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She recently took a silver medal in a highland dance competition in Spokane that had 40 dancers of all ages competing. RECORD BOOK TRIVIA: What Philadelphia Ftyer—finished— second in scoring in the NHL playoffs last season? Bonus: Who fin- ished first? Answer at the bot- tom of Weekend Wrap-Up on Page B2. QUOTENOTE “Too much David Robin- son, said Golden State Warriors coach Don Nelson after Robinson scored 36 poin- ts to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 132-122 NBA win over the Warriors Tuesday. In his rookie year, Robinson has been phenomenal in leading the Spurs to what could be the biggest one-season turnaround in NBA history. ON TAP Harper's Index in Harper's Magazine calculated amount of time NBA Michael Jordan of Chicago Bullehas spent in the air while playing. Accor- ding to Harper’s, Air Jordan has spent three hours flying ore cate RADIO/TV SUNDAY 10:00 (KREM CH 2) NBA New York Knicks at Boston PM (TSN CH 15) WOMEN’S TENNIS — and Lomb Final (BCTV CH7) BASEBALL — Toronto at Kansas City 3:00 (KXLY CH 4) HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL — McDonald’s All-Americans 4:00 (CBUT CH 13) NHL PLAYOFFS — Wales Con- ference Semifinal 4:30 (TSN CH PLAYOFFS — ference Semifinal 15) NHL Wales Con- Lucky sevens in NHL playoffs SMYTHE DI ION OILERS 4JETS3 WINNIPEG (CP) — Jari Kurri bailed the Edmonton Oilers out of trouble with the game-winner midway through the third period to stave off the charging Winnipeg Jets 4-3 and keep their best-of-seven Smythe Division semifinal alive. Kurri ended a string of three straight Winnipeg goals with his rising slapshot inside the stick-side post at 13:10, tying the series at three games each and giving the Oilers the home- ice advantage for Monday's deciding seventh game. — The Oilers are attempting to become the seventh NHL team to win a playoff series after falling behind 3- 1 in games. Ironically, Edmonton was on the losing side the last time the feat was accomplished — last season when the Los Angeles Kings overcame a 3-2 deficit to win their Smythe semifinal, The Oilers: have never won a playoff series they trailed by 2-1 or more. It appeared Edmonton was assured a seventh game Saturday when they blew the Jets out of the rink in the opening period. The Oilers opened up a 3-0 lead and the margin could have been wider as the Jets appeared exceedingly jittery. Esa Tifkanen scored on a deflec- tion in the Winnipeg’ crease at 5:29 and Mark Messier buried a backhan- der behind Jets netminder Bob Essen- sa at 9:50. Defenceman Randy Gregg added the third goal on a tip-in at ¥6:52 with Edmonton on a power play— as thg Oilers concluded the opening period with a 12-2 advantage in shots on goal, despite three Jet power plays. Winnipeg settled down and Ed- monton settled back in the second period as the Jets slowly skated off their nervousness. The work paid off at 11:35 when Mark Kumpel—scored-—froma goalmouth scramble, backhanding the puck past sprawling Edmonton netminder Bill Ranford That gave the capacity crowd of 15,567 something to cheer about and with the home-crowd support Win- nipeg outshot Edmonton 16-9 in the Period to gain some momentum en- tering the third trailing by two goals. The Jets then pared the lead again at 3:44 of the third when Doug Smail lifted a goalmouth pass over the glove hand of Randford and at 9:17 the Arena. turned to bedlam as Doug Evans backhanded in a Thoams Steen pass from behind the Oiler nei to tie the game. But with Winnipeg pressing the at- tack, Kurri and Mark Lamb broke in on a two-on-one and Kurri’s second goal of the playoffs was enough for the Oilers to grab the win. NORRIS DIVISION STARS 5 HAWKS 3 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — NET RESULT . . . was a winner for lan Dudley, 15, who was working on his tennis game with o friend at the courts at the Community Complex Tuesday evening. —comnews photo by Fd Mulls Find a Special Treat ot our EASTER BUNNY BRUNCH Or Enjoy Sunday's SPECIAL EASTER DINNER Book Soon — 825-4466 Brunch: 10:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Dinner from 5:30 p.m. 10 km. 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With 2:35 to go, after Millen stop- ped Neil Wilkinson, the puck went off Berezan’s midsection and into the net. Chicago’s defence then deserted Millen, as the North Stars were left alone to shoot three times from close range. On the second rebound, with Millen dowh,: Broten lifted a backhander for a 3-1 lead. At the end of the period, coach Mike Keenan pulled Millen in favor of Ed Belfour. The move worked in Game 2, when the Hawks rallied from a 3-0 deficit for a 5-3 victory. FLAMES — KINGS The Calgary Flames and Los Angeles Kings were tied at two midway through the third period when the Castlegar News went to press. The Kings went into the game with a chance to wrap up the series with a 3-2 lead over the defending Stanley Cup champs in the Smythe Division semifinal. Big league boys making bonus bucks NEW YORK (AP) — The average salary in the major. leagues on opening day soared 16.4 per cent toa record $578,930 US, the biggest off- season increase ever, according to an Associated Press survey. This year’s increase of $81,676 was more than $23,000 higher than the old record-of $58,525, set just a year ago. In_1983, salaries jumped 19.3 per cent, but only $47,697. The Kansas City Royals, who signed free agent pitchers Mark Davis and Storm Davis last winter, have the largest payroll in baseball at $22,178,744, an average of $821,435. The New York Mets have the second-highest average at $761,941, even though they cut