anh as Castlegar News _decomber 18, 1988 { BUSINESS Alcohol tariffs reduced BRUSSELS (CP) Canadian negotiators have walked away from the bargaining table in Brussels with a compromise agreement on im ported European wine, beer and liquor. Following a lengthy meeting, which began at midnight Friday night, Canada agreed to give the European Commuriity a deal on wine similar to the one the United States received under the free-trade agree ment In Toronto, Premier David Peter. son criticized Canadian negotiators earlier for offering the Europeans a compromise on markups. Ontario government officials and Canadian wine industry representa tives flew home early Friday in protest when the compromise was proposed to the Europeans. A weary negotiator, however, said he thought the deal with the Europeans was better for Canada than the one with the United States under the free-trade treaty “For a category of wines com posed of 100 per cent C dian grape, the phaseout is 10 years,” said the negotiator who spoke on con dition of anonymity Ontario had wanted a 10- to 12-year phaseout period For blended wines which have 30 per cent Canadian grape content the phaseout is over seven years “but on a basis which is more meas ured then” the free-trade agreement, the negotiator said There will be a 19-per-cent provin cial tariff reduction on blended wines in the first year of the agreement compared to the 25 per cent in the first year negotiated by the United States. In return, the Europeans backed down on threats to retaliate against the price markups, which were ruled unfair last year by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. At that time, GATT told Canada it had until the end of 1989 to eliminate the differentials, settle with Europe or face trade retaliation. The Europeans also backed down on demands for substantive changes to provincial tariffs on imported beer LIFT RESTRICTIONS Restrictions on imported spirits will be lifted on Jan. 1, the negotiator said. Liquor had been a much smaller issue because most distillers are already internationally competitive. However, Ontario's brandy indus try won an extension to cushion it from the changes, negotiator said “At the end we got a deal which resolves a longstanding dispute with the Europeans,” he said “It ends the threat of European retaliation, which was a real threat, and resolves some of the measures dealing with Ontario's adjustment questions “It's a better phaseout than the severe front-end loading of the FTA (free-trade agreement).” He said Ottawa believes the latest deal favors Ontario's $100-million project to create a smaller, but higher-quality, industry and compen. sate those forced out of business. hile Ontario appears ready to reject the deal, British Columbia's wine industry seems ready to accept the compromise Stroller not safe TORONTO (CP) - A child's stroller sold by Consumers Distri buting Company Ltd. and its Toy City division has been recalled be cause design defects may put chil dren at risk Purchasers of Strolee Tandem Stroller Model No. 215 GHD can return the model to any Consumers or Toy City outlet for a refund or to exchange for Model No. 215A GHD, a later model without de: s. The model number is located on a label stitched on the back rest Weekly stocks VANCOUV (CP) mixed in moderately active trading Friday on the Vancouver Stock Ex change Volume at close was 15,168,002 shares. Of the issues traded, 240 advanced 206 declined and 548 were unchanged for a V index of 764.55, down 5.82 from Thursday's close NCA Minerals was the most active trader among equities, down .40 to 45 on 381,200 shares, Micham Ex ploration was unchanged at .15 on 226,000, Bishop Resourc@s advanced .01 to .02 on 97,000 and Norsemont Mining remained at .20 on 7! Seguro Resources gained .05 to $ and Cover Resources advanced .02 to 80 Leading trading was Calpine Resources, down 01 to12.36 on 1,025,466 shares, Con solidated Stikine rose $1 7-8 to $8 3-4 on 299,734, Consolidated Goldwest 15 to .70 on 230,500 and Prices were development — equities was up International Werner advanced .01 to .34 on 211,000. American CDN gained .06 to .27 and Surf Inlet remained at Pergold A led warrents trading, steady at .02 on 10,000 shares. In development warrants, Adrian Re sources was unchanged at .11 on 333,000 shares. Prices on both the Toronto and New York stock exchanges turned upward Friday as investors began looking optimistically to 1989. The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 composite index rose 19 points to close at 3,302.96, down 1.97 points on Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 17.71 points to 2,150.71, finishing the week with a net gain of 7.22 points. ‘It's the yar-end rally,” said analyst Ira Katzin of Toronto-based Merit Investment Corp nding, Near Parksville, Vancouver Island, B.C. Mild Weather In All Seasons Our Guests Say ‘The log cottages are the best I've ever seen." ‘You have worked hard to add the personal touches that make uS want to come back. It's charming here. The West Coast Experience of a Lifetime! Share the untouched beaury of our sandy beach. 