B2 CASTLEGAR NEWS, March 18, 1981

Until Thursday

NHL discipline
postponed

MONTREAL (CP) — De-
fenceman Kim Clackson of
Quebec Nordiques will es-
cape any possible disciplinary
action from the National
Hockey League until at least
Thursday, a spokesman for
the league office said Tues-

day.

Brian O'Neill, executive
vice-president of the NHLin
charge of discipline for on-i
infractions, had been ex-
pected to announce sanctions
Tuesday against Clackson for
his conduct ina game March
8 against Chicago Black
Hawks, But O'Neill hadn't
checked the NHL schedule
thoroughly enough.

against Shutt are also ex-
pected Thursday.

Larry Robinson was sum-
moned to the league office
March 18 for a talk with

president John Ziegler about °

remarks the Canadiens de-
fenceman made about Madill
after the Pittsburgh game,
but it was believed that no
further action was planned
against him.

O'Neill's week is shaping
up asa busy one. On Monday,
he announced supplementary
fines totalling $10,000 against
four teams, coach Gien Son-
mor of Minnesota North
Stars and two players as the
result of two recent bench-

1980-81 CHAMPS In the Castlegar Commercial Hiseke League is the

By The Canadian i.
SABRES 3 KINGS 2
The National-.. Hockey
Loague pleyoffs haven't offi-
cially started yet, but Buffato
Sabres want a-head start,
“You have to work at play-
ing playoff hockey and,that's
what we did tonight,” ‘said
Buffalo defenceman... Jim
Sehoanfel? after the’ Sabres
tripped Los Angeles Rings
31 Tuesday night.
the Sabres, with a
won-lost-tied record, have 7
points, and the Kings now

* General manager, Jake Mil:

+ mext.NHL entry draft isn't

For new. talent |

GM sea

Europe’

"VANCOUVER (CP) —

ford'won't be watching his
Vancouver Canucks if. the
National - Hockey League
team reaches the second
round of the. Stanley Cup
playoffs next month,
Milford will be in Gote-
borg, Sweden, scouting Eur-
opean prospects at the world
championships’ because | the

likely to produce many ine;
stant starters, ~

“The general , manager's
concerns are constant,” Mi
ford said Tuesday. “I'd like to

agree!
break the ice with Czech-

ching:
S rinks

Czechs that © wo

veteran Czech players (those |
over 27 with at least 140
national team ‘ appearances)
available to NHL teams.

“I went there oxpecting to

sign two or three players,”
_ Milford

rd said. “There was talk

‘Imight be able to get them If
they were'signed before’ the |
* 16th (of March)’ before any”
agreement with the NHL.

“But when I got there, 1

was told-ne contracts could
be authorized without an

ment. However, I did

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are behind at 38-23-10 and 86
Cheveldave, Mitch Quaedvileg, Jerry Antignani, Phil Pp

* yoslovakian authorities."
INTEREST

Devil's Den which finished the season with a record of 28 wins, 3

“The Nordiques play both
this evening and tomorrow
evening, and Mr. O'Neill will
follow his usual practice of
not announcing any possible
disciplinary measures on a
day that the player's team
has a game,” the spokesman
said.

The Nordiques visited De-
troit Red Wings on Tuesday
and face Washington Capitals
tonight.

Clackson, who had a hesr-
ing before O'Neill last Thurs-
day, earned a triple major
penalty and a double game
misconduct in the game
bringing his season total in
game misconducts to three.
He has already served an
automatic one-game suspen-
sion.

AWAITS WORD

Left winger Steve Shutt of
Montreal Canadiens had a
hearing Monday an his al-
leged abuse of referee Gregg
Madill in a 2-1 victory over
the Penguins at Pittsburgh
March 11 and any sanctions

‘Maloney Pontiac

clearing incidents.

The games, involving the
North Stars and Boston
Bruins on Feb, 26 and Phil-
adelphia Flyers and Vancou-
ver Canucks on Feb, 24,
produced $10,050 in auto-
matic fines, bringing the total
to $20,050.

Two other players, Steve
Payne of Minnesota and
Keith Crowder of Boston, re-
ceived additional suspensions
of two games each.

The game at Boston saw a
record 406 minutes in pen-
altiesassessed, and the North
Stars and Bruins clubs re-
ceived supplementary fines
of $3,000 each, Sonmor was
fined $1,000 for his inflam-
matory post-game conduct.

Left winger Payne was
suspended for two games for
abuse of Jinesman Gord Bros-
eker.

‘The Flyers and Canucks
clubs were fined $1,000 each
for failing to restrain their
players from leaving the
benches in their brawl.

