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SPORTS

January 10, 1990

Broncos happy at home

By The Associated Press

Known to whine about such mat-
ters, Denver coach Dan Reeves was
trying to make the best of an early star-
ting time for the AFC championship
game Sunday.

The game at Mile High Stadium
between the Broncos and Cleveland
Browns will kick off at 1:30 p.m. EST,
instead of the-customary 4 p.m. rt.
That's because the NFC title game is
also in the West — the Los Angeles
Rams play at San Francisco, starting at
5 p.m. EST, one hour later than usual.

“We'll probably move our practices
and meetings up about an hour this
week,” Reeves said. “If we have
meetings at 8 o'clock, that means our
guys should be getting up at about 7,
and that’s about the time they’d need
to get up for the game.’

Reeves is happy to be playing at

home — and away from Cleveland
Stadium’s rabid Dawg Pound fans,
who he blames for Denver's defeat at
Cleveland earlier this season.

The Browns won 16-13 on Matt
Bahr's 48-yard field goal. It ended a
10-game losing streak for the Browns
against Denver.

Reeves remains adamant that Bahr's
kick, which barely cleared the
crossbar, wouldn't have been good
had Bahr been kicking into the wind —
which Reeves said he should have been
required to do.

Early in the fourth quarter, after the
Broncos were showered with dog

biscuits, eggs and other debris from the
Dawg Pound at the east end zone,
referee Tom Dooley ordered play to
switch to the other end of the field.

The teams never switched back,
however, and Bahr’s kick, which
should have beén aimed at th€ cast end,
was.aimed west.

WAITS FOR RONNIE

At Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday,
the 49ers continued preparations for
the Rams. One of the San Francisco
keys could be free safety Ronnie Lott,
who was supposed to, be retired by
now ~~,
The 30-year-old defensive back,
who missed five gamés with a sprained
right ankle, is in peak form at the right
time.

“Every game I play, I feel like I can
win it myself,’’ Lott said. ‘I ask
myself, ‘Am I maximizing my poten-

Champ pulls out tou

By CasNews Staff
As icemaker at the Castlegar Curling
Club, it’s Bill Perehudoff’s job to
know the tiniest details about ice.
And it’s attention to those details

that wins curling games.

Put those elements together and you
have Perehudoff, icemaker, and now
two-time West Kootenay 5$0-plus
senior zone champion. .

Perehudoff skipped his rink of Lor-
ne Trickey (third), Ron Belton
(second) and Lloyd Ish (lead) to a
second straight West Kootenay title at
the Nelson Curling Club last weekend.

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icemaker Bill Perehudoff

Atom All-stars sp

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home and home with Trail

The Castlegar Atom All-stars split a
pair of games in a home-and-home
exhibition series with the Trail Atom
development team last weekend.

On Friday at Cominco Arena in
Trail, the All-stars jumped out quickly
and never looked back skating to a 7-1
triumph.

Shawh Horcoff led the attack with
four goals while David Pucci had two
and Grady Moore one. Darren
Belanger and Jay Antignani chipped in
with two assists each with single assists
going to Ryan Kinakin, Ryan Leckie,
Craig Hawkins, Cory Quiding and
Moore.

MINOR LEAGUE
ROUNDUP

Justin Evin played super between
the pipes with Trail spoiling his
shutout bid late in the third period

Saturday’s game at Pioneer Arena
once again had the All-stars jumping
out toa 3-1 first-period lead

Trail fought back to score three of
“its own in the second and Castlegar
responded with two making it 4-3 for
Trail entering the third.

The final frame was all Trail as the
team scored three times while
Castlegar could only manage one and
Trail skated toa 7-6 victory.

Pucci and Horcoff led the All-stars
with two goals apiece with Hawkins
and Belanger notching singles
Belanger also helped out with two
assists as did Wayne Markin. Single
assists went to Antignani, Kent Fauth,
Leckie, Kinakin and Horcoff

Next action for the Atom All-stars is
Jan. 20-and 21 when they travel to
Beaver Valley.

The Castlegar Bantam Reps
celebrated their first win of 1990 with
an 8-5 victory in Beaver Valley on
Saturday.

‘astlegar’s Ilan Dudley popped in
his team’s only goal of the first period
just over five minutes into the game. A
minute later, Beaver Valley scored its
only goal of the period with a rebound

shot off Castlegar’s goalie Jayce
Moore.

