men's squad in the 1968 event and did not finish in the slalom competition CARL PRICE was the race chairman at that first event back in 1968 that ran down the face of Red Mountain. Price is working at this particular event in the capacity of information officer. A THIRD SNOW CAT is being used by the race organizers to help with the course preparations. The diesel Thikol unit has a “piston bully” attachment that can pulverize hard packed) ice into loose snow. It came from Kelowna RACE CHIEF in 1968, Bill Stevens, will not be at Red Mountain for the Husky World Downhill event. He will instead be cheering for his son Don who is skiing for the Canadian men's team at the Whistler Mountain downhill event this weekend. THE CANADIAN ARMY was called in from Calgary to help prepare the slalom and giant slalom courses 20 years ago. At the end of the races the troups held their own event they had shovel race's down the face of Red Mountain. didlo |Report From Ad SNOW CONDITIONS: Excellent on packed runs Summit: 217 cm Lodge 97 cm EVENTS March 0-13 — Entertainment in the lounge from 3:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. with Frank Webster March 11 — Fireworks and torchlight parade at the ski hill 7:30 p.m. March 12 — Husky World Downhill race. March 13 — Super Giant Slalom. All lifts are operational from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. — no night skiing. For more information call 362-7384 et id 4 FACE OFF... The Castlegar Rebels suttered their third defeat in the best of seven KIJHL western LEAGUE DEADLINE Rebels lose By CasNews Staff The fatigue was showing on the Castlegar Rebel players as the beleaguered squad squandered a two-goal lead at the beginning of the third period to drop a 7-4 decision to the Trail Junior Smoke Eaters in the KIJHL western division final at Cominco Arena last night. The loss gives the Smokies a 3-1 edge in. games in the seven game series. “The numbers are killing me,” said Rebel coach Gary McQuaid today. “They gave a solid effort last night but ran out of energy.” McQuaid said the loss of Dave Zarikoff (shoulder injury), Lorni Kanigan and Sandy Renwick (suspension) is hurting the club. Last night the Rebels played with three defencemen Rick Crowe, Kelly Sidoni and Kevin Korbatoff were the only blueline squad division final in Trail last night. The Rebels play at home on Friday. Ceshiews photo to Smokies members on the ice with forward Dave Terhune double shifting at times to help out. Trail led 2-1 after the opening frame but Castlegar stormed back in the second with three unanswered goals. “The guys played well in the second,” said McQuaid. “But Trail had more-steam in the third period.” The Smokies scored three goals~in about three minutes early in the final stanza, breaking the Castlegar stronghold. “It makes it pretty difficult when only one line scores all the goals,” McQuaid said of the Terhune, Saliken and Sheloff line who accounted for Castlegar’s four goals. The Rebels dropped a 9-2 decision to Trail Saturday night at the Cominco Arena in game three and are at home Friday for game five. Selkirk Mid-Week Wrap-up places HOCKEY Mick Vukota trom Springtield New York Rangers trade detenceman to the Detro: Red Wings tor CURLING second NHL CAMPBELL CONFERENCE CHICOUTIMI, Que. (cP) 0 Flyers trade detencemon Canedion men's curl to the St. Lous Blues tor The Selkirk women's vol leyball team was runner-up in the provincial champion ships in Vancouver over the weekend. The men’s squad finished third in B.C. The women beat the Douglas College team on Fri. day 15-1; 15-11; 9-15 and 15-10 in the best out of five series. The team took it to five games on Saturday against Vancouver Commun ity College losing the final game 15-1. The other games New Jenny 20 3 5 23 217 & were 3-15; 15-6; 12-15 and 15-7, VCC took first place. VCC now advances to the national college champion ships in Sherbrooke, Que. March 23. The men took the bronze medal by beating Douglas College in three straight games 15-8; 15-12 and 15-13. The men then lost to Malas. pina 15-6; 15-1 and 15-13. Selkirk’s Tammie Jay won tournament MVP honors and Lynnette Swanson was