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Expos pos spring training

Conflicts arise in camp

WEST PALM BEACH,
FLA, (CP) — Ellis Valentine
is the angry young man at
Montreal Expos’ spring train-
ing camp.

The session was little more |

than a week old when the
26-year-old right fielder told
reporters he wanted to be
traded because some of his
team-mates were riding him
unmercifully for having
missed the last month of the
1980 National League base-
bail season with injuries.
Some team-mates hinted
Valentine didn't try as hard
as he might have to return in
the stretch drive of the Ex-
pos’ East Division title battle
against Philadelphia Phillies,
“T've been the scapegoat
here for five years,” Valen-
tine said recently, still smart-

ing from the insinuations,
“I expected to hear those

comments before I even got”

here.

“I didn't want it to keep on
happening. That's why I tried
to clear the air right away. I
wish they'd stop worrying
about me and worry about
themselves.”

One of the Expos’ biggest
concerns last year was keep-
ing Valentine healthy. We
went down for 87 games
when a fastball fractured his
cheekbone May 30. After
playing 41 of the next 43
games, he suffered a hip
injury Aug. 20 and was fin-
ished for the season Sept. 21
whe he sprained his left
wrist.

But in training camp there
have been doubts expressed

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by members of the club as to
the severity of the ailments:

“We have got a lot of
childish people on the team,”
said Valentine..“They start
playing around on the field
and end up hurting other
pliers physically.

n think of one player
on ths team — and I'm not
going to name him — who in-
jured several of. his .team-
mates last year by wrestling
a fooling around before a

or rWhatever he does is fine,
but whatever I do is front-
page news.”

Even when he returned
from the shattered cheek-
bone, when he might have
been expected to shy away
from digging in against pit-
chers, he still delivered in his
visual reliable fashion from
the cleanup spot in the bat-
ting order.

“That's why I get har-
rassed," he said. “Other
players would quit and go
home because they'd be
afraid to go,up.te the Pinte:

he alow

‘oe vy

“Reaction to Valentine's ,
outburst has varied. Pitcher
Scott Sanderson’ said he
thought the incident was
blown out of proportion by

Y the media, while catcher

ary Carter said it wasn't
something’ ‘the club needed.
Meanwhile, Vaneltine hs
not carried his trade requests
to the office of general man-
ager John McHale, who of-
fered his temperamental out-
fielder without success at the
winter meetings last De-
cember.

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— Commarcial Leogue Photo

Minor Hockey

Atoms P

The Atom Allstars played
CKQR (a Pee Wee house
team) on Saturday at the old
arena. CKQR won the game
1.

‘Poa Wees

The Castlegar Pee
‘Reps lost their bid fae the
West Kootenay champion-
ship when they lost 12-7 to
Rossland on Saturday at the
old arena, The Rossland team
is off to the Provinclals in
Fort St. John,

The Pee Wee division is
having its wind-up on Sat-
urday at 10 a.m., upstairs at
the old aren, Please re-
member to turn in all your
hockey sweaters.

Midgets

The OK Tire Midget Reps
are scheduled to fly to Kit-
imat on Saturday from Kel-
owna.

Their first game in the
Provincial Midget Play-offs
will be Sunday, at 8:30 a.m,
Their second game is sched-
uled for the same day at 5:30
p.m. against Cranbrook. 7

Arrangements have been
made to phone Radio CKQR.
the results of each game im-
mediately after each contest.

‘The 1980-81 Castlegar Mid-
get Reps are composed of
five seendyear Midgets and
120 first-year boys. Kevin
Semenoff will not be making
the trip to Kitimat but he
Bayed well for a team all

The Midget Reps are con-
sidered a big team and
possess good scoring punch

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Games

with a defence that is usually
quite effective. Goal-tending
is considered good and with
three fowards having close to
100 points each backed up by
several close checking’ for-
wards capable of putting. the
puck in the net as well, it is
expected that the boys will
make a good account of
themselves.

The OK Tire Midget Reps
have played 44 games so far
this year winning 30, tying
twoand losing 12. There is no
doubt that they now face
their toughest opposition
next week,

Good luck to the boys ~
they will represent the City
of Castlegar wel! and, hope-
:fully, bring home several vic-
tories and the cup.

Lions
bargain

VANCOUVER (CP) —
B.C. Lions are having troubl
communicating vt, th
agents: -for + versatile $back =
Leon Bright in attempting to
sign the import to another
contract.

Bright, who may become a
free agent April 1, said Tues-
day that Vancouver: is his
first choice after four seasons
with the Lions.

“Vancouver is like home to
me,” said Bright, 25. “I just
think I deserve a little some-
thing for the years Tve put in
with the club.”

General manager Bob.
Ackles said he sent a new
contract offer recently to
Bright’s Texas agents, David
Duke and: Vic Morriss, but
hasn't heard back from the
representatives.

