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He had only two assists as Vanéouver tied the Edmonton Oilers 4-4. In other games it was Quebec 4 Hartford 2, Pittsburgh 7 Washington 5, Winnipeg 2.New York Islanders 2, and St. Louis 2 Montreal 1. Vancouver salvaged the tie when defenceman Doug Lidster scored on a long shot with 29 seconds left in regulation time. The Oilers thought they had won in overtime when Glenn Anderson tipped a shot that appeared to go in. But referee Ron Hoggarth ruled no goal, claiming it had hit the crossbar and bounced out. Stan Smyl, Dave Richter and Tony Tanti also score for Vancouver which collected its first point in six games against the Oilers this season. Jari Kurri paced Edmonton with two goals. Ne 4 WHALERS 2 Anton Stastny’s first of two third-period goals, with just over three minutes left in the game, lifted the Nordiques. Michel Goulet and Peter Stastny also scored for Quebec. Dean Evason and Mike McEwen scored for Hartford. PENGUINS 7 CAPITALS 5 Mario Lemieux scored a tie-breaking goal late in the second period and Jim MeGeough and Jim Johnson had third period scores to lead Pittsburgh. Randy Cunney- worth, John Chabot, Bob Errey and Doug Bodger also seored for Pittsburgh. JETS 2 ISLANDERS 2 Pat LaFontaine scored with 3:41 remaining in the third period to give the Islanders a tie. Bryan Trottier scored the other Islanders’ goal. Jim Kyte and Andrew McBain scored for the Jets. BLUES 2 CANADIENS 1 Rookie Todd Ewen scored his first NHL goal for St. Louis. The right winger, recalled from Peoria on Jan. 13, scored at 3:43 of the first period. Greg Paslawski also scored for the Blues. Ryan Walter scored for Montreal. Cage Bowl goes to Rockettes By JACK CLOSKEY The Stanley Humphries Senior Rock- ettes regained their winning form this weekend by capturing the J.L. Crowe “Cage Bowl” tournament in convincing style. The girls had come into the tourna- ment on a three game loosing streak, including two losses in the tough KLO tournament in Kelowna, Jan. 16 and 17. However, the ninth ranked Rockettes redi their ive i ity in Trail and played exceptionally well. In their first game they faced the very tough L.V. Rogers Bomberettes, a team that had defeated the Rockettes in overtime on Wednesday night. To the di they Karen Popoff. The team played an out- standing defensive game on their way to a-40-35 victory. Leigh Halisheff with 12 points and Kim Tarasoff with nine, played a very solid game. Tina Baker and Lisa Uchida were defensive stand- outs. On Saturday the opponent was David Thompson from Invermere. The East Kootenay gang proved to be totally outclassed as the Rockettes cruised to a 61-27 victory. Karen Popoff returned to the team and hit for 22 points, Pam Braun had a solid game with 11 and Leigh Halisheff continued her consistent play and scored 11. In the final on Saturday night the faced the host team J.L. were without,-their Jeading- scorer, -Growe-Hawkettes, ‘The first quarter was very well played and ended 20-16 in the Rockettes favor and from that point on the Rockettes dominated. Aggressive rebounding, pressure defence and excellent shooting carried the girls to a rousing 58-89 victory and the tournament championship. Lynnette Swanson and Pam Braun had very good games'on defence and srebounding. Karen Popoff, who scored 28 points in the final, was chosen to the all-star team and Leigh Halisheff, who put in three games of solid all-round play, was selected as the Most Valuable player of the tournament. The next action for the Rockettes will be next weekend in the Nelson “Heritage Capital Classic.” The girls are looking forward to another chance to continue their improved: play. Including Ski Boots, ws A game against Trinity College. 