SS as__ Castlégar News Febrvon 2. 18s BUSINESS ~ By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer B.C.’s economy is expected to improve slightly in 1985, however, the province's unemployment rate will likely continue to rise, says Des Kavanagh, senior vice-president of the Bank of Montreal's Pacific commercial region. The B.C. economy will grow at a real rate of 2.5 per cent in 1985, Kavanagh told a Castlegar Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday during a presentation of the bank's economic outlook for 1985. The 1985 growth will be slightly better than last year’s gain of 2.1 per cent, but will once again be below the expected national average of 3.2 per cent. Despite the slight increase in economic growth, Kavanagh told chamber members there is a “good chance” the B.C. unemployment rate may rise in 1985. He said the bank thinks the increase in unemploy- ment will be somewhat less that in 1984 due to slower growth of the labor force. Kavanagh said individuals will tend to leave B.C. to look for “greener pastures” and others will simply drop out of the labor force, discouraged by high unemployment. In 1984, B.C.'s “growth recession” output did not expand rapidly enough to stop unemployment from rising to 14.8 per cent from 13.8 per cent in 1983. Kavanagh said employment growth in the province was in fact quite strong in 1984 — about three per cent. But labor force growth outstripped job creation by roughly one percentage point. The rebound in B.C.'s labor force reflects the return of people who had earlier left the labor force but are once again out looking for a job, and the influx of new entrants to the job market, Kavanagh said. He also noted that external factors suggest 1985 will be a bit better for B.C. Those factors include declining interest rates through the year, resulting in a general inerease in North American housing starts. In fact U.S. housing starts are expected to rise by about nine per cent. + He said continued U.S. growth should lead to further modest advances in B.C.'s export-dependent industries, though long-term adjustment problems of improved labor relations, lower operating costs and increased productiv- ity remains in the provincial economy. Higher output and a steadier rate of increase in goods industries should lead to a modest growth in the service sector from a “very slight gain” in 1984, barring labor disruptions similar to 1984's, Kavanagh said. “Indeed, until B.C.’s goods produeing industries get their feet more solidly on the ground, there is little reason to be optimistic about service sector prospects,” he said. Forestry, Kavanagh said, which comprises 56 per cent of B.C.'s goods production, is forecast to increase output by five per cent about the same as last year — most of that in the lumber industry. That is in contrast to last year’s recovery where the pulp and paper sector saw October shipments rise by 26 per cent above a year earlier’s and prices increase by 12 per cent. A one-per cent gain in mining output is forecast in 1985, down from about 5.5 per cent last year when new mines helped raise coal production 103 per cent during the first eight months. Kavanagh said metal prices may move modestly upward if the U.S. dollar depreciates. Provincial housing starts helped by how interest rates, may rise to about 24,000 by year-end, Kavanagh said, adding that this is still a “very depressed level.” Housing starts were down 28 per cent in 1984 at 16,200 — the lowest level since 1966 when B.C.'s population was 43 per cent lower. PRIVATE INVESTMENT Private sector investment, which appears to have dropped still further in 1984, le from a downtown Vancouver office tower boom, will likely decline again this year in light of high excess industrial capacity, Kavanagh said. With disposable income growth possibly falling below the 3.5 per cent rate forecast for Canada as a whole and slightly higher unemployment in prospect, retail sales will be hard pressed to equal the 5.5 per cent increase recorded in 1984, he said. Kavanagh predicts that the construction industry, with output believed to have declined five per cent in 1984, should bottom out and “at least hold its own this year. Speaking on the Canadian economic scene as a whole, Kavanagh said interest rate declines in late 1984, combined with possible further declines later this year, are expected to maintain recovery with a 3.2 per cent inerease in real Gross National Product from fourth quarter 1984 to corresponding 1983-84 quarters. This growth rate implies a 1.5 per cent increase in employment — barely enought to absorb new entrants to the