" sii . BUSINESS VANCOUVER (CP) = Prices were up as the Van- couver Stock Exchange trad ed a record 34,682,896 shares Friday, breaking record ‘established a week ago. The 38,478,117 shares traded April 3 e: previous high of 33,300,000 set in January 1963. _ record VSE index of 1962.45, up 23.67 from Thursday's close and up 121.37 from the ‘April 3 record of 1841.08. International Phoenix En- terprises was the most active trader among equities, up .05 to $1.60'on 472,500 shares, British Silbak B -was un- changed at $3.95 on 269,125, Taurus Resources gained 40 $1.40 on 249,575, and Hurricane Rescue was up .26 to SIDE-BY-SIDE: New bridge across Slocan River at Winalw goes up_ use ii alongside old Winlaw bridge. New concrete bridge will be ready for bridge. about two months, replacing 60-year-old Howe truss type CosNewsPhoto Domestic auto sales jump TORONTO (CP) — Sales by domestic automakers jumped in March but the industry's first-quarter perfor- mance was down slightly from the same period last year. Canadians bought 109,710 cars and trucks from the four domestic automakers last month, up 12 per cent from 97,172 in March 1986 as consumers took advantage of a smorgas bord of incentives. ‘The gains, particularly in the booming truck market, weren't enough to stop a two-per-cent drop in sales for the first three months of the year. Sales slipped to 248,289 from 254,261 for the first quarter of 1986. Meanwhile, the Automobile Importers of Canada reported a two-per-cent drop in March from the same period last year in car and truck sales among its 14 member companies. Import sales for the first three months were down seven per cent from a year earlier. The domestic producers’ first-quarter performance is a better reflection than March's figures of what will happen for the rest of the year, said analyst Dennis DesRosiers, president of DesRosiers Automotive Research Inc. PREDICTS DROP Many analysts are estimating a six- to seven-per-cent drop in sales this year. General Motors of Canada Ltd., the country’s biggest automaker, reported a 12.4-per-cent gain for March to 53,017 from 47,148 deliveries in the same 1986 period but quarterly sales fell seven per cent to 117,191 from 125,830. Telesat to launcha No 2 Ford Motor Co. of Canada said March sales rose 12 per cent to 30,351 from 27,039 a year earlier, helping it achieve the best quarterly performance of the domestic producers. Sales for the first three months increased five per cent to 74,342 from 70,666 in the same 1986 period. Ford attributed its March gains — the best since 1979 — to strong sales of the Mustang sports car and Aerostar van. Sales in March at third-place Chrysler Canada Ltd. climbed 15.7 per cent to 23,884 from 20,627 a year earlier. However, deliveries for the first three months slipped two per cent to 49,975 from 51,166, Chrysler continues to report major gains in truck sales. In March, deliveries soared 32.1 per cent compared with the same 1986 period and 9.4 per cent for the first three months — both company records. CREDITS JEEP American Motors (Canada) Ltd., which is being sold to Chrysler, said sales increased four per cent last month to 2,458 from 2,358 in March 1986 mainly on the strength of its popular Jeep. Its sales jumped 48 per cent. The iniporters association said March car and truck sales dropped to 32,787 from 33,667 in the same 1986. period almost solely due to a slide in truck sales. Quarterly sales dropped to 74,590 from 80,458. ' Honda of Japan retained its No. 1 position, jumping 46 per cent in March to 7,357 from 5,024 a year earlier. During the quarter, sales increased 23 per cent to 15,338 from 12,424 last year. Dollar on rise TORONTO (CP) -- The Canadian dollar, taking ad- vantage of renewed weak- ness in the U.S. currency, surged higher Friday trading as high as 76.92 cents US — the highest level since late August 1964. “It's following through on pressure we're seeing on thie U.S. dollar,” said trader Rod Fowler of Wood Gundy Ine. The U.S. dollar fell sharply in trading in Tokyo, plunging to 142.50 yen, a record low. to $2.16 on 235,059. Humbolt Energy dropped .04 to .30 and New Beginnings gained +11 to $1.85. Leading devel t EDUCATION FOR THE WHOLE CHILD Academic, Spiritual, ional, Physical Now Taking Registrations For Students Grades 1-7 For 1987 Fall Term Alpha and Omega, | - 12 Beginning to the End. © Meeting all Requirements to a Complete Acceptance into Further Education © Registered With the B.C. 