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METAL Phone 365-2665 ie -Junction Shell Service & Wash 1761 Columbia Avenue Phone 365-6511 TERM DEPOSITS (103 v2: with LIFE INSURANCE (620,000 2eneti Kootenay Savings Credit Union TRAIL ® FRUITVALE ® CASTLEGAR ® SALMO ® SOUTH SLOCAN LAZA NAKUSP © NEW DENVER © WANETA PI By ALAN WATSON Special to the Castlegar News : What a difference a slump makes. Until a few month: ago Castlegar’s Steve Bozek had been:a “top.dog” in hockey circles — right from Pee Wee and Bantam in minor hockey. It was the same in junior, first with the Junior B Castlegar-Rebels and then with NCAA Division ce) Nort . It even con into his first year of professional hockey. An early round draft choice, Bozek took the league by the tail, scoring 26 goals in the first 36 games, which even had him ahead of Mike Bossy's record-setting rookie scoring pace. Hot, stuff. Then came his first slump. It began sometime, in January and Bozek hasn't shaken: it yet..In Calgary earlier this month he played well, and played regular shifts which he hadn't been lately. He even saw some time on the power-play. But the Kings lost 7-5 to the Flames and in the dressing room afterwards Bozek ruefully shook his head and used ‘terms’ like “Frustration,” “Discouraging,” and “confi- dence.” x What's happened to Steve Bozek, the bright young man who just a few months ago was seriously touted in many hockey circles as an NHL rookie-of-the-year? It starts with Charlie Simmer. Remember him?' He came from obscurity to score lots and lots of goals with the Kings, forming, with Marcel Dionne and Dave Taylor, the Triple Crown Line. He broke his leg against! Toronto two-thirds of the way throught last season, « Now, go to Los Angeles’ training camp jn the fall of ‘81. Simmer isn't ready, but Steve Bozek is. It is the rookie who steps on to the Triple Crown line and scores 26 goals in 96 games, by being in the right place at the right time. OFF THE LINE Now here comes Charlie Simmer again. It's January of "82 and Bozek is off the big Kings line — and that's one reason for his prolonged slump. ‘i ' _ Another big reason is the Kings’ coaching change. Don Perry, a minor league star in many “Hockey Wars" takes over from “Who, me worry?” Parker MacDonald. Perry’ wants more defensive play, so Perry gets more defensive play. He also tells Bozek that the young man is mentally fatigued and sits him out for four games, Does great things for a ‘players confidence? No.. After. all, those college boys don't play 80 games so you can't expect them do so well their first year in a “real” league. (But you ask - STEVE BOZEK « lost some confidence Bozek whether this is the case you get a rueful shake of the head.) So that’s what happened to Steve Bozek? The kid is suffering now, because he has ‘become a little unsure of himself. Playing ona nagging knee injury, a sprain which the team doctors say won't get worse if he plays on it, Bozek admits, “I've lost some of my confidence and a . little bit of my edge. I'm probably not as sharp around the ‘net as I was early in the year. My timing if off. Then when Itook a shot I would follow it to the net. Now I watch it.” That is why his production in the next 86 games amounted to seven goals. Things really haven't been all that pleasant for Bozek since Perry took over. It's not a matter of personal likes and dislikes, but styles of play and philosophies toward the game. & _ “He’s a good coach and open about things but he’s not “the kind of guy you can go up to and tell him how you feel about things. He run the show and lets everybody know that. He wants things done his way. BO STYLE CHANGE % 1 “He Wanted me to change my style, actually wanted everyore to’play the same. I'm supposed to stick along the boards and not wander. But that’s not my game. Let's face it, I play a lot better in wide open games where I can use my skating ability. The game now is wide open. Look at Edmonton. As soon as the puck is dropped, their wingers are off and flying.” Bozek offers as a reason for his drop in production that “I could be too much di ” But hockey history has proven over and over again that it is defense that wins games, so Perry probably knows what he is doing. He calls Bozek a real competitor, a good skater and thinks he “is coming out of it." _. Bozek does admit “We are having some success with it (Perry's style). Before, I was really doing well and the team was doing pitiful. When the new coach came in, he had to make some changes and unfortunately, I was one of them.” " One change he would like to see is for him to be able to move back to centre, his regular position. He is used to accelerating on his turns and being on the move when he gets the puck, not standing still along the boards as he often is playing left wing. Throughout all this Bozek remains a determined, proud young hockey