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Team Canada, which will represent the country in the 1988 Winter Olym- pies, dominated the all-stars through- out and outshot them 49-19 before a crowd of 1,000. Benoit Doucet, Wally Schreiber and Don MeLaren each had two goals for the Canadians, who led 3-0 and 7-0 by periods. Singles went to Zarley Zalapski, Vaughn Karpan and Marc Habscheid, who added three assists. Todd Jackson of the Elk Valley Blazers go the lone goal for the all-stars. LEAD LEAGUE Goaltenders Leo Karchie and Marc Taylor made 40 saves for the all-stars while Rick Kosti stopped 18 shots for Team Canada. In the WIHL Saturday, Elk Valley's Rob Bryson and Nelson's Bruno Cam- pese blocked 36 shots each as the Blazers and Maple Leafs skated to a 2-2 overtime tie at Fernie. In the ony other weekend game, Trail Smoke Eaters took a 5-4 overtime win over the Cranbrook Royals and moved within two points of Kimberley and the final playoff spot. Elk Valley's goals were scored by Stu Tanton and Ken Federko while Doug Knowler and Kelly Evin scored for Nelson. The Blazers remain in first place with 14 wins, seven losses and two ties while the Leafs are in third with 11 wins, nine losses and two ties. In Trail, Dave Palmer scored at 3:38 of overtime, his second goal of the night, to lift the Smoke Eaters to the come-from-behind win over Cranbrook. Palmer received a goal-mouth pass from Dave Rugg and beat Cranbrook netminder Marc’ Taylor from close range. The Smokies had rallied from a 4-2 deficit with goals from Steve Hope and Wayne Mclntyre with less than two minutes remaining to force the overtime period. The other Smoke Eaters’ goal was scored by Leroy Heustis. Scoring for the Royals were Troy Farkvam, Mike Majkowski, Aaron Armstrong and Darryl McElroy. Taylor stopped 27 shots for the Royals while Holden Engley blocked 21 shots for the Smokies. Rebels, Spokane split wins By CasNews Staff Castlegar Rebels split two weekend games with Spokane, picking up two goals to continue leading the Kootenay Intepnational Junior Hockey League's West Division. The Rebels dropped an 86 decision in Spokane on Friday night. Despite the loss, Rick Viens d to pick up by Horcoff on one. Spokane replied with four goals to take a final 86 win. Spokane also managed more ‘shots on goal, forcing Rebels goalie Nick Colvin to stop 30 shots, compared to the 25 Castlegar had on Spokane’s net. The Rebels got revenge for the loss a hattrick to hold onto his lead as the Rebels’ top scorer with 88 points. Viens scored the Rebels’ only goal of the first period, while Spokane added two. In the second period Rod Horcoff scored for the Rebels on a play set up by Dave Terhune and Sandy Renwick. Walter Sheloff added a goal after taking a pass from Viens and Adrian Markin. But Spokane responded with two goals in the second period to take a 4-3 ad. In the third period Terhune scored Castlegar’s fourth goal after Horcoff and Renwick set up the play. Viens rounded out the Rebels’ scoring with two goals, being assisted in Spokane by them 12-5 in Castlegar on Saturday night. Spokane opened the scoring at the 36-second mark of the first period. Sheloff tied the game at one at 4:22 when he took a pass from Renwick and Darcy Martini. Renwick gave the Rebels the lead at 14:12 after being set up by Mark Plotnikoff and Andrew Zibin. Zibin rounded out the first period scoring at 19:14 to give the Rebels a 3-1 lead Zibin picked up his second goal of the night when he scored at 9:46 of the second period. Gary Ruff and Plotni- koff assisted on the play. Lorne Kanigan picked up the first goal at the 14:01 mark after taking a pass from Taylor Harding and Trent Thiebert. With just five seconds remaining in the second period Harding scored from Zibin and Martini. Spokane managed four goals in the period to trail 6-5 after two: The Rebels, who kept Spokane off the scoring board in the third period, came up with six goals. Ruff notched the first of the period at the 1:27 mark after Zibin had set up the goal. Thiebert made it 8-5 in the Rebels’ favor when he took a pass from Harding and Renwick at the 2:43 mark. Renwick added to the scoring by getting a goal at the 4:02 mark after being set up by Zibin and Markin. Zibin gave the Rebels a 10-5 lead at 6:04 when he took a pass from Martini and Horcoff. Horcoff added a goal at 16:01 with Renwick and Sheloff assist ing on the play. Plotnikoff rounded out the scoring for the Rebels when he took a pass frem Colin Carew and Ruff. The Rebels’ next game is Friday when they travel to Trail to take on the Jr. Smoke Eaters. By CasNews Staff and News Services Castlegar native Felix Belezyk was the top Canadian in Tuesday's men’s combined slalom at the world Alpine championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland with a time of 2:02.74 to manage a 27th place showing. Bernhard Gstrein led a surprising sweep of the top