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The TIED AT TWO Rebels m By BRENDAN NAGLE Staff Writer The Beaver Valley Nite Hawks scored three third-period goals to squeak by the Castlegar Rebels 5-4 in KIJHL playoff action Tuesday night. The Beaver Valley win knots the best of seven opening round playoff series at two games apiece. The Rebels scored the only goal of the first period when Dave Terhune put one past Nite Hawks goalie Eric Volpatti on a play from Wayne Salekin and Walter Sheloff. Castlegar took a two-goal lead in the middle frame on a goal from Sandy Renwick. Sheloff got the lone assist. But Beaver Valley came back late in the second period to tie the score. Kevin Careless scored from Dwayne Bouliane and Bob Moon with 1:32 remaining. Then, just over a minute later Bouliane scored after Moon and Mike Dennis put him in the clear. The Nite Hawks took the lead for the first time in the game after Vince Phillipoff's goal in the third period. Moon provided the lone helper. Rebels beat the Nite Hawks on Saturday night at the complex 9-4 but lost to the Nite Hawks last night on the road. — Coshiews Photo by Brendan Nagle ust win 2 Castlegar knotted the score at three on Harding’s goal. Terhune got the assist. But Beaver Valley went ahead again on a goal from Ed Bertuzzi. Erin Williams and Cory Neil recorded the assists. Moon scored the game-winner from Bouliane and Jason Startup. Castlegar got the final goal of the game with 19 seconds left on the clocks from Sheloff. Terhune and Taylor Harding provided the help. Rut the goal wasn't enough to do it for the Rebels. Meanwhile, the Rebels outplayed the Nite Hawks 9-4 on Saturday night at the complex. Terhune scored three goals, Kevin Koorbatoff and Salekin contributed two apiece and Lorni Kanigan and Jeff Adams potted one each. Salekin, Sheloff, Renwick, Adams, Koorbatoff, Harding, and Kelly Sidoni picked up assists. Tim Horcoff played the whole game in goal for the Rebels and faced 16 shots. Nite Hawk netminder Eric Volpatti faced 30. The Rebels and Nite Hawks meet next at the complex on Friday night at 8 p.m. CALGARY CP). — It's the 1988 remake of Mission Impossible, starring Mark Habscheid, Gord Sherven and Ken Berry. Their mission is to shut down the Soviet Union's mighty KLM Line and lead Canada to victory tonight as the Olympic hockey tournament's medal round begins. Mission impossible? Not neces- sarily. “We know it’s possible -to control them,” said Mabscheid, the Canadian line's centre. “We were matched up against them in that pre-Olympic game in Saskatoon (Feb. 10) and we ended up being plus-one.” As it's been for most of the 1980s, the Soviet squad is led by the KLM Line — Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov. The trio ac- counted for three goals and seven assists Sunday in a 6-1 thrashing of Czechoslovakia. Whenever they step on the ice tonight, the KLM combo will be met by Habscheid, Sherven and Berry. If Canada is to retain its slim shot at a gold medal, that trio must keep the Soviet line in check. Canada, which carries only one point into medal play from the pre- liminary round, must win all three of its games to have any hope of a gold medal. In today's other games, Sweden plays Czechoslovakia and Finland plays West Germany. WON HANDILY The Soviets annihilated their five first-round opponents by an aggregate score of 32-10. But they have lost their last two games against Canada — 3-2 each time — and the Habscheid unit outscored the KLM Line 3-1 in those contests. Sherven, the line's right winger, noticed in the Saskatoon exhibition game the Soviets were getting frus- trated, perhaps because of their recent string of tournament defeats. They lost last winter's Calgary GORD SHERVEN . Mission impossib! Cup tournament to Czechoslovakia, last spring’s world ch i to KEN BERRY . Shut down Soviets Olympic team, kicked around the Ed Oilers’ organi for four Sweden, last fall's Canada Cup to the NHL version of Team Canada, and their own Izvestia tournament this winter to the Canadian Olympic team. “In Saskatoon, they were def. initely frustrated,” said Sherven. “But they seem to have regained their con- fidence. We're going to have a much tougher time controlling them (today) than we did in Saskatoon.” Habscheid pointed out that the KLM Line is often joined on the attack by star defencemen Viacheslav Fetisov and Alexei Kasatonov. AWARENESS KEY “It's important to be aware of Fetisov and Kasatanov,” he said. “They always slide down and get involved in the play. “You can never let up because they're so explosive. The five of them together are just dynamit Habscheid, Sherven and Berry travelled some pretty rocky roads to get to these Olympics. Berry, a member of Canada’s 1980 seasons before “heading to West Germany. The 27-year-old left winger rejoined the national team last season. Sherven, 24, was a member of Canada’s 1984 Olympic team, which finished fourth at Sarajevo, Yugo- slavia. He