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Pratt was stricken at the Pacific Coliseum — a home-away-from-home where he spun tales for anyone who would listen — during the second period of a National Hockey League game between the Canucks and the Calgary Flames. He was pronounced dead at hos- pital. Pratt was the first employee of the Canucks when they entered the NHL in 1970 and served the last several years as a goodwill ambassador, promoting the club at conventions, dinners and minor hockey games throughout British Columbia. “He had an influence on everybody who played in the Canuck uniform,” said Pat Quinn, the club's president and general manager, and a player on the 1970 team. “He was part of the management team (in 1970), but he didn't seem like it, he seemed like one of the guys. He always had time to chat with you and try to offer some of thé tremendous wisdom he acquired over the years. He had a great feel for the game. Born Jan. 7, 1916 in Stoney Mountain, Man., Pratt began his NHL career with the New York Rangers in 1935, and also played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. While with the Leafs in 1944, he won the Hart Trophy for the league's most valuable-player when he set a league scoring record for de- fenceman with 57 points in 50 games. SCORES WINNER He was on the last Ranger team to win a Stanley Cup in 1940 and he scored the winning goal for the Leafs in the seventh game of the 1945 Cup final against the Detroit Red Wings. The: smiling, white-haired Pratt, who stood well over six feet, was at the rink almost every day, chatting with players or watching game shows on the television in the team lounge. “Every player got to know him and what type of person he was,” said Vancouver captain Stan Smyl. “Babe could tell the stories. He enjoyed coming’ down here and he wanted to win just as much as we did.” Defenceman Doug Lidster said Pratt's warmth and charm will be missed. “He used to come in about 10 o'clock and watch his game shows and chew the fat, tell us some old stories,” said Lidster. “He was a hell of a guy, he told us some stories that brought back some big names for us and really kept us in touch with what hockey was like when he played.” Annis Stukus, a Canadian Football League Hall of Famer and Pratt erony around Vancouver, said his buddy lived life to the fullest and he said it was no time to be sad. NO WEEPING “If there was any tears or weeping or this, that and the other, the Babe would be the first guy to kick you in the shin~and come up with some kind of a crack ‘Hey fellas, I just died and I didn't go away.” Stukus said Pratt was one of the first prototypes for the Bobby Orr style of defence. “He had that big reach and those long legs,” said Stukus. “He'd come up to the defence and he'd kind of stick a knee out and put the puck in behind it. God, you needed an axe to get at the thing. The guy was just a great hockey player.” Stukus said Pratt sense of humor. “I remember one time we were sitting in this low chesterfield, B.S.ing as usual (about our careers) for about a half an hour or so. It was time to get up and we had to help each other up and then take three steps before we moved. had a great “He looked at me and started laughing and said ‘You know, I hope to hell we had fun doing this because we sure didn’t make any money doing what we've done to ourselves over the years.” After 26 years of organized hoc- key, Pratt entered the lumber business as a log buyer and in- spector. He is survived by his wife Flor- ence, son Tracy, who played 10 seasons in the NHL, daughter Wallis and four grandchildren. \nnuities BREAKING OUT... A Valley Vikings skater carries the puck up the ice during Castlegar Gentleman's Hockey League play at Pioneer Heavy Duty. Arena this week. The Vikings dropped an 8-5 decision to Bill's CosNewsPhoto by Nick Allon Sweden dumps Canada 4-1 MOSCOW (CP) — Canada suffered another setback Saturday in their bid to defend the goal at the Izvestia hockey tournament, losing 4-1 to Sweden and falling to last place in the standings. 