two places by struggling Austrian skiers and American Felix McGrath finished third. Gstrein, who has never won a World Cup race in two seasons on the circuit, mastered the tricky Chetzeron course with two blistering runs, clocking the fastest times in both heats. The once-formidable Austrian team is still looking for a World Cup victory this season. Gstrein, 21, went into the second run with a 1.11-second lead and finished the day 2.03 seconds ahead of countryman Gueéhther Mader. Gstrein was timed at one minute 42.45 for the two runs; Mader finished in 1:44.48. McGrath was third in 1:44.60 — the first American man to finish in the top three in a World Cup or championship race since Doug Lewis won the bronze medal in the downhill at the world championship in Bormio, Italy, in 1985. Downhill specialist Rob Boyd, 20, of Whistler, was 31st in 2:06.26; Daniel Moar, 21 of Revelstoke, finished 35th in 2:14.71 and Rob Bosinger, 20, of Banff, Alta., was 87th in 2:16.84. “We don't train any slalom,” said Belezyk. “The first idea was just to make it down. “If you don't .. . then you're not entered in the combined downhill (Friday).” Pirmin Zurbriggen, the local hero and defending combined champion, lagged ninth, 4.67 seconds behind the winner. Zurbriggen has won four World Cup downhills this season, the last one at Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Sunday. There, he also won the combined after finishing 18th in the slalom, 3.98 seconds behind the winner. Zurbriggen’s main rival for the combined title appears to be Austrian-born Marc Girardelli, who races for Luxem- bourg. Girardelli ws seventh in the slalom, 3.51 seconds behind Gstrein, and has been doing well this season in downhills despite a nagging shoulder injury. The combined scoring system gives a slight edge to downhill racers by making the downhill result more important for the total. |Brooker needs knee surgery TORONTO (CP) — Vet- eran World Cup skier Todd Brooker needs surgery on the left knee he reinjured during a spectacular crash in Austria last week, his agent said today. Brooker, 27, of Paris, Ont., also suffered a con- cussion, broken nose and various facial cuts during @ practice run last Friday preparing for the Hannen- kamm World Cup downhill race the following day at Kitzbuehel, Austria. Ironically, Brooker, who won his first World Cup downhill race there in 1988, also needed surgery on the left knee when it was injured during a prac- tice run on the same Streif TODD BROOKER ... knee reinjured course last January. Brooker'’s agent, Glen Calkins of Toronto, said the Canadian skier visited three doctors in London, Ont., today. Castlegar skiers win medals during Nordic ski race By GORD GIBSON Fifteen West Kootenay cross-country skiers won a total of 24 medals at the 7-Up Cup series of races held at the Castlegar Golf Course on the weekend. Canadian Masters Cham: pion Rob Grey of Rossland and son George led the collection with two golds apiece. Cheryl Langille and Tom Holland also of Rossland and Bradley Kristian of Castle- gar's Nordic Ski Club also won two gold medals. Other double medal win- ners were Heather Shep. pard, two silvers, Melanie and Jennifer Gibson, two sil- vers and Gareth Orr, two bronze, all of Castlegar. Single silvers were won by Castlegar’s Michael Talarico and Tamara Terry, with bronzes going to Averil Shep. pard and Mark Dascher. The 7-Up Cup series con sists of seven races held on four weekends throughout the winter. Skiers compete for points in each race to- wards the overall champion ship. The first six races have now been completed at. Kel. owna, Burns Lake and Castlegar. The final race of the series will be held at 100 Mile House on Feb. 14. Ninety-one skiers compet ed in the Castlegar races, 31 from the West Kootenays. Other skiers came from Burns Lake, Prince George, Kamloops, Kelowna, Whist ler and Cranbrook. Superb track conditions and a challenging course made for, some exciting races. Spectators were treated with excellent views of much of the finishing half-kilometre, watching long lines of skiers racing up the hill to the fin- ishing line at the clubhouse. This coming weekend sees 14 Castlegar skiers in Whis- tler at the provincial high school championships. Stan- ley Humphries is the reign- ing provincial champion in cross-country skiing.