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‘- By GRANT KERR Canadian Pres:

VANCOUVER — There's nothing like the challenge of competition to bring out the best in a developing athlete

Kirk McLean of the Vancouver Canucks is a shining example of a goaltender who responds positively when confronted with direct compe tition

McLean has been sensational in recent weeks after having his pos ition with the Canucks threatened Christmas holidays by rookie Troy Gamble

Faced with the Gamble challenge MclL ean has responded with immense pride. His latest offering of proof to the Canucks was a sharp, 26-save performance Tuesday night during a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League net He..was--under--the when Gamble was here and has been much more. aggressive lately,"’ Van Bob” McCammon-said about McLean. ‘‘He improved his concentration and that’s a sign of a

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maturing goaltender McLean, 22, now has a winning record this season with a 12-11-2 log and has lowered his goals-against average under 3.40 a game. GAMBLE TESTED When the aggressive Gamble ar rived before Christmas, McLean was ill and missed several games. Gam ble seized the opportunity to play five league games and had an impressive 2.38 average while winning two Starts Vancouver management elected to return Gamble, 21, to the minors for further seasoning, leaving McLean to outwork career backup Steve Weeks for the No. 1 position McLean has more than answered his critics. Against the Bruins, he Was razor-sharp in the final period and made huge saves against Bob Joyce and Ray Bourque to ensure victory But I think I'm proving myself by playing well — and it's fun,"’ said McLean. “‘It’s a lot different than last year when we lost a lot I've been concentrating on stand ing up more. I'm letting the shooters come to me instead of committing too soon to the shot. I'm not lunging at the puck as much McLean had never beaten Boston before and was 0-3 against the Bruins until Vancouver won its third straight game before a boisterous, sellout throng of 15,863 at the Pacific Cotsiew

Chasing the puck

A pair of players go after the puck in last night's contest between the Valley Vikings and

Dairy Queen in Castlegar Gentlemen's Hock.

League play at Pioneer Arena. Dairy Queen skated out to.a 7-1 lead but lost 12-8 in the end to the Vikings. —conews chor

by Nuch Alle

Hawks double Stars

The Canadian Press

More injuries fo key players marked National Hockey League action on Tuesday night

Six_minutes into the Norris _Division—contest between Chicago and Minnesota, Blackhawk centre Denis Savard was kicked in the back of the right ankle by Shawn Chambers of the North Stars. Savard, 11th overall in scoring, had to be helped off the ice

An injury to the same ankle kept Savard out of action for three weeks last season

Later in the period, Neal Broten was injured on a check from Chicago's Doug Wilson and-was taken to hospital for tests. Minnesota all-time assists leader Broten was expected to miss at least three weeks

Flyers 3, New York Rangers 1; Vancouver Canucks 5 Boston Bruins 2 PENGUINS 7 SABRES 3 temicux—scoredhis—sixth—hat trick, within two minutes in the third period, and has scored five or more points in 10 games this season We dug ourselves a hole and Mario threw dirt on our grave."" said Buffalo coach Ted Sator The Penguins may have been hit by another injury Left winger Randy Cunneyworth was hit in the right foot by a shot and missed the third period. Cunneyworth recently missed séven games with a broken bone in his right foot ISLANDERS 5 OILERS 3

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Rebels en season wit

ict By CasNews Staff In their last Kootenay-International Junior Hockey League game of the season, the Cas par ad ministered an 18-3 » of the ailing Grand Fork Saturday night Complex

der Bruins on

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The Rebel squad, which finished the season out of the playoffs with 14.

31 losses and no tigs for 28 completed what team manager Peter Semenoff called building season.”

“This year was a re-building stage Semenoff told the CasttestiWwewesp “We have to re-grot and try and do better

Semenoffsaid one of the main ser backs this season was the re-emergence of the Nelson Junion Maple Leafs into the league. He said a lot-of the players

playing for the Leafs this year would

have been with the Rebels if the Leafs

Were not back in the league

Despite the losing season, the Rebel looked nothing like ateam thatwasout of the. playoffs in.Saturday’s contest against Grand Forks

The Rebels jumped out to a four

goad lead were opening period and never looke#ack

Keith Semenoff scored his first of three goals on the night just 39 seconds into thé contest, Shawn McAdie and Lorne Kanigan assisted. Kanigan followed suit with the first of two goals he scored in the contest. Semenoff and McAdie set him up.