high-priced Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez from their roster in the off-season. The Boston Red Sox, who added free agents Tony Pena and Jeff Rear- don, are third with a $738,272 average. The New York Yankees are fourth at $728,800, excluding the $19.3 million, five-year extension they signed with first baseman Don Mat- tingly. The California Angels, who added free agent pitcher Mark Langston, were fifth at $723,190. At the opposite end, the smallest payroll belongs to the Baltimore Orioles at $8,961,584, an average of $298,719 per person. The Chicago White Sox were the second-lowest at $9,938,500 an average of $368,093. Ninety players were at the minimum salary of $100,000, in- cluding 11 of the 27 White Sox.” Salary figures were obtained from player and management sources and include prorated shares of signing bonuses. The figures include the 702 Players on opening-day rosters and the 43 players on the disabled list. STUDIES SALARIES The average salary at the end of the 1989 season was $497,254, based on a study by the Major League Baseball Players Association, but that amount includes earned incentive bonuses. The average salary this year would have been even higher except that Scouts have their eye on Nino Da By ED MILLS Staff Writer Nino Da Costa remember the name It might be a name Castlegar residents will be hearing a lot in the coming years The 15-year-old local hockey star was picked last weekend as Castlegar’s only representative to the Kootenays under-17 team that will play in the six-team B.C. Cup minor hockey tournament in Osooyos April 19to 23 He’s also been invited to the sum mer camp by the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League, who scouted him during the Bantam Rep playoffs in February Da Costa was third in the West Kootenay Minor Hockey Association Bantam scoring race last season with 83 points And as far as potential goes, Da Costa has got what it takes to goa long way if he wants to, says his Ban. tam Rep team coach Paul Phipps. “*His potential is unlimited depen. ding on his discipline and how hard he works at it," said Phipps. For a five-foot-seven, 140-pound centre, Phipps says Da Costa is an ex- tremely fast skater and has a very good shot. ‘‘I guess that’s why he’s getting a look (from the Raiders and the province)."* The Grade 10 student at Stanley Humphries secondary school was selected out of 46 East and Wes: Kootenay players who tried out for the Kootenay team in Fruitvale March 29 to April 1, Those tryouts were stage two of an ongoing process by the B.C Amateur Hockey Association's Best Ever program which identifies and recruits the province's best players for provin cial, national and international com. petition Of the approximately 140 players competing in the B.C. Cup, 46 will be selected for a summer camp and from that group 20 will be chosen to represent the province in the Canada Games in Prince Edward Island next February Castlegar natives Travis Green — a New York Islanders draft pick curren tly playing with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the WHL and Steve Junker of the WHL's Spokane Chiefs, are among the players who have been through the program. Ultimately, says Ted Hargreaves. who was on the selection committee for the Kootenay team and who will coach B.C. at the Canada Games, the entire process is an evaluation camp to sift out players for Canada’s national team. But if a player doesn't make it that far — and it gets harder as a player gets closer — he still has other options in the program. “* Where's the under 18 team or the junior national team but the national team is the ultimate goal,"’ said Hargreaves. Da Costa said he thought he has about a S0-SO chance of making the first cuts and says its the same odds going into the B.C. Cup round where 10 evaluators will watch all 30 games before making their picks. It helps, he says, that the Kootenay team is strong on talent going into the tournament. NINO DA COSTA . .. Shows promise many players negotiated multi-year contracts to lower their 1990 salaries as protection against management's lockout. Still, 152 players on opening day rosters will make $1 million or more, including 27 at $2 million or more. Milwaukee’s Robin Yount, the highest-paid player in 1990 at $3.2 million, is the first player to break the 33-million mark for a single season. Also, opening day rosters were ex- panded to 27 from 24 because of the lockout and that added 78 players. If the three lowest-paid players on each team were removed from the rosters, the average salary would increase to $634,741. The names of the extra players haven't been disclosed by the teams and the players’ association, so the lowest-paid players may not be the ex- tra ones in every case. Salary averages are done “on opening day and on Aug. 31, the day before rosters expand. Although many players earn bonuses during the season, the average usually declines becayse higher-paid players are released during the year and are replaced by younger players with lower salaries. Costa “The team we have for. the Kootenays I think has a good chance at getting the cup. There are a lot of guys on the team who have a good chance at making the (provincial) team so our team will get a good look."” Da Costa said he had to pass up the offer from the Raiders to play in the B.C. Cup but he feels he made the right decision. Next Season, depending on how things go with the Best Ever program, he says he wants to skip midget and mgye into the Junior B Kootenay In- ternational Junior Hockey League, either with the Castlegar Rebels or another team And the year after that, who knows? Could Da Costa be Castlegar’s next Steve Bozek? Time will tell