workforce — leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at about 11 per cent by fourth quarter 1985. He said the Bank of Canada is expected to aim for the lowest interest rates possible, consistent with mainten- ance of the Canadian dollar near current levels. The prime rate should range between 9.5 per cent and 11 per cent. “Five-year mortgage rates will range between 11.5 per cent and 12.5 per cent,” he remarked. The average annual Consumer Price Index increase will amount to three per cent compared to 4.3 per cent last year. The personal savings rate is forecast to decline from 12.3 per cent in the fourth quarter 1984 to 10.9 per cent in the fourth quarter 1985 with real consumer expenditures up three per cent. Housing starts in Canada are projected to rise to 180,000 in fourth quarter 1985 from 125,000 in fourth quarter 1984. Business investment in plant and i is Economy to improve slightly DES KAVANAGH . .. Bank of Montreal vice-president Business investment in plant and equipment is projected to increase by only five pe cent, compared to 15.3 per cent rise in 1984 because adjustment to prior year corporate tax i is largely I corporate pi are slowing and less need to add new capacity in light of anticipated modest growth. Trade deficit is projected to rise to about $122 billion this year — deterioration from the record estimated $108 billion deficit in 1984 — with current account deficit widening in 1985 to $114 billion from estimated $101 billion in 1984. The U.S. dollar will remain flat or decline very modestly in 1985. projected to increase from a rather weak 2.4 per cent in 1984 to slightly more robust 4.1 per cent rise’ in 1985. Kavanagh said trade surplus is projected to rise slightly from an average of $21.1 billion in 1984 to $24.5 billion in 1985, with current account surplus of $4.8 billion this year versus estimated $2.2 billion in 1984. Outlook forecasts assume the U.S. will enact its 1985 budget initiative, reducing the deficit by $50 billion for fiscal 1986 and the Canadian 1985/86 budget deficit is expected to be reduced by $2 billion to $3 billion. Speaking on the U.S., Kavanagh said that assuming the U.S. acts to reduce the fiscal 1986 budget deficit by $50 billion, late 1984 interest declines, combined with possible further declines later in the year, are expected to maintain recovery with three per cent increase in real GNP from fourth quarter 1984 to fourth quarter 1985, compared to 5.3 per cent growth between corresponding 1983-84 quarters. The Federal Reserve is assumed to continue ing on i growth rate, consis- tent with good or improving inflation performance. Many forecasters suggest the Fed will need to ease further, Kavanagh said. The bank's view is that interest rate declines in the last several months should “do the trick.” In the U.S., Kavanagh said the prime rate has not yet fully adjusted to recent favorable money market developments and should move closer to 10 per cent soon. The prime is expected to trade in the rage of 9.5 per cent to 10.5 per cent during the year. With no significant decline expected in the value of the U.S. dollar, the average CPI increase should amount to 3.6 per cent compared to 4.1 per cent last year. Housing starts in the U.S. are projected to rise to 1.8 million units in fourth quarter 1985 from 1.6 million in fourth quarter 1984, Kavanagh said. EVER CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT OVER A CUP OF COFFEE? These men in Yugoslavia did and are now ser- ving prison terms of between two to seven years. Terke Aleksic Miodiog Henetife Ardogic Milen Sokite Stn sche Oragen Stophovic Manotio Beat Dervis Djurdiewic Nened Vesic Mened Koatic Or. wan Zegratakt Livke Tomasevic We oppeal for their release becouse they have been im. prisoned for the non-violent use of their right to freedom of expression. Please help our | by clipping this ad and mailing it to Ambessodor, 1.£. Krsto Bulajic Group 66, Box 3683, Castlegar ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Castlegar Pentecostal Benevolent Assn. “Maranatha Court" Tues., Feb. 26 7 p.m. at 767-11th Ave., Castlegar ALL MEMBERS PLEASE ATTEND DR. HACHMI HAMMAMI M.D.