Despite Castlegar’s dominant play
in Beaver Valley’s zone, both teams
picked up three more goals in the
second period.

The first of three for Castlegar was
scored by Dudley again. Then Beaver
Valley scored three unanswered goals
in a row, two of which were shorthan-
ded. However, Castlegar tied the game
44 with two quick goals in the last
minute of the second period, one each
by Johnny Strilaeff and Chris
Cavaghan.

Beaver Valley jumped ahead 5-4 at
13:58 of the third, but Castlegar’s
Neno Dacosta scored with a nice deke,
scored to tie the game again.

Strilaeff then snuck the puck
through the goalie's pads to break the
tie for Castlegar

At 2:08 of the third, Dacosta scored
his second goal of the night with an im-
pressive individual effort dodging
three checks to put Castlegar up 7-5.

Castlegar’s Duston Rilcof put the
icing on the cake with a low, hard shot
right off the face-off to round out the
scoring

Assisting on goals were Mike Hunter
with three, Aaron Voykin, Dacosta
and Cavaghan with two each, and Tom
Phipps, Ken Skibinski, Rilcof,- and
Dudley with one each.

The next scheduled league game is
against Nelson at the Pioneer-Arena
Jan. 13 at 10:45 a.m.

Castlegar Safeway Pee Wee house
team put in one good shift in a game at
Beaver Valley Saturday — that is, just
one.good shift that lasted the whole
game

The team had only six players — one
goalie, two defencemen and three for-
wards — although the players did
rotate position to spell each other off.

Despite having only six players,
Castlegar led at the end of the first
period, 5-2. All five goals were scored
by Vince Antignani with one assist to
Wade Stoochnoff and one to Mike
Myrha.

Antignani opened the scoring in the
second period with an assist by
Stoochnoff. Then Stoochnoff added
two goals with Myrha assisting on one,

Skate-athon all set

The annual skate-athon sponsored
by the Castlegar Kiwanis Club willbe
held Saturday, Feb. 3.

Club spokesman Roy Ward said all
youth groups in the area are welcome
to participate.

Pledge sheets can be picked up by
groups from Kiwanis members

Proceeds from the skate-athon are
split 50-50 by Kiwanis and the youth
groups.

The Kiwanis Club pays the expenses

of the skate-athon from its share of the
Proceeds.

There are a maximum of 100 laps an
individual can skate and people may
pledge as much as they want per lap,
usually two to five cents.

The Kiwanis Club uses its share of
the proceeds for community projects
such as the soccer field, while in-
dividual youth groups use the funds
for their own projects

of them. Antignani scored again
assisted by Grant Mosby, and Mosby
scored assisted by Antignani. The
second period ended with Castlegar
leading 10-4.

With the six Castlegar players
having been on the ice now for two full
Periods, and having to kill just one
penalty, fatigue was a factor. But
Castlegar held Beaver Valley to only
two goals in the third, while scoring
three more themselves.. Mosby com-
pleted his hattrick with an unassisted
effort and Myrha notched his first goal
with an assist by Antignani

Strong defensive play by Elliott
Brown and good goaltending by
Robert Case added up to an excellent
team effort by all six players.

tial?’ I'm not content saying, ‘Well,
we've won three Super Bowls, I’m
through.’ "*

Lott didn’t win last Saturday's
Playoff game against Minnesota’ by
himself, but his 58-yard interception
return for a toughdown in the fourth
quarter put the wraps on a 41-13 vic-
tory. He played his best.game of
another all-pro season with three
tackles, a fumble recovery and a pass
breakup.

His 58-yard return was a club
playoff record.

It was the return, ‘not the intercep-
tion, that still has his teammates buz-
zing. About 20 of them mobbed their
defensive and inspirational leader in
the end zone when he scored.

“He pumps me up,” said strong
safety Chet Brooks. ‘But I didn’t
know he was that fast."’

gh win

The second one, he says, he did ‘‘the
hard way.”’

The hard way means coming from
the B side in the double knockout
tourney to beat Trail’s John Merkley
back-to-back for the championship.

Merkley had a chance to wrap it up
in the B final but before you could say
bel call a cop”
stole one in the 11th end to take the
game.