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The Canadiens built a 5-2 lead midway through the second period and held on after power-play goals by Rick Middleton late in the second period and Cam Neely at 13:28 of the third. Montreal, which eliminated Boston in the first round in each of the last three season, can do it again by winning tonight's game in Boston in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup series. The Canadiens extended their winning streak to 12 games, including the last nine in the regular season, and Ned their unbeaten string to 13 games. Boston, which has lost 17 straight playoff series to Montreal, has dropped its last five games. The Bruins took their only lead of the series on Middleton's unassisted shorthanded goal at 2:24 of the first period. ‘But Montreal battled back with three goals ina four-minute span to take a 3-1 lead. Ray Bourque cut the margin to 3-2 at 7:17 of the second Vy ‘ined the and period. Again, is MePhee provided the punch. He scored 17 seconds after Bourque when he carried the puck from behind the Boston net and swept it off the far post past goalie Doug Keans. Just 2:16 later, at 9:50, McPhee, who had 18 goals all season, added his third goal when his 10-foot shot from the left on a power play flew over Keahs’s left shoulder. It made the scored 5-2. Middleton converted a rebound at 17:59 of the second period and Neely, who had all three Boston goals in the second game of the series, connected on a short backhander. McPhee's first goal, on a tip-in of Chelios’s shot from the point, tied the game 1-1 at 12:36 of the first period. At 14:36, Bobby Smith tipped in Chelios’s shot on a power play and at 15:54 Chelios backhanded a rebound of his own shot past Keans. Meanwhilé, in the other Adams Division match up, Peter Stastny scored three goals and Michel Goulet added two as the Quebec Nordiques whipped the Hartford Whalers 5-1 in a fight-filled NHL playoff game Saturday night. Hartford now leads the best-of-seven Adams Division semifinal 2-1. The series continues here tonight. Mario Gosselin played a solid game in goal for the who P d the Whalers, out-hitting, out-shooting and on several occasions out- fighting the visitors. Ron Francis scored Hartford's only goal at 3:03 of the third period to spoil Gosselin's bid for a shutout. Gosselin made key stops throughout the game for Quebec and had the crowd chanting his name during the second period when he robbed Daved Tippett with a glove save. Ps Mike Liut started in goal for Hartford but was replaced by Steve Weeks early in the second period after Quebec's fourth goal. The Nordiques outshot Hartford 37-30. IMPROVED SKATERS . . . Lisa Datchkoff (left) and Selena Fodor were chosen the most improved skaters in the Castlegar Figure Skating Club for 1986-87. The two will share a special plaque recognizing th. achievement. Blues take it to Leafs TORONTO (CP) — Gino Cavallino scored a fluke goal at 14:09 of the third period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Stanley Cup playoff action Saturday night. The victory enabled the Blues to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Norris Division semifinal with the fourth game scheduled tonight in Toronto. Cavallini’s goal, his second of the game and third of the series, allowed the Blues to rebound from a 20 first-period deficit. The Blues trailed 3-2 entering the final period. Bernie Federko added an empty-net goal for the Blues with one second left in the game. Zezel spa win over NEW YORK (AP) — Centre Peter Zezel broke a scoreless tie with a short-handed goal 5:28 into the second period and veteran defenceman Mark Howe scored 13 seconds later to lead the Philadelphia Flyérs to a 3-0 victory Saturday night over the New York Rangers in their Patrick Division semifinal series. Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven NHL series 2-1. The team’s meet again tonight in New York for Game 4 Philadelphia rookie goalie Ron Hex. tall made 34 saves as the Rangers went o-for-7 on the power play. Rangers now are 1-for-20 in the three games on the power play in the series and the Flyers, o-for-20. After being outplayed in the first period and outshot 12-5, the Flyers Cavallini carried the puck up the middle on a 2-on-1 break and his shot from the slot was stopped by Toronto goaltender Ken Wregget. Toronto defenceman Al Iafrate, who was on his knees, swiped at the loose puck and it caromed by Wregget off the skates of Toronto forward Steve Thomas at 14:09 of the final period. ‘ Dan Daoust and Russ Courtnall scored to give