-C.S. (P.Q.) - F.R.C.S. (C.) D.S.U.L. (C.H.) -A.B.D. (U.S.A.) - S.C. (B.C.) Ophthalmologist (Diseases of Eyes, Surgery and Loser Vision Examinations) The office is now open at 203 Victoria St., Nelson. Appointments can be made through your Doctor or by calling 352-7737. Order souvenir copies of the large, annual... Weekly stocks VANCOUVER (CP) — Prices were mixed in light trading Friday on the Van- couver Stock Exchange. Vol- ume at close was 9,832,509 shares. Of issues traded, 203 ad- vanced, 201 declined and 380 were unchanged. The VSE index was 913.08, up 3.86 from Thursday's close, and up 3.50 for the week. In the industrials, Com- putrex Centres was steady at CREDIT UNION 24 Hour Cash Card From Kootenay Savings credit union Red Mountain Ski Society is buying two snow grooming machines to older machines. Ski Club Society president M.J. Fairweather said in a prepared statement the club executive approved the pur- chase of two Thiokol LMC 3700 Snow Cat machines to replace its old 1100 Thiokols. He said old age, along with consequent high maintenance costs prompted Red Moun- tain to consider replacing the old machines. A plan to proceed with the purchase of an almost new 3700 machine was approved at a special general meeting of Jan. 29. But subsequent to the meeting, it was found that the new machine had been sold to another ski area. Fairweather said ski club management now has a chance to purchase two 3700 machines at cost and have them delivered to Red Moun- tain. He noted that the club presently has a 3700 Snow Cat which has proven to be a “reliable and efficient ma- chine.” replace two The machines to be pur- chased are newer than the present unit and $10,000 cheaper than the other new machine which was to have been purchased. Ski club executive ap- proved the purchase of the two units following a report from the area's mechanical supervisor. The machines are expected to be on site in late February. players day night. Castlegar's Edblad second in Super GS WHISTLER (CP) — It was Mike Brown's turn Friday to steal the thunder from Can- ada’s national ski team at the Export A Canadian men's alpine ski championships at Whistler Muntain. The 22-year-old American from Vale;~Colo., won the Canadian super giant slalom title just 48 hours after Aus- tralian Steven Lee took the downhill. Brown, who hadn't won a ski race in four years, Negotiated the 36-gate course in one minute 24.58 seconds. Brown was almost half a second ahead of Hans Edblad of Castlegar, clocked in 1:24.93 seconds. Calgary's Jim Read, who won the giant slalom title last weekend, was third in 1:15.01. Read was the defending champion in super giant sla- lom, a new event at last year’s championships. Just’ as surprising as Brown's win was the second place finish of Edblad, an 18-year-old dropped from the national development team at the start of the season. “I'm skiing the best I have all year,” said the Sundsvall, Sweden, native who moved to Canada when he was one-year-old. “I hoped to get in the top five but I made some mistakes and thought I was out of it.” Edblad’s last win was at the Western Canadian cham- pionships in Vernon and he was 25th in the downhill on Wednesday. NHL LAST NIGHT Canucks downed 7-5 In fourth place, 700th of a second behind Read, was Chris Kent of Lake Louise, Alta., who is expected to ski in the World Cup circuit this winter but suffered torn knee ligaments at the national team’s training camp. In other local results, Derek Trussler of Rossland tied with Gordon Perry of Calgary for fifth place. They had times of 1:25.13. Belezyk of Castlegar was eighth in 1:25.69. Donald Stevens of Rossland was 15th in 1:26.62, Murray Greenwood of Castle- gar was 4th in 1:28.91, Mi- chael Kennedy of Castlegar was 74th in 1:32.04, Dean Bulfone of Rossland was 78th in 1:32.75, Stan Hanson of Rossland was 83rd in 1:33.84. Chris Melver of Rossland did not finish the race. Meanwhile, the biggest disappointment of the week for the national team was the placing of Todd Brooker of Paris, Ont., the most prom- inent downhiller in the coun- try. He finished fifth in his seventh straight attempt to win the national downhill crown. He was fourth in an aborted Nor-Am earlier Fri- day when the race was halted by fog after only 34 entrants skied. Lee had the best time to that point but half the field of the 112 skiers had to finish to make the race official. The Nor-Am race will not be re- scheduled. Felix Belezyk of Castlegar, was seventh in the Nor-Am after leading the way in Thursday's aborted run. VANCOUVER (CP) — Paul Gillis scored with 53 seconds left to break a tie and Mark Kumpel added an empty-net goal as Quebec Nordiques defeated Vancouver Canucks 7-5 Saturday night in the National Hockey League. Gillis converted a passout from Brent Ashton at 19:07 to send Quebec into a 6-5 lead and Kumpel’s insurance goal also came on a pass from Ashton after the Canucks had pulled net minder Richard Brodeur for an extra attacker. LOOK OUT BELOW . . . Stanley Humphries Senior Rockettes (light) and L.V. Rogers t ready for anticipated rebound