player. “I'm going to come out of this. If I keep working hard, the breaks will start coming again. Once you lose the edge on your concentration, it’s hard to get back to that same level of intensity. I've got to get into a groove. Lately I've really been pressing and once that happens you get frustrated. Frustration makes things harder, more difficult. It's not a nice relaxed game any more. I really get down when not playing well. I'm trying to work hard, but the knee is hampering me a bit. “But I sure want to start playing well again, because the way you finish this season is the way you carry your approach into next season. I ‘don't want this to be a wasted year. I don't want to start from square one again.” UPDATE: Since Alan Watson filed his special report Bozek has started to come out of his tailspin, Though the likeable 21-year-old closed out the last seven games of the regular season without scoring a goal, he finished with 33 goals and 23 assists for 56 points. But he quickly turned things around the playoffs. ; Against the Edmonton Oilers, Bozek notched two goals and an assist in five games, including a game winner. He picked up his pace in the quarter-final series with the Vancouver Canucks. Bozek scored a goal in the Thursday series opener and then added the game winner in Friday's second game at 4:83 of overtime to give Los: _ Angeles the victory and tie the series at one game apiece. ‘Steve Bozek: Out of scoring slump? e aes Bozek ready to beat Vancouver ieee IMPERIAL OIL Harry Smith, Agent * Phone 365-5185 KC PET MART Phone 365-2633 CHUCKWAGON CAFE Located in the Marlane Hotel Phone 365-8201 CASTLEGAR ‘HAIR ANNEX Phone 365-3744 COLEMAN EXCAVATING -Phone 365-5013 MARLANE HOTEL Phone 365-2626 CASTLEGAR AUTO BODY Phone 365-5424 ° NORTHWEST MOBILE HOMES Phone 365-3551 CASTLE VINYL DECK Phone 365-7086 Kootenay Savings : Credit Union TRAIL FRUITVALE CASTLEGAR SALMO SOUTH SLOCAN NAKUSP NEW DENVER WANETA PLAZA CASTLEGAR HOTEL Phone 365-7474 BUMPER TO BUMPER Phone 365-7787 é. BRITISH COLUMBIA AND YUKON OIVISION ANADIA ANCER e 95S WEST BROADWAY, VANCOUVER, B.C. V5Z 3X8 TELEPHO! INE (664) 736-1211 / By GRANT KERR VANCOUVER (CP) — Steve Bozek was so tired that he just stood at the edge of the crease and hoped a team- mated would see him. No one did, but it really didn’t ‘matter because Los Angeles Kings got the lucky bounce which often decides overtime games in the Stan- ley Cup playoffs. Bozek, a 21-year-old rook- fe, scored the winner at 4:33 of sudden-death overtime when Rick Chartraw’s shot from the point deflected into the net off Bozek’s hit — and sent the Kings back to Los Angeles singing praises about their good-luck charm. The Kings' 3-2 victory over Vancouver Canucks evened the . best-of-seven : ‘Smythe Division final at 1-1 and gives Los Angeles the home-game advantage heading into Sun- day and Monday games in the California. city, : “It was near the end of a long shift and I was tired, soI waited near the crease,” said . Bozek. “I knew no ‘one saw me and I was hoping the puck would come to me. “When the shot came I had to turn away because some- one was trying to check me. The puck deflected once or twice before it hit me in the hip. The goaltender didn’t have a chance.” - CORES KEY GOALS Bozek, a native of Castle- gar, scored 33 regular-season goals and now has four in the playoffs. Twice he has turned games in favor of the Kings. . The first time was in game three of the semifinals against Edmonton Oilers when he -scored ‘with five seconds left in regulation time to send the game into overtime. The Kings won the .turn that series around in -their favor. Dave Taylor and Marcel Dionne also scored for the Kings .in game ‘two of the Vancouver series, while the Canucks got goals from Darcy Rota and Stan Smyl. Both, goaltenders, Richard Brodeur of the Canucks and Los Angeles’ Mario Lessard, were brilliant again, just as they were the previous night when Vancouver won 32. Brodeur stopped 32 shots and Lessard 21, “We came here wanting a split in games and we got‘it,” said Dionne. “After losing the opener we knew just how important it was to head home qven.in the series. 