Toronto a quick lead but St. Louis tied it before the first period ended on goals by Bernie Federko and Cavallini Wendel Clark scored the lone goal of the second period giving the Leafs a 3-2 lead entering the third period. rks Flyer Rangers took control in- the second period, unloading 12 shots to four for the Rangers in the first five minutes. The turning point came on a New York power play. Dave Poulin took control of the puck in the Flyers zone and passed to Zezel, Vanbiesbrouck, tucking a backhander past him. Zezel sat out Game 1 with a knee injury. Tim Kerr then beat Walt Poddubny on a faceoff in the Rangers zone seconds later, and Howe's shot from the top of the slot sailed through Vanbiesbrouck’s legs for a 2-0 lead. It was Howe's first goal of the series. Rick Tocchet made it with his third goal of the series. It also came with the Rangers pressing in the Flyers’ zone. Detroit beats Blackhawks to take lead CHICAGO (AP) — Shawn Burr's deflection of Dave Lewis's wrist shot at 4:51 of overtime Saturday night lifted Detroit to a 4-3 NHL victory over the Chicago Blackhawks as the Red Wings took a 3-0 advantage in the Norris Division semifinal playoff series. Detroit can clinch the Sest-of-seven series with a ,vietéry tonight in Chicago. x Lewis's 30-foot wrist shot bounced off Burr's chest and )trickled into the net past diving Cliicago goalie Bob Sauve. f The Blackhawks, trailing 3-0 after the first period, tied the game 3-3 on Ed Olyczyk’s wrist shot from 10 feet at 13:23 of the third period, and outshot Detroit 17-10 for period. Detroit took a 3-0 lead in the first period, powered by Steve Yzerman and Mel Bridgman, making his 89th playoff appearance. Yzerman scored at 5:28 with an unassisted goal from 10 feet that sailed over the Sauve’s shoulders Bridgman made it 20 with a shorthanded goal just a minute later as he scored on a wrist shot from behind the right faceoff circle. With 43 seconds left in the period, Bridgman scored again, grabbing the rebound of Yzerman’s shot and firing it in over a fallen Sauve to give Detroit a 3-0 lead. Chicago's Denis Savard scored on a pass from Rich Preston to make it 3-1 at 2:23 of the second period, and Curt Fraser made it 3-2 just 21 seconds into the third period with a shot that beat Detroit goalie Glen Hanlon through the legs. WINNIPEG (CP) — Mike Bullard Steve Bozek and Joey Mullen, on a Calgary downs Jets scored at 3:53 of overtime as the Calgary Flames defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3.2 Saturday to win a must game for them in the NHL Smythe Division semi-finals. Bullard scooped up a loose puck in the Jet zone and fired a low shot past goaltender Daniel Berthiaume. The Jets lead the best-of-seven series 2-1. The series resumes tonight in Winnipeg. The teams struck for four goals in Edmonton now ahead of Kings INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jari Kurri and Mark Messier scored two goals apiece Saturday to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Kings and a 2-Flead in the Smythe Division semifinal series, The best-of-seven NHL playoff series continues this afternoon at the Forum. Kurri, who had scored four goals in the Oilers’ 13-3 route of the Kings on Thursday night in Edmonton, collected his fifth goal of the series to give the Oilers a 4-2 lead in the second period. He added his sixth goal of the playoffs at 9:10 of the third period, giving Edmonton a 6-3 advantage. Messier, collecting his third and fourth goals of the playoffs, broke a 2-2 tie in the second period, then gave the Oilers a 5-8 lead in the third. Dave (Tiger) Williams scored a pair of goals for the Kings and Bernie Nicholls had four assists. The Kings pulled to within 6-4 on Jim Fox's goal with 7:41 remaining and came within one goal on rookie Luc Robitaille’s goal with seven seconds left in the game. Messier scored at 8:50 of the second period, banging in a shot out of a scramble in front of the Kings’ net. San STEVE BOZEK -.. one goal the first period, then remained score- less until the overtime goal. Randy Carlyle and Paul MacLean, with a power-play goal, scored for the Jets. power-play goal with only 31 seconds left in the period, scored for Calgary. Winnipeg's Berthiaume made 31 saves while Calgary's Mike Vernon stopped 26 shots. The final five minutes of the third period saw some frantic action, with the Jets applying their most intense pressure of the game, outshooting Calgary 10-6. It looked like Jet captain Dale Hawerchuk would score the winner with only three