named an all-star. Honorable mentions went to Lisa Pirart and Marlene Chernenkoff. Los Angeles Vancouver 1427 237 Bea WALES CONFERENCE ‘Adoms Divisior 38 NY Rangers 7 New Jersey 4 Unotticial NHL scoring leeders ‘otter Tuesday : Lemuex. Pgh Gretzk All Paper Cash BINGO At the Arena Complex Sat., Mar. 12 Early Bird 6 p.m. Reg. Bingo at 7 p.m. Tickets $9 at Door No Advance Tickets Swit 7 Prince Albert 3 Victoria 32 32 1 306 298 65 New Westminster 30 30 5 lond 2 3 2 2) 43 2 273 398 Switt Current § Moose-dow 4 Richard Be 8 Northern Ontario Newloundiand Quebec New Brunswick CO-NnuLcasoed BOWLING WEDNESDAY NIGHT MIXED ch 2 Lodies High Single: Angie Wishiow. 246 t High Three: Angie Wishlow. 552 High Single. Three BASKETBALL ry EASTERN CONFERENCE ‘Atlantic Division WoL Pe. os Boston “ Washington New York Philade TUESDAY MIXED 9-11 ‘March } Lodves High Single: Lynde Wood. 257. 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March 9, 1988 Castlegar News 83 ar News 03 legar Reps lost the first three out of five playoff games to a team in bantam rep playoff action. The scores in the first two games were 8-5 and 10-6 played on home ice. Travel- ling to Cranbrook the Reps dropped the third and final game 14-5, The Reps took the lead in the opening game until the fourteen minute mark of the second period when Cran- brook took control of the game pouring in six goals, The Reps tryed to come- beck in the third when Stephen Junker chalked up two goals. Derek Kazakoff, Corey Ross and Kevan Rileof netted singles. Assists went to Jason Batchelor and Roger Carlson. The second game was sparked with the play. of Stephen Junker as he scored twice unassisted and tallied three assists in the game, Derek Kazakoff put two goals in the net, Roger Carl- son and Danny Stelk netted singles, assisted by David Green, David Josephson and Frank Strobel. Cranbrook ran way with the lead in the second with five goals, followed by three in the-third for the 10-6 final. In the penalty-filled final “meeting in Cranbrook, the home team took a command- ing 5-1 lead at the end of the first period, scored five goals in the second frame, and led 10-4 goirig into the third. Goal scorers for Castlegar were Roger Carlson, David Jos- ephson, Derek Kazakoff, Jason Batchelor and David Green. Juniors off to. Richmond The Stanley Humphries secondary school Junior Rockettes are off to Rich- mond this week to compete in the B.C. Junior Girls In- vitational basketball tourna- ment. Hosted by R.C. Palmer junior secondary, the tour- ney features sixteen of the best junior girls teams from around the province. The Rockettes’ first game is tom- orrow at 2 p.m. against the Abbotsford Huskies. Heading into the tourna- ment-SHSS coach Doug Pilatzke is cautiously, opti- mistic. “Winning games ina tourn- ament like this so often depends on being able to match-up with your oppon- ent,” Pilatzke said. “We hope to compensate for our lack of size with our speed and pressing style.” Other teams on the Rock- ettes’ side of the draw in- clude C.E. London, Cedar Hill, Spencer, Vernon, Maple Drive and host Palmer. The Jr. Rockettes will finish off their league games after they return from the Richmond tournament. Bindings could be defective TORONTO (CP) — Skiers using Tyrolia bindings are urged to check their model numbers after 11 types were recalled due to potentially dangerous defects. The bindings, made be- tween 1982 and 1986, break apart in the toe and heel lugs — the moveable, U-shaped parts that hold a ski boot in place. The following models have been recalled: Model 480, grey, six-digit heel code begins with H; Model 290, blue, White, F; Model 280, white, G; Model 230, Grey, H; Model 220, white, F, G or four-digit code ending in 4; Model 190, grey, G or H; Model 180, white, G; Model 177, grey. A CHAMPS .. . The Carroll Wate: Anderson Insurance Trophy . Team members includ the weekend. at th Janie Benedetti and Joan Sweet. B WINNERS . . . The June rink of Nelson took the A event and the Castlegar Ladies Barbee Bonspie! over le (from left) Waters, Joyce Mackie, James rink of Oliver took the B event and the Super Valu Trophy. Members include (from