3 “We're ‘an: unpredictable team right now. We don't get down when we're behind and we feel confident. because we're giving it our:best.” STREAK OVER Associate coach Roger Neilson of the Canucks saw his team's 18-game unbeaten streak end, but wasn't dis- ° heartened ‘by the overtime loss, * “Now it's a best-of-five series and they've got home- ice advantage,” said Neilson, “But if we're going to win the Stanley Cup,-:we have to be. able to win away from home. “We've got the kind of style that can win on the road. We expected the whole series to be tight checking and nothing’s changed our thinking.” Neilson will remain behind the Vancouver bench even though head coach Harry Neale now has completed his 10-game suspension imposed by the league. Neale said he will remain in the press box "and try and contribue “some ideas from upstairs,” EARLY LEAD The Canucks led 1-0 after the first period and the game was tied 2-2 after the second. Both teams checked. ten- aciously in the third, al- though Vancouver twice had chances to win.. Dave Wil- lians blasted a shot off’ the’ crosshar and Ivan Hlinka shot high on a rebound after Lessard went down to block a shot by Smyl. “We didn’t want to open the game up too much,” said Lessard, “I think we've got them playing our style now.” Coach Don Perry said his Kings welcomed tho one-day rest between games after playing four times in five nights. -“Once again we showed we've got a lot of character to play like this,” he said. “I- thought we carried the play after the first period, right through the overtime, " “It should be the same kind of hockey back -home, but heck, I'm not much. of a for- tune teller. Who can tell in a series like this.” Good fortune for Borg TOKYO (AP) — Bjorn Borg of Sweden edged Amer- ican Vincent Van Patten and Guillermo Vilas of Argentina upset American John Mc- Enroe on Saturday to move into the final today of the $250,000 Suntory Cup tennis tournament, Borg, who announced Fri- day that he will not play at Wimbledon where he ‘has won five times, beat Van Patten 5-7, 6-4, 6-8. Vilas won 6-4, 6-4 over McEnroe. The winner of the Borg- Vilas match will collect the $110,000 first prize. Vilas took the first set by breaking McEnroe’s service in the first game. He. broke -the McEnroe's service in the third game of the second set and led all the way without being threatened. “Everything was bad with me today,” McEnroe said. “I think Vilas played better thanime. “Talso think he hit better.” After a slow start and losing the first set 6-7, Borg made a strong comeback by easily taking the-next two se » 6-3. “My concentration on the game is getting better,” said Borg, who is emerging from a five-month layoff. “Although it is not 100 per cent, 'm satisfied with my perfor- mance today. . “I played better than in Monte Carlo.” RANGERS 5 BREWERS 3 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lamar Johnson belted a two- run homer in the sixth inn- ing, leading Texas Rangers to a 6&3 victory over Mil- waukee Brewers in an Amer- ican League baseball game Saturday. Frank Tanans, 1-1, yielded five hits before he was re- lieved with two out in the sixth by Steve Comer. | Comer pitched perfect re- Hef until the ninth, when he loaded the bases of a walk and singles to Gorman Thom- as and Mark Brouhard. One run scored on Robin Yount's double-play grounder, and Comer got the final out when pinch-hitter Don Money lined to third. RED SOX 5 BLUE JAYS 4 BOSTON (AP) — Glenn Hoffman capped a five-run first inning with a three-run homer, and Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game home losing streak Saturday with a 54 American League base- ball victory over Toronto Blue Jays. The Red Sox rallied after Toronto had jumped to a 3-0 lead against Boston south- paw John Tudor. Nat CARDS 6 PHILLIPS 0 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joa- quin Andujar pitched a three- hit- shutout, and St. Louis ‘tagged Steve Carlton for five early runs as the Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phil- lies 6-0 for their seventh straight National League baseball victory. *» Andujar, 2-1, permitted a triple to Dick Davis in the second and a single to Pete Rose in the third, then set down 10 straight batters be- fore Gary, Matthews doubled in the seventh. The right- hander struck out seven and walked none. Carlton, meanwhile, - al- lowed five runs in the first two innings as he lost his Toronto right-hander Mark Bomback, 0-2, retired the but Dwight Evans walked and Jim Rice got a gift single on a bad-hop grounder to third. . Carl Yastrzemski struck out, 1981 American League batting champion Carney Lansford singled home Evans and Dave Stapleton poked a single to shallow centre, scoring Rice. _. Hoffman then drilled the next pitch over the screen atop the 87-foot left field wall for his first homer of the year. Lansford, who had three hits in the series opener Fri- day, also had a pair of dou- bles to lead the Boston at- tack. Tudor, 2-0, settled down after Toronto scored three runs on singles by Damaso Garcia and Garth Iorg, a triple by Jesse Barfield and Wayne Nordhagen's sacrifice fly. Mark Clear, who earned his first save, replaced Tudor and was tagged for a run in the seventh on a single by Willie Upshaw, a fielder's choice grounder, a single by Garcia and another fielder's choice grounder by Rance Mulliniks. With.a fifth-inning triple, Yastrzemski reached another career mil b i started the Detroit third with successfive singles to load the bases, and Gibson the seventh player in major league history to gain 5,201 total bases: DETROITS 