during West Kootenay high schoo basketball league semi-final game played Wednesday ni; won this close game 56-52 over L.V. Rogers to advance to ight. Stanley Humprhies inals in Rossland Satur- ~ Contews Photoby Doug Horvey The N had taken a 5-3 lead in the final period on goals by brothers Anton and Peter Stastny 53 seconds apart, but the Canucks battled back to tie the score on markers by Patrik Sundstrom and Cam Neely. Brad Maxwell, Alain Lemieux and Alain Cote also scored for Quebec as the Nordiques moved into a second-place tie with Buffalo Sabres in the Adams Division ALLEGHE, ITALY (CP) — Louis Grenier of Quebec City, tuning up for a bid to regain the world indoor speed skating championship, won the men's 500-metre event Saturday at the world Winter University Games. Grenier, the 1983 world champion who is returning to the international scene after taking a year off to concentrate on his studies, clocked a time of 46.60 seconds to take the lead in the overall point standings. Danny Kah of Australia was second in 46.70, while Charles Veldhoven of the Netherlands, who lost his balance and sent reigning world champion Guy Daignault of Montreal sliding into the boards, was third in 49.80. in 2:25.60. Daignault managed to finish the race, placing fourth Grenier has eight points after two races, two ahead of Daignault, who won the 1,500-metre event Friday. Five points are awarded for a win, three for second place, two for third and one for fourth. Medals are awarded in the overall category and the relays. Finals will be held today in the men's and women's 1,000 metres, 3,000 metres and 5,000-metre relay. SOLID FINISHES In the women's 500-metre final, Canadians placed 23-4 behind American Becky Mane, who also won the 1,500 metres. Susan Auch, 18, of Winnipeg, placed second in 52.40 seconds, one-tenth of a second behind Mane. Maryse Perreault, 20, of Windsor, Ont., was third in 52.50, while Chantal Cote, 21, of Laval, Que., was fourth in 52.70. Mane leads the women’s standings with 10 points, while Perreault, the 1982 world champion, is second with Canadian wins event “My confidence is coming back slowly,” he said. “You can skate well, but not do your best.” Daignault, who won the world title last season an also in 1982, said V 's push was i ional “The Dutch guy lost his balance and put his hand on my back, so he pushed me and then I fell into the board,” said Daignault. “I bent the blade on my skate, but now it's OK.” Meanwhile, Perreault was fuming following her race. She said Mane had pushed and grabbed her — tactics that would have had the American disqualified in an event like the world championships. “It's the worst I've ever seen,” said Perreault. Though she must win the next two races to win the overall title, Perreault is not counting herself out. “I think it’s possible,” she said. “I'm not a sprinter, the longer distances are better for me.” In women's figure skating at Belluno, Italy, Charlene Wong of Pierrefonds, Que., placed fifth in the short program to move up to seventh from 12th overall in the final standings. France Mantas, 20, of Repentigny, Que., eighth after the short program, was 13th in the long program to drop to 12th overall. Juri Ozawa of Japan won the long program to win the gold medal. She had been sixth in the short program. Two Americans, Debbie Walhs and Deborah Tucker, finished second and third, respectively. In the women’s slalom at Nevegal, Italy, Gillian Esson of Toronto was the only Canadian to complete two runs, placing 24th among the 32 finishers with a combined time of 1:26.17. d two points behind Montreal Canadiens. Neely had two goals for the Canucks and the other Vancouver marksmen were Thomas Gradin, Doug Halward and Sundstrom. OILERS 3 CAPITALS 3 EDMONTON (CP) — Jari Kurri and Mark Napier scored two minutes apart early in the third period to rally Edmonton Oilers to a 3-3 tie with Washington Capitals. Kurri scored with a low shot at 3:36 and Napier with a high slapshot at 5:36 to erase a 3-1 Washington lead. Neither team could score through the final 14 minutes of regulation or five minutes of overtime. Pat Hughes scored the other Edmonton goal in the first period. Lou Franceschetti, Bob Carpenter and Mike Gartner scored the Washington goals. The Capitals led 2-1 after two periods and increased it to 3-1 early in the third before Edmonton rallied to tie the game. CANADIENS 6 JETS 4 MONTREAL (CP) — Tom Kurvers scored with less than four minutes remaining in the game, and Chris Nilan added two others, as Montreal Canadiens downed Winnipeg Jets 6-4. Kurvers, a U.S.