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The 17-year-old Spokane Chiefs centre — who spent the 1985-86 season with the Rebels — says his introduction to major junior hockey has changed his perspective on approaching the game. S Views By Brendan Nagle Despite the Chiefs apparent ineptitude, Green is confident the team can turn their fortunes around in the second half of the season. “A lot of our losses have been one-goal decisions,” he says. “We're only 10 points out of a playoff spot right now with more than half a season to go. I think it's just a matter of making the playoffs. Any team can win once the playoffs begin.” Green's schedule is hectic. Two hours a day, every day, are spent on the ice practising and off-ice time is spent thinking about the game, not “goofing around or playing a pickup game of basketball.” The additional pressures of stepping up to major junior and moving to a larger city are enough to chill any 17-year-old. But Green enjoys his new surround- ings in Spokane and has adapted handily to his new home. “The hockey down here is a lot more intense,” he says. “It's a business, you have-to approach it a lot more seriously than in Junior B. But you still have to enjoy it, if you don't — there's no sense in playing.” The six-foot, one-inch, 195-pound centre has scored 15 goals and 25 assists in 30 games for the WHL West basement-dwelling Chiefs. He is one of the bright spots for the Chiefs in an otherwise lack-lustre season. Same with Stephen Junker. The six-foot, 175-pounder 16-year-old left-winger jumped from Castlegar Bantam Rep hockey last season to Spokane this season. The young Chief rookie has netted 10 goals and six assists in 31 games this season — a season that is considered as a learning experience for the budding young hockey player. “It's hectic,” he says over the phone from Spokane. “I live at the rink pretty well.” The increased pressure that comes from jumping from Bantam to major junor doesn’t appear to have had any adverse effect on Junker’s enthusiasm for the game. The confidence in Junker's voice seems to betray the fact that he has taken huge strides in the world of amateur hockey in the last few months. “It's a lot of fun,” he says. “We've won our last three in a row and I think we're going to have a good second half.” The second half is important for the Chiefs, who fired coach Butch Goring earlier this season. The Chiefs are the premier hockey franchise in Spokane and play a key role in developing young players for the big leagues. The more Green and Junker contribute to a winning preformance, the better their chances of catching the eye of an NHL scout. The pair will be in Castlegar “for a couple of days” over Christmas before it’s back to hockey, hockey and more hockey. * * «6 Speaking of hockey, Castlegar’s Adrian Markin is now a BCJHL all star. Markin and teammate Jason Marshall were the overwhelming pick of the league's managers and coaches to anchor the Interior All Star team's defensive corps. Markin, an ex-Rebel in his second season with the Vernon Lakers, has scored seven goals and 13 assists so far this season to give him the coveted first team all star status. “It's really good,” he says while in the same breath praising the Vernon franchise. “It’s the best management in the province hockey-wise.” The five-foot, 10-inch, 195-pound 20-year-old will make his all star appearance in the BCJHL All Star game in Vernon Jan. 19 when the Interior division squares off against the Coast division. a par, but the Soviets have that mystic. “We were very respectful of the Soviets just because it was the Soviets. When you hear so much about them I think you're in awe of them a little and we came out and as a result we played a hesitation type game. Tonight we were much more assertive and took charge.” Although they played with confi dence, Canada still needed.the strong netminding of Randy Hansch, as the Swedes outshot Canada 11-3 in the first period. Steve Graves engineered the Davis goal, taking the puck at the side of the Swedish net, pulling Peter Lindmark over and then feathering a pass to Davis skating into the slot. Davis made no mistake as he had the whole open net with Lindmark un. able to come back across in time Sweden got the equalizer in the second period by Jens Oehling and then skated away with three un answered scored in the third period. Kent Shan8son counted the game winner at 59 seconds of the third period. Haakan Soedergren added insurance at 4:21 and Arto Blomsten closed out the scoring at 19:21. With 3:44 remaining in the game the Canadians had a chance to get back into the contest but were unable to capitalize on the two-man ad vantage they enjoyed for 61 seconds. Canada has today off and will play Finland Monday. Based on Canada's effort against Sweden, King said he's still hoping his inexperienced club will win at least one game and thereby avoid finishing in the last place. But he also realizes it won't be easy. “I feel optimistic, I always try to keep an optimistic point of view,” said King. “I watched the Finns play the Czechs tonight and they're both good teams too. “It's still going to be a real tough tournament, it’s conceivable that these next two games could be just as tough