The win set up a rematch for the
championship where Perehudoff
made qiiick work of Merkley, winning
11-5 in eight ends.

qualifies

Interior playdowns set
Feb. 14-17

Perehudoff said the 10 rin
competed in Nelson were top com-
Petitors to the man. A fter losing his fir-

team he just inherited,

have."

in the AFC wild-card playoff game,

New coaches named
at House of Pain

HOUSTON (AP) — Jack Pardee knows good players when he sees
them, so the new coach of the Houston Oilers isi

“It doesn’t matter your address,
the players, it’s just as fatal. I’ll'take my chances with the players we

Pardee, 53, replaces Jerry Glanville, who resigned Saturday.
The Oilers, who went to the playoffs the past three years, closed out
this season with three losses, including a 26-23 overtime loss to Pittsburgh

Pardee, who becomes the Oilers’ 14th head coach, leaves his job as
coach at the University of Houston after three years. Previously h
the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins.

Pardee introduced the run-and-shoot offence to pro fdotball as
coach of the USFL’s Houston Gamblers. =

Oilers owner Bud Adamé said Pardee would instill more discipline in
the Oilers, who led the NFL with 148 penalties last season. .

“You don’t see undisciplined teams getting to the Super Bowl,
ar said. ‘‘Oakland did it one year as a wild card, butthat’s just one

oe he Oilers gained a reputation for aggressive play under Glanville
and renamed the Astrodome the House of Pain.

*t about to tinker with the

* Pardee said, “if you don’t have

\e was

Team makes it 3 in
a row at tourney

By CasNews Staff

Steve Postnikoff scored all four
goals Sunday in leading Kalesnikoff
Lumber of the Castlegar Gentleman’s
Hockey League to a 4-2 win over the
Trail Hawks in the B final of the
Cowboy’s tournament in Trail.

It was the third consecutive year the
Castlegar squad has captured the tour-
ney, once again going undefeated in all
four games.

Two of Postnikoff’s goals came just
over a minute apart in the first period
with Steve Miros and Denis Milden-
berger assisting on the second goal.
Postnikoff netted two more early in
the third period to give Kalesnikoff a 4-
1 lead. A late goal by the Hawks cut the
margin to the final 4-2 score.

st and only game of the ch;
he knew it would be an uphill battle to
successfully defend the title.

“You never think you're going to
lose but it’s a little tougher coming
from the B side (to win it).””

On . Kalesnikoff’s Wayne
Kinakin scored at the 18:50 mark of the
first period and that was all the
Castlegar team needed as it shutout
Tony’s 3-0 to tarna spot in the final.

Gary Fleming added an insurance

goal early in the third and Clay Liber
closed out the scoring for Kalesnikoff
at 12:40 of the final frame.

Dave Clark earned the shutout.

Earlier Saturday, Postnikoff scored
at 19:20 of the third period to give
Kalesnikoff a 5-4 win over the Cats.
The goal capped a late rally for the
Castlegar team which saw it erase a 4-2
Cats lead.

Dave Lang scored at 15:30 of the
third and Kinakin at 18:49 tied the
score for Kalesnikoff and set the stage
for Postnikoff’s heroics.

Postnikoff had scored Kalesnikoff's
first goal at 5:16 of the second period
and Liber also added a second-period
goal for the Castlegar team.

Pogstajkoff was also the hero in the
Kalesnikoff's opening game Friday
against Beaver Valley scoring at the
18:00 mark of the third to give his team
a6-Swin.

Craig Palesch led the Castlegar
squad with a hattrick. Miros and
Fleming added singles.

Castlegar skiers dominate
cross-country trails

Castlegar cross-country skiers won
the 1990 B.C. Winter Games trials held
on the weekend at the Paulson Coun-
try Ski Area.

Seven of the 14-member team will be
from Castlegar, with four skiers from
the Black Jack Club in Rossland, two
from Kimberley and one from Nelson.

Representing Castlegar are Averil
Sheppard, Melanie Gibson, Darren
Tamelin; Peter Bullock, Dana
Manfard, Wayne Stupnikoff and
Trish Wallenstein.

Manhard, from 100 Mile House,

and Wallenstein of Salmon Arm, are
representing this region while atten-
ding Selkirk College in Castlegar.