failed NHL tryouts with Minnesota and Edmonton and will join the Hartford Whalers after the Olym- pics. Habscheid, 24, also spent time in the Edmonton and Minnesota systems before joining the Olympic team last season. Coach Dave King said his players are buoyant despite carrying only one point into the medal round. That compares with four for the Soviets, three for Finland and two for Sweden and West Germany. “I sense we're a pronounced underdog to get a medal,” King said. “That seems to have taken some of the heat off the guys. “If we can get the Soviet game maybe it'll give us a bit of momentum.” Soviets are favored By PAUL WOODS Press CALGARY — There are six hockey teams still in contention for medals at the Winter Olympics, but one stands out as the overwhelming favorite in the medal round that begins today. The Soviet Union, which has won the Olympics every time it has competed except for 1960 and 1980, is expected to pick up its eighth hockey gold medal when the Calgary Games end Sunday. Just ask some of the other coaches in the 12-team tournament. “They are the best team here in terms of talent,” says Dave King, coach of Canada’s Olympic team. “They are well balanced in every respect,” says Czech oslovakian coach Jan Starsi. “They have great individual skills in every single activity that's important for a hockey team.” “The Russian team is the favorite,” says Curt Lind- strom, an assistant coach for Sweden. “The Soviet team is very difficult to play.” The Soviets th d their five in the tournament's preliminary round, outscoring them 32-10. Even the Czechs, seen by many as the most worthy CHECK THE “LUCKY: PHOTO” AND “LUCKY RECEIPT’ BONUS BOARDS! On the Mall for your chance to win extra Auction Bucks! Keep checking — The display changes weekly 3 miles East of Trail on Highway 3B Mon., Tues., Wed., Sat. 9:30-5:30 Thursday & Friday 9:30-9:00 “AUCTION’S HAPPENING HERE” Ice dance couple pleases crowd but ge By NEIL STEVENS Canadian Press CALGARY — Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay insist they do not break the ice dance rules, but the judges beg to differ. The brother and sister entry from Aylmer, Que., who skated for France in the Olympic figure skating competition, finished eighth after presenting one of the most crowd-pleas- ing numbers Tuesday night. “Our feeling is that all our moves are within the rules,” Isabelle Duchesnay said. “We've checked that out. “There have to be rules, definitely, but it would be nice to see a little bit of loosening up. “We're happy with what we did and if we please the crowd that's all that matters.” There has not been as much controversy in an ice dance competition since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean revolutionized the event in the early 1980s. The British entry won the 1984 Winter Games gold, and Dean has been working as the Duchesnay's choreographer. Figure skating officials changed rules when Torvill and Dean retired in 1984 to try and reduce slides on the ice and high lifts that are seen in the pairs event. The Duchesnays performed to African rhythms and drums, featuring Paul doing many of the spins, dips and turns usually done by the woman. He did the’same thing in the original set pattern Monday. “Nobody had ever skated to African music in the ice dance,” Paul said of the free dance finale. “It is avant garde and. we intend to continue in that vein.” In their brown suede costumes, they looked like Tarzan and Jane. The other couples stuck to basic ballroom-type ice dancing. ts low marks “It's primitive,” Isabelle said of the theme. “It’s a struggle in the jungle kind of thing — a fight for your life. “You're in dangerous situations and you're hiding and on the lookout.” The Duchesnays received marks ranging from 5.0 to 5.8 for artistic impression. The crowd cheered when the Duchesnays received 5.88 from the Canadian and American judges, but there were loud boos when the West German and Austrian judges viewed the same performance worth 5.0 for artistic impression. The judges held a meeting late Tuesday to discuss among themselves the variance in the marking. Tatiana Tarassova, coach of the gold-medal Soviet entry of Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, said she enjoyed the Duchesnays's performance. “Asa coach, what is important to me is: Did they dance interestingly or not,” she said through an interpreter. “As far as I'm concerned they did skate interestingly.” Canadian ice dance coach Roy Bradshw said rules are rules and the Duchesnays must be marked down for breaking them. “In a baseball game, if a'ball goes out of the park, it’s out,” he said. “You can't say that because it’s only out by an inch or two that it counts.” The Duchesnays moved to Obersdorf, West Germany, in 1982 to work with Skotnicky and continued skating for Canada. But when they failed to make the Canadian world team in 19865, they accepted an offer to join the French team. They