- The agents also bargain for
quarterback Roy Dewalt,
tight end Harry Holt and de-
fensive end Louis Richardson
of the Lions. Richardson be-
came a free agent March
1.He missed the entire 1980
seuen because of knee sur-

eeeright came to the Lions as

8 tunning back from Florida

State in 1977 and led them to
the Western Conference
playoffs with a 106 record.

He also has played wide re- -

‘ceiver and'defensive back in
B.C., besides returning punts
and kickoffs.

%
gy OFF

“For the Month of March.

Kings. on Darny” Gare's
power-play goal with 124

, Temaining in the second per-

iod, breaking a 1-1 tie...

Steve Jensen's goal in the
first period gave the Kings a
1-0 lead. The Sabres tied 'it
just later on ‘Derek
Smith's goal. -

Gare broke the tie’ and
Buffalo added an insurance
goal with 4:11 to go in:the
period wie Craig Ramsay
connect
CANUCKS 4 PENGUINS: 3

The senmy side of hockey
was exposed again Tuesday
night in the National Hockey
League.

‘Ths time it was a ‘spearing

incident during a 4-8 win'by

Vancouver Canucks . over
Pittsburgh Penguins | which

than three minutes to play,

Referee Denis . MOrel

handed out 128 minutes ‘in
penalties after Pittsburgh's
Gary Rissling used his stick
to spar Stan Smyl of the
Canucks in the face” in the
first period.

In the resulting imelee the
Canucks, led by  Smyl,

pounded Rissling to the ice
while Vancouver defenceman —

Harold Snepsts wrestled

with a Unesman in a futile!

attempt to get his licks in at

B.
+The inildentysedie’ two...
‘daga‘attor Darryl Sittler of © ~

Toronto Maple . Leafs “was
slashed by Philadelphia's
Brian Propp during an alter-
cation. Rissling and Smyl
were ejected from the game;
Snepsts got 22 ‘minutes*in
penalties, and seven other
players were handed miscon-
ducts for not leaving the fight
scene,

Jerry Butler blasted a shot
from the right face-off circle
past Penguins goalie’ Greg
Millen for the game-winner

at 17:20 of the fina! period, It_

was. the Canucks’ .third
straight win, lifting them into
10th place in the over-all
standings. |

Per-Olov Brasar, Pave
Williams and Darcy Rota also
scored fro Vancouver, which
moved into 10th place in:the
overall standings,

The Penguins, with several :

players sidelined with
juries, got goals from Chor-

ney, Peter Lee and George

Ferguson as they stayed. in
18th place,

The Penguins outshot Van-
couver 35-27, but were frus-
trated by Canucks netminder
Gary Bromley. :

CANADIENS 8 **
ISLANDERS 3

Anders Kallur scored two
goals, including a . short-
handed effort late in the third
period, to give New York
Islanders a tie with Montreal,

‘The tie left Montreal three
points behind the defending
Stanley Cup-champion “Is-,
landers, who are second in
over-all league standings.
New York extended its un-
beaten streak to eight games,
while Montreal has 14-1-5
won-lost-tied record in its
last 20 games.

The’ Sanadiona played
without “right winger Guy
Lafleur for two periods, La-
fleur left the game after one
period with what was’ be-
lieved to be a charley horse;

‘the
at 8:02, then | Stastny" won mit
28 seconds later.
It was the sixth straight
road game without a loss for.

stay around for the playoffs,

three* -
but-Tve. got, to. got: more’. plord said for

-wards and a defenceman ex-

talent for this team for next pressed interest through an. |

Season interpreter of playing in the’
“There wor't be anyone in” NHL, He estimated ‘that it
the draft who can play for us -could coat from $150,000 to
right away. So I've got to go $200,000 to sign a. Czech
back overseas on the 16th of | player for two: years.
next month, .. to meet with "He ‘added, that. the Czech--
the’ Swedes, Finns : and  oslovakian Ice, Hockey Fed-
Czechs,” eration probalby: will want

+ Milford hopes to sign with °$100,000 © for’ each player. .

aigned, plus a percentage of
the player's salary.