The Rossland club members on the
team are Kevin Dunneback, Patrick
Blanch, Mark Wilson and Peter
Oszadszky.

and Rossland. ,

Conditions for the race were less
than ideal with heavy snow followed
by rain the night before forcing a
change of course for safety reasons
and resetting of all the tracks.

“However, excellent times were

Kimberley is rep: by William
Apps and Helen Mayes with Karrie
Parent being the lone entry from
Nelson.

The Winter Games trial was run as
part of the Kootenay Cup series of
races run between Nelsofi, Castlegar

|, with the result that this will
probably be the strongest team we have
sent to the games in years,"’ said Gord
Gibson, Kootenay Zone representative
for the Winter Games.

The Winter Games take place in
Penticton Feb. 15-18, 1990.

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Jonvory 10,1990 Castlegar News 13,

CANUCKS’ TRADE

‘Stand Pat’ plays his cards

By GRANT KERR

VANCOUVER (CP) — Pat Quinn
finally made his move after the Van-
couver Canucks slipped nine games
under .500 in the National Hockey
Legue standings.

Quinn, often called Stand Pat by
detractors for his failure to make
trades, engineered a six-player swap
Monday with the Pittsburgh Penguins
in an attempt to gain size and youth for
the struggling Canucks.

Vancouver acquired forwards An-
drew McBain, Dan Quinn and, Dave
Capuano from the Penguins, giving up
veterans Barry Pederson, Tony Tanti

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TONY TANTI
« fresh start

and Rod Buskas.

Every trade is a risk, a gamble, and
it’s\been frustrating trying to put
something together,”’ Patt Quinn said
from Orlando, Fla. ‘‘The only way to
build this team is to make sensible
trades.”

The Canucks wanted size and they
gotitin McBain and Capuano, wingers
who stand over six feet and weigh in the
200-pound range.

MeO 24 api ight ‘wiilger, s
37 goals last oP ati ‘for the Winnipeg
Jets, but had only five in 41 games with
the Penguins after an off-season trade.

“I like McBain’s size and he has
good hands for a big man,"’ said
Quinn. ‘I guess things just didn’t
work out for him in Pittsburgh.””

TOP PICKS

tford for Paul MacDertid.

Dan Quinn scored 40 goals two years
ago for Pittsburgh. His specialty is the
power play, where the Canucks rank
17th in the league. He has nine goals
and 29 points in 41 games this season.

Capuano, 21, is a left winger who
played in the minors fot Muskegon in
the International Hockey League. He
was P "s second. id draft

McBain was Winnipeg's fi d
draft pick in 1983, the same yegr Dan
Quinn, also 24, was selected in the first
round by the Calgary Flames. He was

PAT QUINN
. ‘a gamble’

traded three years later to Pittsburgh
for Mike Bullard

McBain went to Pittsburgh, along
with Jim-Kyte and Randy Gilhen, for
Dave McLIwain, Randy Cunneyworty
and goaltender Rich Tabaracci. Cun-
neyworth recently was sent to Har-

pick in 1986 from the University of
Maine'Black Bears.

“Our scouts have watched him
closely, a big man with good skill
Pat Quinn said. ‘‘He’s part of the
process of getting this team younger

BARRY PEDERSON
. likes Lemieux

arid bigger.””

The ke to have all three

n the lineup
against the Hartford Whalens at the
Pacific Coliseum.
WANTS DEFENCE

General manager-coach Craig
Patrick of the Penguins said his team
was looking for better defensive for-
wards in the deal

“*We're going to be a better team

Fitness buffs turn to
stay at home devices

By MARLENE HABIB
The Canadian Press

The prospect of facing the chills and
spills of winter may be daunting
enough to keep both experienced and
would-be exercisers indoors

Rather than. pedalling a bicycle
through slush and ice or jogging on
slippery sidewalks, they may decide to
invest in a stationary bike. It has the
potential to give fhem cardiovascular
and calorie-burning exercise im the
comfort of their homes.

But anyone thinking about a
Stationary bicycle program should ac-
cess their personalities and priorities
before investing the money and time,
experts recommend

“An exercise bike can be the most
underused piece of athletic equipment
in the home,’’ says Greg Poole,
assistant director of the physical
recreation department at Carleton
University in Ottawa,

“If the person buying it doesn’t have
self-discipline, or finds it depressing to
exercise at home because he or she
Prefers to interact with other people,
the will-power to continue with such a
Program wanes over time.”’

