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Panasonic Clock Radio PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED 3 P.M. FEB. 21, 1987 0} LLU 2) +y As ‘ TUTTI AOE 0000 0000 Teacon s Uj All Name Brand Items! 1 Titan, Sherwood, Koho, Vic, Cooper HOCKEY STICKS COOPER & JOFA PADS COOPER & JOFA HELMETS Reg. $31.95 to $69.95 $25°°.°55°° FACE MASKS Reg. $17.50 to $23.95 N $14°°,519° Full Line of Pads, Gloves, Mouthgvards, Girdles etc. ralls & Flacks Cc MIN DIS ON ALL HOCKEY EQUIPMENT. ASST. ae 0 % BIC SPORTS $ 7 yj 9 5 $199 BROOKS Reg. $11.95 POWER Reg. $12.95 “ASS'T. OF SUMMER CAI OTHER MAKES Values to $7.25 . ea. 1010-4th St., Castlegar 365-3522 TERMS: Cash, Visa, Mastercard Kids love Minor Hockey Week By SURJ RATTAN Staff Writer Before the game, moms and dads help lace up skates of their kids, which can feel like anchors if you're a six-year-old’ just-learning to play hockey. During the game, coaches, who more than likely have their own kids on the team, shout out instructions from the bench to their players. The moms and dads have now retreated from the dressing rooms into the stands where they cheer, clap and offer any other kind of moral support to their kids who spend a majority of the time lying or sitting on the ice rather than skating. And after the game it’s time to sit down with pop, hamburgers and hot dogs and tell the kids how great of a game they played — whether they won or lost by 10 goals. \ It’s all part of a longstanding ritual that happens every year in every part of Canada that’s called Minor Hockey Week. Today is the last day of Minor Hockey Week for another year and it is a stretch of seven days that probably means more to people in the West Kootenay than it does to the rest of the country because it got its start in Trail 80 years ago. Although Minor Hockey Week has gone through a lot of changes over the last 30 years, the one thing that has not changed is its objective: To let kids have fun while playing hockey. But it's not only Canadians who celebrate Minor Hockey Week, Americans have not started to make the trek north of the 49th parallel to take part in the seven days of the year set aside for some hockey fun. Sheila Naccarto accompanied her six-year-old son Derek up from Spokane to play in Castlegar’s Minor Hockey Week. “I think Canada’s Minor Hockey Week is great. The kids love it and love to be able to travel up to Canada to take part in it,” said Naccarto. She added that Derek's brothers have been coming to Castlegar “for years” to play during Minor Hockey Week. UVEAONUUUGQUENOUEGOEENUGAGUOODESOONGOUEOGUOODENOOOuONONGOuEOOEONOOUU As for Derek, who seemed to be having @ little trouble trying to keep his head balanced while wearing a huge hockey helmet and wire face protector, he appeared to be quite subdued when asked how he likes coming to Canada to play hockey. t's alright,” replied the ‘six-year-old. ‘Don't let him kid you, He’s been excited for days about coming up here,” added his mother. Ron Costanzo, coach of one of the several Spokane teams that made the trip to Castlegar for Minor Hockey Week,-said his team has been looking forward to playing in Castlegar for a long time. “I can’t believe how well disciplined the teams up here are. We've been looking forward to coming here for your Minor Hockey Week and I'm sure the Cast! teams will be looking forward to coming down to Spokane when we invite them to take part in some of our tournaments,” said Costanzo. Rich Davis, coach of Castlegar Savings Credit Union, said Minor Hockey Week is a positive vehiele for kids to have fun. His assistant Mike McCormack agreed. “Minor Hockey Week is a good thing because it brings all the parents out and it allows the kids to have a good time. It’s a really good system,” said McCormack. Seven-year-old Ryan Davis said playing scrimmages is the part about hockey that he likes the be: “It's different playing the Americans. They're bigger and they can skate fast,” said Ryan. Castlegar Ald. Terry Rogers was one of the many people -who came out to the Community Complex Saturday to watch some of the action of Minor Hockey Week. He said he particularly liked seeing so many teams from Spokane take part. “I think it (Minor Hockey Week) is a really good thing. This kind of get-together adds to the whole neighborness connection between Castlegar and Spokane,” said Rogers. “It gives the kids an opportunity to get to know other people from another country.” While most Americans and Canadians will be glued to their television sets today watching the Super Bowl, some others will be winding up a week of festivities that has been a major part of Canada's sports history for the last 30 years. uuavenecennuseeguuueeegngveuescnconeoucosenusceuuevecovcetenesueeeasvercoaesaendavseponqueetcaseeuusneeenagetti HOCKEY TIME . . Sheila Naccarto of Spokane (top) helps son Detek with his skates; Rich Davis (left) gives his Castlegar Savings Credit Union squad last-minute words of advice before they take to the ice; some of the action (far left) at this weekend's Minor Hockey windup. _ CosNews Photos by Suri Rotton ond Worren Postnikott TT Gretzky shows Lemieux who's best In the NHL all-star vote is was Mario Lemieux 247,222; Wayne Gretzky 212,246. When it counted on the ice Saturday night, howe: it was Gretzky 4, Lemieux 1. Gretzky, doing a “in your face” number on Lemieux, figured in all four of the Edmonton goals, scoring once and assisting on the other three to lead the Oilers to a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux, who was a non-entity most of the game, managed on e assist. It was the first meeting between the two super centres since the final fan balloting