left) James, Bobby Stenson, Leonie Soder, and Joan Warhel. “s Michell, ‘s c - «+ Castleg and the Palm Dairies DO CHAMPS. . . The Marie Prokop rink of Cast: Feeney foursome.captured the C event Trophy. (From left) Feeney, Brenda Balahura, Rosemary Moberg and Paula Belton. é r took the D event and the Castlegar Realty Ltd. Trophy. (From left) Prokop. Ginny Brown, Sharon Bystrom and Corrine Crockett. Carter shrugs off Strawberry comments Tgssone goal NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Carter, a target of Darryl Strawberry’s stinging crit- icism of the New York Mets, said Wednesday the com- ments should be forgotten and “thrown out the win- dow.” In April's Esquire maga- zine, Strawberry said: “Our veterans didn't bring out the leadership they should have. Kid (Carter) for one. He just quit. “I'm speaking like it was, his attitude was ‘Oh well, I'm - having a bad year, guess I'll feel bad.’ Now, I expect Kid to come back and have a great year this season, but that doesn't help us now.” Carter had several injuries last year and hit 235 with 20 homers and 83 runs batted in. “My feeling is 1987 is history, we can't bring it back,” Carter. told a New York radio station Wednes- day. “I think those comments are to be thrown out the win- dow. “It's something the press is jumping all over to stir something up — but that’s hot going to happen.” The Esquire interview was conducted in January by Mike Lupica. “Esquire likes to stir some things up that might not be true to fact,” Carter said. “Darryl was approached yes- terday (Tuesday) and de: some of those comments were made.” Strawberry explained the comment about Carter, say- ing, “I meant he gave up on himself, not the team. It was 4 tough year for Gary.” Carter, however, said des- pite the injuries he never gave up on himself or the team. In the interview, Straw- berry also accused teammate Keith Hernandez of quitting in the middle of the pennant race last September and im- plied the Mets would be ‘CLASSY INDIVIDUAL ' Tambellini's NHL career near end By GRANT KERR Press The end of a middling professional hockey career appears close at hand for a classy individual who deserves better. Steve Tambellini performed for Canada at Calgary's Winter Games and now his term with the Vancouver Canucks is seemingly drawing to a close. The 29-year-old centreman apparently is being phased out by a National Hockey League team attempting to rebuild after years of questionable management. The Canucks loaned Tambellini to the Olympic team in late January. He wasn't getting much ice time anyway with Vancouver, a team that seems doomed to finish last in the Smythe Division and out of the playoffs for the second straight year. Vancouver has added centre Claude Vilgrain from the Olympic team and acquired centre Brian Bradley, another Olympic player, from the Calgary Flames, Tambellini remains on the sidelines, nursing a tender hand. The Canucks appear determined to push veterans Tambellini and Doug Wickenheiser aside for younger players, including draft choices Rob Murphy and Dan Woodley. It seems like a cruel blow to a player who was willing to gamble he still had the talent to play on the big pond — the larger international ice surface of the Olympic Games. “Treally felt the emotion of the Olympies in the opening ceremonies at McMahon Stadium,” says Tambellini. “People were really charged up and it lasted the entire Games. My Olympic experience was enjoyable. The hockey was fast and strong and my mother and father were there to enjoy it with me.” Tambellini, highly skilled in skating, shooting and passing while playing a passive physical game, comes from good stock. Adolph (Addie) Tambellini was a slick forward for the 1961 Trail Smoke Eaters when the British Columbia senior team won Canada’s last global amateur title. Tambellini had a promising junior career in Lethbridge, Alta., and was the first-round draft choice of the New York IT'S EXHILARATING' Blind man | THORNHILL, Ont. (CP) — Lorne McKee fumbles with the metal clasp stretching across his ski boot. The buckle snaps shut. He stands up in the lodge, adjusts his hat and makes sure his snow