STAY HOME

There appears to be a trend toward
working out at home, experts say,
noting the expensive and shaky fitness
club business and the increasing desire
for home-based activities in general

For example, the U.S. National
Sporting Goods Association reports
that Americans spent $1.4 billion on
home-exercise machines in 1988, an
18-per-cent increase over the previous
year, with stationary bikes accounting
for $451 million of that total

Stationary bikes are also becoming
more popular in Canada, and the Con-
sumers’ Association of Canada plans
to do tests next year to evaluate their
overall quality, association researcher
Diane Desroches said in an interview
from Ottawa é

Poole says those most successful at
sticking to a home program are self-
starters who can adhere to a routine
that_may include watching their
favorite ‘television show while

pedalling away.

Once you've decided you're
motivated enough and have consulted
with a doctor or fitness expert about
taking the exercise-bike plunge, shop
around before making a purchase,
Poole suggests

“In most urban centfes in Canada,
the larger sports-equipment outlets
tend to have knowledgeable staff with
science and fitness backgrounds who
can help you decide on a quality
product.’”

He adds the warning that ‘‘less ex-
pensive but inferior-quality items may
not be worth the money you pay for
them.””

SEEK QUALITY

Although exercise bikes can cost
upwards of $1,000 — including ones
that have such high-tech features as a
heart monitor and moving scenery
screen — a “‘decent’’ bike can cost as
little as $250, Poole says.

Quality bikes have sturdy frames,
adjustable seats and handlebars,
proper wheel-tension controls, and a
front wheel with a belt around it, called
a flywheel, he says.

The flywheel provides for a
smoother pedalling action, where one
part of the stroke isn’t more difficult
than the other." F

Features such as a_heart-rate
monitor can be a waste of money, he
adds.

“*People can monitor their pulse rate
themselves by putting-their fingers to
their throats or wrists, or they can buy
a heart-rate monitor that straps
around their chest for a lot less money
than it would cost to buy a bike with it
included.""

If you're a beginner, start by biking
with light tension only a few minutes —
about three times a week, gradually
working up to a higher wheel tension
and for longer periods of time

DECIDE GOALS

The length of biking time varies ac-
cording to the exerciser’s goals, Poole
says.

For weight loss, it’s generally ad-
vised to pedal_a minimum of 30
minutes at least three times a week. For
cardiovascular development, brisker
pedalling with increased wheel tension
for 15 to 20 minutes will work the heart
sufficiently.

“Hf you're biking within—your
capabilities and areu’t overdoing it,
you will be able to talk without running
out of breath, but shouldn’t be able to
sing. If you can sing you're not
working hard enough,"’ Poole says.

Always decrease the wheel ‘tension
and pedal slowly in the last few minutes
of the workout to give your heart a
chance to slow down; Poole says, ad-
ding that a stretching routine Sfter
hopping off the bike will help loosen
muscles and aid in preventing injury

Recreation news

By REC DEPT. STAFF

Have you looked through our winter
brochure yet?

If you didn’t receive one, please feel
free to drop by the Community Com-
plex Monday to Friday between 8:30
a.m. and 9 p.m. and pick one up.

We have anumber of new programs
along with workshop, craft classes,
fitness, swim programs and much,
much more

This ongoing program has started. It
runs Mondays from 7 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. (please note the new time). For
only $7, you can ‘play basketball until
mid-May. It’s a great way to "meet the
guys'’ after work, get some exercise
and relieve stress

~ DRUM LESSONS

If you child is interested in taking
drum lessons, register now. The class
starts this week, Monday 2:30p.m. to4
p.m. and Thursdays 3:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. for beginners through advanced
Session I runs Jan. 8 to March 15
Session Il runs March 26 to*May 31
Cost is $25 for 10 classes. Instructor is
Bob Bertuzzi. Classes are held at Twin
Rivers.

BLUEBERRY CREEK

We have programs for all ages.
Games Night (6 to 12 years) — Join
your friends playing all different types
of games under the supervision of an
enthusiastic leader on Tuesdays from 6
P.m.'to7-p.m. Starting Jan. 16for only
$8 for 10 weeks. Register at the first
class or the Recreation Office.
Volleyball — Enjoy two evenings of
socializing and exercising the fun way!