-born rookie defenceman picked up a loose puck in front of the Winnipeg net and fired through a maze of players to beat Jets’ goaltender Brian Hayward at 16:46. Nilan then stole the puck at the Jets blueline and skated in alone to seal the game away for Montreal at 18:50. The teams entered the third period tied at four, and looked as though they were headed into overtime until Kurvers notched his 10th goal of the year. Mats Naslund, Bob Gainey and Lucien Deblois also scored for Montreal, while Doug Smail, Robert Picard, Randy Carlyle and Dale Hawerchuk replied for the Jets. PENGUINS 3 NORTH STARS 1 BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Goalie Roberto Romano withstood a 44-shot attack and Pittsburgh got goals ae : ym rookie Mario Lemieux and Dave Hannan as the Penguins edged the Minnesota North Stars 3-1. Pittsburgh got an insurance goal with 34 seconds left when Gary-Rissing fired an open-net shot the length of the ice. Romano finished with 43 saves, including 20 in the third period. It was his first victory in his last 10 attempts (1-8-1). Lemieux scored the only goal of the opening period at 2:51 on a breakaway. Bryan Maxwell spotted Lemieux wide open at mid-ice and he skated in alone against North Star goalie Don Beaupre. Lemieux gave Beaupre a couple of fakes before flipping the puck into the upper right corner. It was Lemieux's 28th goal to give him 70 points, the leading point total among NHL rookies. Hannan made it 2-0 on his first goal of the season at 7:01 of the second period. MAPLE LEAFS 4 RED WINGS 2 DETROIT (AP) — Defenceman Jim Benning’s tie-breaking goal with 1:58 to play led Toronto Maple Leafs past Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 victory. Benning took a pass from Borje Saiming at the top of the right face-off circle and blasted a slap shot past Detroit goaltender Greg Stefan, breaking a 2-2 tie. Centre Greg Terrion scored 1:03 later to clinch the victory and complete a third-period comeback for the Maple Leafs. The victory ended a two-game Toronto losing skid and improved the team's record to 15-39-7, eight points behind fourth-place Minnesota North Stars in the Norris Division heading in to Saturday night's action. Detroit is third in the Norris Division at 18-32-11. The Red Wings took a 20 lead when captain Danny Gare opened the scoring at 3:00 of the first period, then set up Steve Yzerman for a power-play goal 59 seconds later. FLAMES 5 DEVILS 1 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Lanny McDonald scored one goal and set up two others by Dan Quinn in the third period as Calgary Flames downed New Jersey Devils 5-1 Flames goalie Don Edwards came within 29 seconds of posting Calgary's first shutout in almost two years, but Rick Meagher scored on a power pl goalie stopped 30 of 31 shots. lay at 19:31. The 29-year-old Edwards had the last Flames shutout on March 17, 1983, blanking the Devils 7-0. McDonald gave the Flames a 1-0 lead at 8:12 of the second period with Phil Russell of the Devils in the penalty box. KINGS 2 WHALERS 1 Defenceman Al McInnis fired a shot at Devils’ goalie Hannu Kamppuri from deep in the slot. Kamppuri knocked the puck down, but McDonald picked up the rebound and fired a 15-foot shot into the net for his 15th goal of the Send to friends, relatives and business contacts i 15 on 18,000, El Dorado Sys- five. Grenier, a 24-year-old Carleton University student, Nadia Bonfini of Italy won the gold medal in 1:14.04, while twin sisters Dorota and Malgorzata Tilalka of HARTFORD, Conn. (CP) — Marcel Dionne knocked in a loose puck in a goal-mouth scramble at 2:46 of overtime to 02 to $2.43 on 10,290, and B.C. Tel gained 1/8 to $22 5/8 on 5,670. Amer Resources preferred A climbed .03 to $2.68 and Norsat Interna- tional was unchanged at $4. 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Send your order now wrap, address and mail gift copies for you if you mail this 1 said the toughest barriers to overcome in coming back lose too much. lacking.” after the layoff are psychological ones. “It's more mentally tough,” Grenier said. “I've been skating all year round, but not really training, so I didn't “The only point is you haven't done any tough competition for a year, and that’s where your training is He said things are beginning to fall in place. Poland finished second and third, respectively. In the men’s 70-metre ski jumping at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Hugh Pomeroy of Cantley, Que., finished a distant 22nd behind winner Gennady Prokopenko of the Soviet Union. The field included several World Cup jumpers. The nine-day competition concludes today with events in speed skating, skiing (men’s