minutes left in regulation time when he snapped a shot from the slot, but Vernon, sprawling across the net, gloved the puck. The Jets had already missed a glorious chance when neither MacLean nor Brian Mullen were able to find the handle on a bouncing puck during a scramble in front of the Calgary net. The Flames had some early chances, especially on a first-period power play when Berthiaume made a pair of key stops. bahia Mason helps Caps topple Islanders UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Def- enceman Larry Murphy scored a first-period goal and goaltender Bob Mason recorded a victory in his first postseason appearance as the Washing- ton Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2-0 Saturday night for a 2-1 lead in their NHL Patrick Division playoff series. The best-of-seven semifinal resumes tonight with Game 4 here. The Capitals used an airtight defence to bottle up the Islanders, who were playing without eight men from their playoff roster, including two of their top scorers, Mike Bossy and Brent Sutter. The Islanders-had 26 shots on goal in the game. Penalties hurting Rebels Due to our press deadline, I do not know the result of last night's Kootenay International Junior Hoc- key League game between the Castlegar Rebels and the Cranbrook Colts at the time that I am writing this column. The Rebels, who managed to hammer the Colts 12-2 in the first game of their best-of-seven game series, are now on the verge of losing the KIJHL championship to Cranbrook, who have come back and won three straight games. There is no doubt that Cranbrook has a pretty solid team with marks: men like Dave Fisher, who scored four goals and assisted on four others in last Tuesday's game, to help the Colts to a 9-3 romp over the Rebels. Mike McBride and John Klemm are two other Colts to be contended with, And the goaltending of Mike Daloise is enough to frustrate some of the best offensive lines in the league. But it should be remembered that the Rebels are a pretty tough team in their own right who are more than capable of going toe-to-toe with any team in the KIJHL, something they proved when they captured the Surj Rattan league's West Division title. So why does it seem like Cran- brook is walking all over them? The reason is pretty simple. The Rebels just can’t seem to stay out of the penalty box and if they insist on being infatuated with the sin bin, they'll more than likely lose the KIJHL title to the Colts. It seems the Rebels are a team that can easily be frustrated, which in turn leads to the high number of penalties they seem to consistently rack up in most of their games. Gary Ruff's trip into the stands during a recent game in Cranbrook to fight with the fans is a classic example of how the Rebels are frustrated. I see Ruff as one of the key players on the Rebels’ squad, but his outbursts of frustration will only hurt his team. He was ejected from the game in Cranbrook, and despite what the fans in the stands were saying or doing, Ruff should have just con- trolled his temper and gone to the dressing room. But because he let hi hadowed 's victory hado a big performance in goal by the Islander Kelly Hrudey, who faced 82 shots and made several spectacular saves. a Hrudey, making his third start of the series after the teams split two games in Washington, allowed only a fluke goal by Murphy 14:08 of the first period. The Capitals clinched the victory with an empty-net goal that was credited to Gaetan Duchesne with 38 seconds left after Hrudey had been pulled from the game. Duchesne was clear on a breakaway when the Islander Alan Kerr threw his stick a the puck. the fans get to him and went into the stands, he received an indefinite suspension. That suspension was lifted after the second period of Tuesday night's contest and even Rebels’ coach Bill Johnson admitted the team was hurt by Ruff's suspension. “By that time (third period) it was too late,” Johnson told the Castlegar News in a recent interview. With gunners like Rick Viens, Dane Jackson and Rod Horcoff and the goaltending of both Nick Colvin and Jim Reilly, the Rebels have the talent to take Cranbrook and the KIJHL title, despite how good the Colts’ Mike Daloise is between the pipes. As Johnson said: “You don't beat a team 12-2 and then lose three straight games.” Well, unless the Rebels learn to control their temper on the ice and stay out of the penalty box, all the talent in the world won't help them beat Cranbrook and the Rebels will lose in four straight games.