Tuesday and Thursday 8 p.m. to 9
p.m. Cost is $10 for 10 weeks at
Blueberry Creek school

Drop-in fitness — Acrobic classes are
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. or
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in our new aerobic
studio complete with mirrors and a
wood sprung floor. Drop in is $3 or
purchase fitness tickets (good for 1990)

_ at $25 for 10 tickets

Once our reg@lar schedule starts
Gan. 22) fitness participants NOT
registered in a fitness class may drop-in
IF there is room available. First-come,
first-served but registered participants
are guaranteed a place in the class
Reminder, street shoes are NOT
attowed in the aerobic studio.

from this trade,"’ Patrick said. ‘*Tanti
gives us scoring, but he is also a better
defensive forward than people
realize,’’

Tanti, 26, scored-250 goals in parts
of eight seasons with the Canucks, just
nine short of the team record. He has
14 goals in 41 games this season

“I needed a fresh start and this is it,"”

“T needed it and the team

Pederson, 28, was a major disap
pointment in Vancouver, He was
acquired in 1986 from the Boston
Bruins for rugged winger Cam Neely
and a future first-round draft pick
(defenceman Glen Wesley in 1988)

The Canucks put Pederson on the
trade block Dec. 20 at his request when
he walked out on the team after being
scratched from the lineup. He had two
goals and nine points in 16 games this
season.

“My wife and F decided it was time
to move on,’’ ‘said Pederson. “I’m
looking forward to playing with a
player the calibre of Mario Lefnieux."”

Buskas, also 28, has not played for
several weeks due to a knee injury. The
defenceman was acquired from Pit
tsburgh in October for future con
siderations.

First Russian
sent to minors

CALGARY (CP) — Sergei
Priakin, the first Soviet hockey
player allowed by his country to
play in the NHL, was sent to the
minors by the Calgary Flames
Monday

Priakin, a forward from the
Soviet Wings who came to Calgary
amid much fanfare last March, has
seen little ice time with the Stanley
Cup champions. He has played six
games this season and has one goal
and an assist for two points

He has been assigned to the Salt
Lake Golden Eagles of the Inter
national League, but is expected to
rejoin the Flames later this week,
said. public relations spokesman

Mike Burke.

Priakin spent seven seasons with
the Wings before moving to the
NHL. He participated in four
world championships, the 1984
Winter Olympics and the 1982
world junior championship

Priakin is not the first Soviet
player in the NHL to be sent to the
minors. Late last month Sergei
Starikov of the New Jersey Devils
was assigned to the team's
American Hockey League farm
club in Utica, N.Y. But he was
primarily sent down to help make
newly signed Alexi Kasatonov’s
transition to North America as a
Utica player easier

LeMond
SI's man
of year

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As
terrible as 1987 was for pro cyclist
Greg LeMond, 1989 has béen
tremendous. .

LeMond was almost killed in a
hunting accident in April 1987 and
still has two pellets lodged in the
lining of his heart. Yet it took only
two years for him to return to the
top of his sport

He won his second Tour de
France and world cycling cham-
pionship. And what he calls ‘my
dream year’ was capped Tuesday
when he was named Sports
Illustrated’s sportsman of the year.

Nords to get Soviets

June’s NHL entry draft. The Nor-
diques picked goaltender, Sergei
Myinikov, 30, who joined the NHL
team this season, 127th overall in the
same draft

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QUEBEC (CP) — The Quebec Nor
diques can expect to have Soviet for
wards Viacheslav Bykov and Andrei
Khomutov in their. lineup next season,
says former Soviet national team
goaltender Vladislav Tretiak.

Tretiak told Quebec Le Soleil that
the national team veterans could easily
receive their release to join the Nor
diques. However, two younger
prospects, Valeri Kamenski and Alexei
Gusarov, will have to wait a few years

“Bykov and Khomutov will get their
release from the Soviet Ice Hockey
Federation because they are over 28
years old,’’ Tretiak said

“The last step will be to convince
Viktor Tikhonov, the national team
coach, to let them go. That won't be
too difficult."”

Bykov, 29, and Khomutov, 28, were
drafted 169th and 190th overall from
Red Army by the Nordiques in last

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