which decided the starting lineup for the Quebec Rendez-vous all-star games against the Soviet Union. BOSTON 5 CALGARY 3 BOSTON (AP) — Steve Kasper and Rick Middleton scored two goals each and Dwight Foster had one goal and three assists as the Boston Bruins defeated the Calgary Flames 5-3 for their fifth consecutive victoty. _ Middleton broke a 3-3 tie with his 13th goal of the season 17 seconds into the third period, then added another score by poking a rebound off the backboards into the net at 13:48. He was assisted on both goals by Foster and Cam Neely. The Flames struck back quickly for a tie after each of Boston's first three goals before going down to their sixth defeat in the last seven games. Kasper, 4 noted defensive specialist, scored his ninth goal of the season while killing a Boston penalty midway through the first period. HABS 3 BLACKHAWKS 1 MONTREAL (CP) — Goaltender Patrick Roy redeemed himself in front of the Forum fans, kicking out 19 shots to help the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 triumph over the Chicago Blackhawks in NHL action Saturday night. The win snapped the Canadiens’ three-game losing streak and it extended Chicago's winless record to six games. Mats Naslund, Bob Gainey and Claude Lemieux all scored on Chicago goaltender Robert Sauve, who faced 26 shots, in the second period. Roy was shakey in his last start at the Forum on Jan. 19, allowing four goals on 14 shots before he was removed midway through the game against the Hartford Whalers that started the Canadiens’ losing streak.He sat out the next two losses. Most of the Blackhawks’ shots weren't of any cansequence, but Doug Wilson surprised the Canadiens netminder at 6:05 of the third period with a sharp angle shot that broke Roy's shutout bid. HARTFORD 3 TORONTO 0 TORONTO (CP) — Hartford goaltender Steve Weeks stopped 18 Toronto shots as the Whalers defeated the Maple Leafs 3-0 for their fourth consecutive victory. Mike McEwen scored in the first period and Dave Tippett in the second and the Whalers smothered Toront offence with determined checking at both ends of the ice. Ron Francis scored Hartford's third goal at 13:33 of the third period, getting behind the Leaf defence to take a pass from John Anderson and firing a wrist shot past goalie Al Bester after Bester fell down trying to check Franics. The Whalers peppered Bester with 34 shots. Weeks's shutout was his second this season and the sixth of his six-year NHL career. BUFFALO 6 CAPITALS 3 LANDOVER, Md.(AP) — Buffalo's Tom Kurvers scored on the power play at 13:00 of the third period as the Sabres beat Washington and snapped the Capitals five-game winning streak. Washington was down 3-1 after Buffalo's Doug Smith scored his second goal of the night at 7:20 of the third period. The Capitals rallied on goals by Craig Laughlin, at 9:31, and Larry Murphy, at 11:36, to tie the score before Kurvers scored for Buffalo. Mike Ramsey got the only goal of the first period, scoring on a shot from the left point at 4:20 to give Buffalo's 1-0 lead. The score remained that way until the final minute of the second period, when Mike Foligno scored on a rebound of his own shot at 19:37 to give the Sabres a 2-0 lead. ISLANDERS 2 QUEBEC 1 QUEBEC (CP) —/Ari Haanpaa scored at 2:28 of overtime to give the Ni York Islanders a 2-1 victory over the Quebec Nordiques. Duane Sutter centered the puck from behind the Quebec net, before Haanpa beat goaltender Mario Gosselin from the slot with a low shot to therstick side. 3 id turned in a stellar performance in the third g 13)Islanders shots to\send the game into overtime. 7 Gerald Diduck also scored for the Islanders, while Bill Derlago tallied for Quebec. \ With the score 1-1 early in the second period) G: blocked Pat Flatley’s point blank shot from the stopped Duane Sutter less than a minute later NEW JERSEY 4 PHILADELPHIA 3 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Mark Johnson a pair of first-period goals to lead the New Jersey Dev 4-3 upset over the Philadelphia Flyers on saturday night. Johnson openeththe scoring at 13:19 as he converted on a power play with a 50-foot shot from deep in the slot, beating Flyer goaltender Glenn Resch through a screen. He scored his second goal and 15th of the season 5:33 later as he banged in Aaron Broten’s rebound, giving the Devils a 2-0 first period lead. Murray Craven brought the Flyers back to a one-goal deficit 12 seconds into the second period as he beat goaltender Alain Chevrier with a backhander on a breakaway. ST. LOUIS 5 DETROIT 3 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Defenceman Rob Ramage scored his first two goals of the season, helping the St. Louis Blues to a 5-3 triumph over the Detroit Red Wings in a game marred by 164 minutes in penalties. The Blues victory snapped a four-game Detroit winning streak. St. Louis won for the first time in eight games. Despite the penalties, neither team was able to score on the power play. St. Louis, which was, 0-7 with player advantages, prevailed after Detroit erased a 3-0 deficit to gain a 3-8 tie. Cliff Ronning scored the decisive goal with two minutes left in the second period, breaking in alone on Red Wings goaltender Mike LaForest. With LaForest on the ice, Ronning skated from behind the net to stuff the puck into the corner of the net. Ramage's goals came on slapshots from the right point, helping St. Louis take a 3-0 lead. The first of his two goals came only nine seconds into the game. Tim Bothwell scored on a breakaway for the Blues at 7:20 of the first period and Ramage struck again at 13:27. A goal by rookie Jocelyn Lemieux clinched the Blues’ triumph with 1:38 remaining