for us in terms of winning.” Oilers double Whalers HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Esa Tikkanen and Craig Muni scored three minutes apart early in the third period Saturday night to give the Edmonton Oilers a 4-2 NHL victory over the Hartford Whalers. Tikkanen broke a 2-2 tie with his 21st goal of the season, beating goaltender Peter Sidorkiewicz from the slot at 3:35. Muni ripped a 50-footer past Sidorkieicz at 6:36 to give Edmonton an insurance goal. Steve Smith and Craig MacTavish also scored for the Oilers. Dave Tippett and Ray Ferraro had goals for Hartford, which has gone 6-4-1 since Nov. 23 but is 0-2-1 in its last three. HABS 6 RANGERS 3 MONTREAL (CP) — Guy Carbonneau scored a goal and then added an assist early in the third period to help the Montreal Canadiens break open a tight game and defeat the New York Rangers 6-3 in NHL action Saturday night. Mats Naslund and Mike Keane also had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who stretched their unbeaten streak at home to 12 games. Claude Lemieux, Mike McPhee and Russ Courtnall, were the other Montreal scorers, while Ulf Dahlen, Tony Granato and James Patrick tallied for the Rangers. FLYERS 7 LEAFS 1 TORONTO (CP) — Rick Tocchet scored three goals as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated Toronto 7-1 Saturday night for their fourth NHL win in a row, extending the Maple Leafs winless slide to 10 games in the process. Doug Sulliman, Scott Mellanby, Tim Kerr and Dave Poulin also scored for the Flyers, 16-17-2. Mike Bullard picked up two assists, giving him 14 points in the nine games since Nov. 29 when the Flyers acquired him from St. Louis for Peter Zezel. Philadelphia is 7-1-1 with Bullard. ISLES 5 DEVILS 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — :The New York Islanders got a tie-breaking goal from Brent Sutter in a three-goal second period and ended their 12-game NHL losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. It was the first victory for the Islanders since a 6-3 decision over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Nov. 19. The 12-game streak had tied a club record set in the Islanders’ first season in the NHL in 1972-73. PENS 3 WINGS 2 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dan Frawley scored two goals, the second just 1:01 after Phil Bourque's tying score in the third period giving the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins, first in the Patrick Division, are 8-.0-1 in their last nine home games and 9-1-2 overall in their last 12. Bourque tied the game when he deflected Mario Lemeiux's 50-foot shot past Detroit goaltender Glen Hanlon at 11:51 STARS 3 KINGS 2 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota goalie Kari Takko made 32 saves and helped hold Wayne Gretzky scoreless for only the second time this season as the North Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in NHL action Saturday night. Mare Habscheid and Bob Brooke scored second period goals for the North Stars, who won for the first time in six games despite failing to score on the power play for the ninth straight contest. Minnesota moved into sole possession third place in the Norris Division as Toronto lost in Philadelphia. Gretzky, acquired by the Kings in a blockbuster pre-season trade with Edmonton, began the year with a 23-game scoring streak. And, after getting blanked by Vancouver on Nov. 27, he registered at least a goal or an assist in each of his next eight games. With 8:51 to play, Gretzky had a goal disallowed when officials ruled he used his skate to direct Steve Duchesne's pass past Takko. The second-leading scorer in NHL history, Gretzky is third in league scoring this year with 25 goals and 50 assists. He has led the Kings — who had the league's fourth-worth record last ykear, to this season's third-best mark 21-12-1 BRUINS 2 NORDS 2 BOSTON (AP) — Boston rookie Greg Hawgood and Quebec veteran Peter Stastny scored two goals apiece Saturday as the Bruins and the Nordiques skated to a 2-2 NHL overtime tie. Bruins goalie Andy Moog extended his lifetime record to 11-0-2 against Quebec in Jean Perron’s debut as Nordiques head coach. Moog had 24 saves, including 16 in the first two periods, while Quebec goalie Bob Mason had 29 in the second tie in three games between the Adams Division rivals this season. Hawgood, a 20-year-old defenceman, gave Boston a 1-0 lead 31 seconds into the game, taking a pass from Cam Neely and beating Mason with a wrist shot from inside the right faceoff circle. Stastny tied the score at 8:28, putting a 10-foot backhander over the outstretched Moog for his 13th goal. Stastny put Quebec ahead 2-1 on a power play at 3:50 of the second period, beating Moog from in close on a rebound after Moog stopped Anton Stastny and Michel Goulet.