5 YANKEES 3 DETROIT (AP) — Enos’ Cabell had three hits, includ- ing a homer, and drove in three runs back the nine-hit pitching of Jack Morris and Kevin Saucier as Detroit Tigers defeated New York Yankees 53 in an American League baseball game. Cabell lined a solo shot into the lower left-field seats in the Detroit first — his second home in as many days and the only two the Tigers have hit all season. In the Detroit second, Tom Brookens beat out a bunt single, went to second when New York left-hander Tom- my John, 0-2, uncorked a wild pitch, and scored on Alan Trammell's single. Cabell’s two-out double drove in Trammell and Glenn Wilson, who had walked, to give the Tigers a 4-0 lead. Kirk Gibson, Larry Hern- don and John scored on double- play grounder. e Willie Randolph. led off a three-run New York sixth with a double and scored on Jerry Mumphrey's single. Bobby Murcer’s one-out ho- mer drove in Mumphrey ahead of him. KC 12CLEVELAND 10 CLEVELAND (AP) — Amos Otis drove in five runs, including a game-winning, two-run double in the eighth inning, and Kansas City Royals pounded out 22 hits in a 12-10 victory over Cleve- land Indians in an American League baseball game. Kansas City trailed 10-8 entering the eighth. Jerry Martin led off with a single, moved to third on a double by Frank White and both run- ners scored on a single by pinch-hitter Willie Aikens. Pinch-runner Greg Pryor went to second as Tom Po- quette sacrificed, and Pryor held on John Wathan's infield hit. After George Brett grounded into a_fielder’s choice, Otis delivered his double to left-centre to put ‘Bozek scores winner | American League Roundup the Royals up 12-10. David Frost lifted his record to 3-0 despite yielding tworuns in 2 1-3 innings, and Dan Quinsenberry recorded his fourth save with two innings of one-hit relief. Rick Waits, 0-2, one of three Cleveland pitchers in the eighth, was the loser. Hal McRae hit his second home run of the season to tive Kansas City a 1-0 lead in the second inning, and the Indians tied it in the bottom of the inning on Rick Man- ning’s RBI single. Both teams scored twice in ~ the third. Kansas City knocked out Cleveland star- ter Lary Sorensen on conse- cutive, two-out RBI doubles by Brett and and Otis. The Indians tied it 3-3 when Toby Harrah and Andre Thornton singled home runs. The Royals took a 6-3 lead in the fourth. One run scored on a balk: by reliever Tom Brennan, and John Wathan and Otis added run-scoring singles. Poquette drove home another run in the fifth for a 7-3 advantage. Cleveland scored five runs and took an 8-7 lead with two out in the fifth. ional League Roundup third straight game — his worst start since 1975. The Cardinals pulled off two double steals in their two-run first. Lonnie Smith Jed off with a double and Tom Herr’ walked. The two then, advanced on steals, George Hendrick lofted a sacrifice fly, and after Gene Tenace walked, Herr broke for home, Catcher Bo Diaz threw to second baseman Manny Trillo on a designed play, but Trillo dropped the ball, allowing Herr to score and Tenace to take second. Darrell Porter, Ozzie Smith and Andujar singled consecutively in the second to load the bases. Carlton walked Lonnie Smith, forcing in one run, Herr’s fielder's choice grounder scored an- other and Hendrick added an RBI single. The Cardinals got their final run off of Ron Reed in the seventh. Herr singled went all the way to third ona groundout by Keith Her- nandez, and scored on a single by David Green. Hernandez, who has a nine- game hitting streak, singled in the fifth for his 1,000 career hit. Davis's triple led off the second, but Andujar struck out Dave Roberts, got Garry Maddox on a weak grounder and fanned Diaz, Matthews’ double opened the seventh, but Andujar got Davis on a ground out, struck out Len Matuszek and got Maddoz on a foul pop. METS 2EXPOS 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Mookie Wilson's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventyh inning scored Tom Veryzer with the winning run as New York Mets defeated Montreal Expos 2-1 in a National , League baseball game Satur- day. Hubie Brooks led off the seventh with a single and went to second when Mon- treal left fielder Tim Raines let the ball get by him for an error. Tom Veryzer then bunted, but right-hander Ray Burris, 0-2, threw out Brooks at third base. Rusty Staub, pinch-hitting for winning pitcher Charlie Puleo, 1-1, singled to right, his 2,600th career hit, send- ing Veryzer to third. Wilson then lifted a fly all to right field to drive in Veryzer with the winning run. The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Wilson led off with a single, stole second and scored on a single by Bob Bailor. Montreal tied the game in the fourth. Gary Carter dou- bled and took third on a fly; ball to right by Warren Cromartie. He scored on a single by Brad Mills.