have dual After ting in the world hip next month in Budapest, Isabelle, 24, and Paul, 26, will take six weeks off and visit their family for a month in Aylmer. opponent for the Soviet squad, meekly capitulated in a 6-1 loss on Sunday. But Igor Dmitriev, the Soviets’ stern-faced assistant coach and chief spokesman, isn't buying all this talk about the gold medal being a lock for his team. “Since the Canada Cup, the Soviets are playing better,” he says. “But to say they've reached the top of their form is perhaps a little premature.” Despite their seeming invincibility, nagging doubts persist about the Soviets. They've failed to win a major tournament in more than a year: They lost last winter's Calgary Cup tournament to hi ja, the world ch to Sweden, the cane Cup to the NHL version of Team Canada, and the Izvestia tournament to the Canadian Olympic team. Canada’s Olympians, who must win tonight to retain any hope of a gold medal, have played the Soviets twice in the last two months. Canada won 3-2 at Izvestia and by the same score in a pre-Olympic exhibition game this month. The Canadi: who play a i king style designed to shut down the Soviets, noticed a growing frustration among Soviet players in those games. And they hope to see it again tonight. The medal round consists of six teams — Canada, the Soviets, the Czechs, Sweden, Finland and West Germany. EARNED POINTS Those teams begin the medal round with the points they earned against one another in preliminary play. The Soviets have four, the Finns three, Sweden and West Germany two each, and Canada one. The Czechs have none. The country with the most points from its games against medal-round teams wins the gold medal. Canada has only a mathematical possibility of winning the gold. Even if the host country sweeps its three games, it will need help from other teams to finish first. In today's other games, Sweden plays the Czechs and the Finns play West Germany. The medal round resumes Friday with three more games, followed by one on Saturday and two on Sunday. The three-game consolation round ends Thursday when the United States plays Switzerland to decide seventh and eighth place. Two consolation-round games were played Tuesday, including a contest that ended up as the first Olympic hockey game ever decided by a penalty-shot match. In the battle to decide 11th and 12th places, France and Norway played to a 6-6 tie after three periods. Overtime is not played in medal-round games, but it was in this game. Neither team scored in the 10-minute overtime, so a shootout was held. France scored on two of its shots while holding Norway scoreless, and the game was officially registered as a 2-0 French victory. Austria defeated Poland 3-2 in the other consolation round game, which determined ninth and 10th places. Islanders beat Canucks UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Some of the New York Islanders don't think it was appropriate for Vancouver Canucks coach Bob McCammon to pull goaltender Kirk McLean to help spoil Kelly Hrudey’s shutout bid. But the 6-1 beating the Islanders gave the Canucks on Tuesday night was good enough for Hrudey. “We're not here to make friends,” he said. “I would expect any other team to do the same thing.” Bryan Trottier scored twice and assisted on two short-handed goals by Mikko Makela as the Islanders ex- tended their undefeated streak to six games (4-0-2) and moved into sole possession of second place in the Pat- rick Division. Trottier opened the scoring at 9:06 of the first period on a rebound of a shot by Jeff Finley that he knocked between McLean's legs. The Islanders put the game away with four goals in the second period. Derek King scored at 2:10, Trottier seored his second of the game, and 22nd of the season, at 3:43 on a power play, Brad Lauer scored on another power play at 11:10 and Makela got his first goal at 18:32. Makela scored his second short handed goal, and 33rd overall, at 11:52 of the final period. Petri Skriko scored at 18:36 on a two-man advantage to spoil Hrudey’s chance for his third shutout, which would have tied him with Grant Fuhr and Rejean Lemelin for the NHL lead. “Sure I was surprised (about the Canucks pulling McLean). I don't know why they did it. Why don't you ask McCammon?” Trottier said. However, Hrudey took the lost shutout in stride, saying he was satis- fied the Islanders could move two points ahead of the idle Washington Capitals in the Patrick Division. Both teams have played 61 games. “I'm somewhat disappointed,” Hrudey said. “But comin; if you told me we were going to win 6-1 I would te been happy. And I am.” Dennis Potvin, who took a need- less tripping penalty with 2:03 re- maining that contributed to the shut- out-breaking goal, was more embar- rassed about taking the penalty than annoyed with Vancouver. “T'm just glad Kelly doesn't have a bonus (for shutouts) in his contract, because I'd have to make good on it,” he said.