The obstacles in trying to
pry players out of Czechos-
lovakia' and Finland are far

greater’ than “those ‘from

onthe selection of underage Sweden, Milford siad. Fin-
players in recent NHL entry land's best players are comm
drafts ‘has left. the junior _ mitted to their national team
shelves thin of players. al- through next season because
ready not drafted who are Helsink! will be the siteofthe pe,
capable of making the jump 1982 world ehamplenshlps,
immediately to NHL rosters, Milford of a
NEEDS SEASONING “special Graft fo for Czech play-

Last season, for.example, ers who. come available
the’ Canucks drafted under- because,’ in
age defenceman Rick Lanz
from Oshawa Generals of the New York Rangers and Phil-

one or.two Europeans, add- ~
ing to a Vancouver roster
which already ‘includes _
Swedes Thomas Gradin, Lara_
Lindgeat and Per-Olov Bra-

a bidding war,

- Spinning

“teams like’, Los. Angeles,:

Ontario Hockey Association.
He has been with Vancouver
all season despite an obvious
‘need ‘for seasoning. .

Milford went to .Prague
last month to talk with
Czechoslovakian:, suthorities

adelphia, with an unlimited
supply.of money, will be pre-
apred | to spend a lot to got
them.”

“When (Ulf) Nilsson and
{Anders} Hedberg were up
for grabs, our bid was second

regarding the availability of | to the Rangers — and we
players. The NHL currently _ weren’teven in the same bal!

is negotiating adeal with the

if boxer continues

By Scott Abbott
” ONTREAL (CP) — Can-
adian lightweight champion
Gaetan Hart said Tuesday his
boxing future may ride on
the outcome of a long-
awaited rematch next Tues-
any night with Claude Noel of

have to win this fight,”
said: Hart, “If I lose, it's
finished for me,

“T'm 27 years old ad in top
form now. If I lose, I stop: I
have to take care of my.
family. .

‘. “But it depends how I lose.
If it’s a technical knockout, if
it gets stopped for a cut or.
something, I won't quit. But
if I get knocked out, Til quit
for sure.”

Hart, who didn't, sound
confident about the impend-
ing bout at the Paul Sauve
Cextre against the fighter
ranked by the World Boxing .
Association as the No.1 con- §f
tender. for the lightweight
crown, lost’ a 10-round de-

, cision to Noel on March 30,

1979, at Port of Spain, Trin-
idad.

“Noel is a hard puncher
who keeps coming all the
time,” said Hart, “But I'm |
prepared and expect to win.

“Before, I'd start to fight
too slow. I'd take three or
four rounds to warm up and -§
lose points. Now I'll start
fast, right: from the first
yound, and get those points
and be ready to go all the

way.
"GAYS CUT HEALED

Hart's camp discounted a
cut to an eye suffered in 8
controversial victory by split
“decision Feb..9 over Louie,
Hubela at Ovann saying the #
injury was healed.

park." }

Noel, meanwhile, said Hart
is a’ bleeder and can. be
beaten to the body.’

“He's weak in the stem-

ach,” said Noel. “He~ may
have a strong chin, but he’s
weak below. Those’ are my
hunting grounds.”

‘Noel, however,  wouldi't
call for a knockout: “It' could

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Rec News

Spinning Workshop
There are still a couple of
daya left to register for the
Beginners and: Intermediate
Workshop. But
you'd’ better. hurry — the
sorkshop is ‘scheduled for
this Saturday and’ particl-
pants must register by Fri-

day, 4:30 p.m. at the

reation Office.

Spin your way tote mark a
enjoy the. fellowship of .

others; take’a Iunchbreak in
the ‘sunshine, and besides
learning a most useful skill
and craft, have a really good
day! The workshop is open to
anyone 13 yeas. of age and
up.

"andy Donahue ‘and ‘other “

members of the Selkirk Wea-

id’ are

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fibre with natural mate:
Learn a clever. and artistic
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weeds, vegetable peelings
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This: excellent ‘workshop is

‘Selkirk Weavers Guild, an
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Fee for the workshop is $5.
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wath all this glorious warm

i

‘weather. and : sunshine, all

sorts of spring ‘greenery

go the distance as well'as Ite.

could not’ — I'm not making ”
. any predictions,”

But, Noel noted, there's
nothing for me to gain.”

“It’s just that boxing is my
job, and it’s a- very (good
payday. I know I'm a better.
fighter and I can beat*
My problem is fighting in Bis
back yard.”

‘dump,' perhaps’ you: should
1d examing | the Dick:

a of uso, especially if you

happen: to bea weaver or
xtile artists, is
Comie to the Natural, Dyes

Work ‘kshop on April 4 and dis- A

haul everything away to the:

iy

the’ public.tennis courts be-

J side the Community ‘Complex
have a game.or two, If.

‘you'd’ like to ‘sharpen ‘your
playing skills, stay, tuned to
this newspaper column. We'll

be giving out details about -”

spring activities in the weeks

1 to-come.

‘Family Film fee
It won't .be. long. before

“Spring Break is here: Moms

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while they're home, why not.

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something to suit everyone's

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p.m. ’and run till approxi’.

“pack them all up.in the car:
and‘ come’ out to the Com-

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