slalom) and figure skating. give Los Angeles Kings a 2-1 victory over Hartford Whalers. Dionne’s 36th goal of the year followed a low slap shot from 30 feet by linemate Dave Taylor. New Whaler goalie Mike Liut was piled up in a group of players and unable to locate the puck. Hartford had rallied to send the game into overtime, as rookie forward Paul Fenton scored his second goal of the season with 6:59 left in regulation time. Fenton back-handed a loose puck from the slot area to tie it 1-1. The Kings nourished a 1-0 lead into the late stages of the game on a second-period goal by John Paul Kelly. The season. World Cup skiers not named to team WHISTLER (CP) — One current World Cup skier and who was fifth in the Canadian downhill championship Wed ings’ forward took a from Jim Fox and moved past the two veterans were passed nesday in two minutes, 17.40 at $1.18 on 490,100. THIS ORDE A Ma le Leafs beat Ro a | Ss nether pir to chore kis eighth of the season at 9:68. over for a six-man team pick- seconds; Donald Stevens, Charlie Says a p y ISLANDERS 7 BRUINS 1 ed to compete in the next Rossland, third in 2:17.21; NAME - UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Goaltender Billy Smith World Cup downhill March 2 Daniel Moar, Revelstoke By The Canadian Press us a lift (for the playoffs),” vam and Darryl Spooner had Ray Creasy scored two for icked out 29 shots and rookie Pat LaFontaine scored twice in Furano, Japan. fourth in 2:17.28; Chris Me PRICES Keith Abbott scored four Nelson playing-coach Brian singles. the Dynamiters, who are to power New York Islanders to a 7-1 rout over Boston Gary Athans of Kelowna, Iver, Rossland sixth in @ Wrapped goals as Nelson Maple Leafs DeBiasio said of the home-ice — Neison led 2-1 and 53 by attling to overtake fourth- Bruins B.C., who has been on the 2:17.89; Felix Belezyk Ct and mailed beat Cranbrook Royals 10-4 win. periods. place Cranbrook. Rick Wil The win snapped a 10-game Islander winless streak European World Cup circuit Castlegar, eighth in 2:18.05; Get Your ot COHOE INSURANCE 1127-4th St., Castlegar CASTLEGAR SAVINGS CREDI UNION for you Mailed to ony point in Canada Mailed to the U.S. or any foreign country in a Western International Hockey League game Friday night In the other game, last “There were stretches to- night where we played like we have to play. We fore checked, took the body. I like place Kimberley Dy surprised first-place Spokane Chiefs 6-5. Nelson remains in second place while Cranbrook is fighting to hang onto the fourth and final playoff spot. “Any positive experience you have now is going to give the way we respe in the third period.” Lorne Anderson notched a pair for the Leafs, while singles came from Ed Coop- er, Don Deschene, Barry Zanier and Gord Pace. Greg Barber had two for the Royals while Troy Fark ley, Ray Gregorash and Tom Mue and Darryl Kuntz shared goaltending duties for Nelson, making 28 saves, while Mark Taylor stopped 45 shots for Cran- brook. In Kimberley, Jim Jarrett scored the winner at 10:05 of the third period to give the Dynamiters their first vie tory of the season over the Chiefs. Gerry Stoughton added sin. gies. and Dan Gerarden. Randy for Spokane Amatto made 31 saves in goal for Kimberley; Bruno Campese stopped 26 Spokane, which led 3-2 and 5-4 by periods, got goals from Jeff Bandura, Bruce Cullen, Bill Hobbins, Dale Reimer against the Bruins, dating back to Nov. 24, 1981. Boston was 80-2 in that span against the Islanders. Smith's fine performance came in his third start since serving a suspension for high-sticking Curt Fraser of Chicago Black Hawks. LaFontaine opened the scoring at 12:28 of the first period when he stripped the puck from Boston goaltender Pete Peeters at the right post, circled around the net and stuffed it home. Mike Bossy scored his 49th goal on a 10-foot shot just 49 seconds into the second period. LaFontaine made it 3-0 at 6:21, taking pass from Clark Gillies and scoring from the slot for his 15th goal of the season. this winter, and veterans Chris Kent of Calgary and Jim Kirby of Toronto were not named to the team, sel. ected by national ski team coach Glenn Wurtele and his staff The team was selected af. ter the Canadian men's down. hill championship, held here earlier this week. Named to the team were Todd Brooker, Paris, Ont., and Brian Stemmle, Aurora, Ont., ninth in 2:18.53. Kent was 10th in the national championship at 2:18.60; Athans was 13th in 2:19.16 and Kirby finished 23rd in 2:20.93. The race at Furano is the third-last of the season. It is followed by one March 9 in Aspen, Clo., and the final race March 16 at Panorama B.C.