goggles are resting snugly on his nose. Outside, specks of snow blow across the wind-swept hill under a moonlit sky. Ina corner of the cramped lodge, a pretty woman wraps a tight-fitting ski jacket around her tiny frame. McKee doesn’t see her. He was born blind. But the 40-year-old piano tuner has never let his dis- ability stop him from downhill skiing. He also plays goalie on Islanders 10 years ago. He has one Stanley Cup ring, but was not a significant contributor to the Islanders’ successes. The slight Tambellini — 185 pounds spread over a six-foot frame — has played for the Islanders, the Colorado Rockies, the New Jersey Devils, the Calgary Flames and the Canucks. In his best season, six years ago with Colorado, he had 29 goals. He has seen much of the world as a hockey player. He played for the Canadian team at the world junior champion- ships in Montreal in 1977, toiled for Canada at the Izvestia competition in Moscow in 1980 and a year later at the world tournament in Stockholm. The Calgary Olympics had the makings of his personal curtain call, Atom Rebs sweep playoff tourney The Castlegar Atom Reb- els swept all four games at the Atom Rep play-off tourn- ament this weekend in Castlegar. The Atom Reb charges beat Nelson 8-0, Beaver Val. ley 81, Cranbrook 7-0 and Kimberley 7-1 to beat the four teams 30-2 in a four- game combined score. Rick Fauth scored 11 goals and two assists, Mike Byers scored two goals and six assists, Vince Antignani scored three goals and four assists, Tod Bondaroff scqred three goals and three assists, Mark Perrier scored three goals and three assists, Dar- ren Pottle scored two goals and four assists, Craig Swan- son contributed two goals and four assists, Pat Biln netted one goal and four assists, Derek Read scored two goals and an assist, Ted Hunter scored one goal and two assists, Mark Carlson got three assists, Ryan Coulson contributed two and Randy Ondrik assisted on one goal. The Atom Rebels play in Castlegar on Sunday before leaving for Kimberley for a two-game meet. oves skiing people they feel have the “right stuff” to lead the blind. Like drill sergeants teaching a fresh batch of recruits how to run'through an obstacle coursé, the ski guides follow behind and bark out instructions to their pupils to get them down the slope safely. “Right! Left! Stop!” they shout, always on the lookout for other skiers. KNOWN BY COLORS Other skiers know the Ski Hawks by their distinctive yellow jackets with a horizontal black stripe, colors that are internationally recognized. Skiers with hearing problems use two-way radios for id: down the hill. A small speaker tucked into the ear a hockey team for visually ii i men and shoots the puck around with the sighted players. CLUB FOR BLIND ‘ McKee is a Toronto Ski Hawk, one of about 50 people with varying degrees of blindness who put on skis twice a week for the thrill of whizzing down a slope. “I love the basic freedom of skiing,” says the father of two. “It's exhilarating.” On a recent outing with the Ski Hawks — on a night when the temperature dipped to a wind-chilled -30 — McKee and Dave Burnett were anxious to carve turns at the Uplands Ski Centre in Thornhill, just north of Toronto. “It's so cold,” says one skier, “my brain is numb.” Trained instructors — one to every skier, — are in charge of guiding this night's class of assembled downhillers with backgrounds as diverse as the runs at Whistler Mountain, B.C. Many are married with children. Some are computer programmers. Others own their own businesses. HAVE NO FEAR None is scared of skiing. Sighted skiers can attest to the gnawing fear in the pit of the stomach as they gaze down a steep pitch dotted with knee-crunching moguls. Blind skiers don’t experience that feeling for the simple reason that they can’t see the terrain. “It's a nice feeling of calmness I never had when I could see,” says Burnett, who lost his sight to a degenerative eye disease several years ago. “They don't get_psyched out looking down a ski run,” says Barbara Lusher, who with her husband, Ron, developed a downhill ski program for the blind. The Lushers select gives Shell tie in the second after Bob Larsh and Pete Tischler put him in the clear. Bruno Tassone’s goal late in the final period gave Woodland Park Shell a 4-4 tie allows them to hear the instructor. Deaf-blind skiers have a radio-controlled buzzer device strapped to their wrists. A vibration on the left wrist means it’s time to turn in that direction. When the device vibrates on both wrists, it means stop. The volunteer instructors are the eyes of the skier, says Barbara Lusher, noting that patience and attention to safety are a must. Ron says “attentiveness is the most important thing” he looks for in a guide. Bob McCormick has been a guide for five years because he loves skiing and wanted to do something for the community. “T like the feeling of accomplishment when you see the results” he says. Bud Rabjohn, 57, said he does it because “the ex- pression on their (Ski Hawks’) faces is something to see.” OTHER CLUBS A small group of blind people formed the Ski Hawks — the first recreational club for blind skiers in Canada — in 1969. Another chapter skis out of the Gatineau Hills north of Ottawa. Similar programs for visually impaired skiers exist at other ski centres across Canada. The club expanded their program in 1974 to inchidé cross-country skiing, featured as an exhibition event for blind skiers at the Calgary Winter Olympics. This night's class of downhillers has been cautiously told to stick to simple snow-plow turns. The icy conditions are treacherous for even sighted skiers. McKee has the most difficulty. He was tense skiing down the ice-covered run although he had skied it many times in his imagination. He fell off the T-bar four times because of ice. However, McKee shrugged off his mis- fortunes and grimaced. “That's why they call me the exciting skier,” he said. “You never know what's going to happen.” Pee Wee Reps better off with Whitey Her- zog as manager. with High Arrow Arms in CRHL hockey action Monday night at the Community And he criticized manager Complex. Davey Johnson, teammates Wally Backman and Lenny High Arrow got the game's Dykstra. first goal from Don Deschene He said his teammates with Chief Mercer providing “can't take it when they get the lone helper. Doug Know buried. When they bury me, ler tied it up for Shell at the it’s one thing. When it's the mid-way point in the first-on other way around, it's diff- a play from Kelly Keraiff and erent.” Tassone. Mercer put High Arrow ahead by a goal before The Mets, who won the the end of the opening frame championship in 1986, were ona play set up by Deschene beaten by the St. Louis and Rod Zavaduk. The first Cardinals last season in the period ended 2-1 High National League East. Arrow, . Strawberry led the team — Tassone tied the score with with 89 homers end 104 RBI. just over three minutes gone High Arrow took a two- goal led on the strength of Mercer's second goal of the game and Deschene's second marker as well: Assists went to Zavaduk, Mercer and Frank Costa who assisted on both goals. Shell got one back before the end of the middle period. Knowler scored his second of the night from Wayne Popoff. The second period ended 4-3 High Arrow. Tischler and Larsh set Tassone up for his second goal of the game in what Proved to be the final mark- er. Sunday’s game was not played. take first game By BETTY HARSHENIN The Castlegar Pee Wee Reps beat Trail 4-1 in game one of best out of three for the West Kootenay Minor Hockey zone finals Saturday at the Community Complex. After a scoreless, hard- fought first period, Castlegar scored the final goal in the second when Dusttr” Rilcof popped in a goal on a play set up by Nino DaCosta and Tom Phipps. Trail scored their first and only goal early in the third period. Castlegar quickly re- turhed scoring three unan- sweéred goals to secure the win. Scoring for Castlegar with one goal each were Jeff Evdokimoff, Arron Voykin and Kelly Richards. Assists went to DaCosta, Mike Hunter, Adam Pruss, Voykin and_Evdokimoff. Goal tender Vaughan Welychko was kept very busy in the net. Castlegar’s defence did a good job to hold the lead. The second game against Trail will be played on Friday at the Cominco Arena.