* Glen Ormsby put one past Border Bruin netminder Kevin Fisher with 8:16 remaining in the first period Taylor Harding and Jarret Watts assisted. Ormsby scored again — he would score three on the night — from Watis and Harding. The goal turned out to be the eventual game-winner as the Rebels took a 4-0 lead into the

dressing room after the opening 20

minutes

ory

Castlegar kept the pressure on in the second period, exploding for seven goals. Watts scored his first of two from Ormsby and Harding at the 1:29 mark r

Grand Forks finally found a weak pot in Rebél netminder Stan Makor toff’s armor at the 3:46 mark-in the middle frame. Jamie Feltham scored from Ryan Osachoff and Kelly Maclean. The Bruins tallied three minutes later when Rob MacLean finished off a play from Mark Carey

The Rebel snipers went back to work wheMSemenoff scored from Kanigan at the 7:38 mark. Eight seconds later Watts bolted up the ice and fed Kanigan a pass which went-behind the Bruin. netminder. Less than two minutes later, Watts scored from Or mst

The Border Bruins got th:

OF the contest with just five minutes remaining in the middle ne. Rob Maclean scored his game. Brian Hancock and Geoff Man

second of _the

son assisted

The Rebels scored three more goals before the end of the period. McAdie scored from Semenoff and Kanigan just over iwo. minutes before Oil Rub: ner converted a play from Dave Vec chio, Kanigan wrapped up the scoring in the middle frame on a play from Semenoff. The Rebels were ahead 11-3 after 40 minutes

The goal-scoring frenzy, continued as a shell-shocked Fisher couldn’t stop the onslaught of Rebel shooters in the third period

The Rebels held a car draw during the contest and R. Lloyd of Nelson won the 1980 Ford Fairmont son-end banquet is

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Pee Wees clinch first place

The Castlegar Pee Wee Rep hockey team clinched first place with a pair of The Pee

Wee squad travelled to Beaver Valley

victories over the weekend

on Saturday and took a 7-4 win before going to Trail on Sunday to beat the Trail side 10-4

Beaver Valley jumped out to early-two-goal lead in Saturday's c< test but Castlegar’s tearm

started to click at 7:20 with Pat Bil

play finally

scoring on a power play assisted by Rick Fauth and Fred Gienger. Less than a minute later, Leslie Stoochnoff scored assisted by Mike Hur Then at_2:46, Hunter

STEVE BOZEK . nets two goals

Steve Bozek led the Cantick attack with two goals, while Him Sandlak, Brian Bradley and Tony Tanti added singles. Vancouver moved seven points ahead of the last-place Win nipeg Jets in the drive for a Smythe Division playoff berth

Bourque and Cam Neely were the Boston marksmen as the Bruins saw their modest two-game win streak suddenly end, depsite outshooting Vancouver 28-20. =

We didn't come out strong en. ough and got behind a couple of goals before we knew it,”’ said Neely after firing his 27th goal of the season. “‘They didn’t’ give us much room to move in the neutral zone.”’

McLean was designated as Van couver's netminder of the future in September. 1987 when he was —ac- quired from the New Jersey Devils. who were awaiting the arrival of Canadian Olympic net minder Sean Burke

It appears both the Canucks and Devils won't be disappointed by their decisions. Burke took the Devils to the Wales Conference final last spring. while McLean has designs on a playoff appearance this year

patiently

Chicago's Wayne Presley scored a tie-breaking goal with 2:27 remaining at Bloomington, Minn. The Btackhawks went on to beat the North Stars 4-2 and now sit six points clear of last-place Toronto for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Norris Divsion

Washington's Bengt Gustafsson was hit by a shot and suffered a bruised ankle during the Capitals 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues.

On Sunday night, Edmonton-and-Pittsburgh—were jolted by injuries. Oiler all-stars Mark Messier and Jari Kurri suffered knee sprains and will miss at least a week. The Penguins high-scoring right winger, Rob Brown, will miss about a month with a separated shoulder

Mario Lemieux scored three goals and added two assists Tuesday in the Penguins 7-3 home win over the Buffalo Sabres. Lemieux has a league-leading 61-goals this season

But the. piinchless Oilers lost to the New York Islanders — 20th overall in the NHL standings — 5-3 in Uniondale. In other NHL action, it was: Philadelphia

power-play goal with 6:53 remaining lifted the Islanders over Edmonton, playing its fourth game in six days on a road trip. Volek stole an errant pass and sent a 35-foot shot through a.sereen from the slot to beat goaltender Bill Ranford. Randy Wood clinched it with 4:02 left-with a shot off Ranford's glove after Tomas Jonsson beat everyone to a loose puck

Pat LaFohtaine had two goals for New York and Normand Lacombe matched that for Edmonton

FLYERS 3 RANGERS 1

Al Secord scored his first goal since being traded from Toronto Feb. 7, and Ron Hextall turned back 33 shots as host Philadelphia defeated the New York Rangers

The victory moved the Flyers seven points up on the New Jersey Devils for fourth spot in the Patrick Division

The Rangers lost to Philadelphia for the first time this season after three wins and a tie. Philadelphia took-a3-tHtead-when-Keith Acton found Secord alone just outside the crease with 4:25 left in the game

Sandman, Shell tie 4-4

By CasNews Staff Woodland Park Shell tallied twice in

the final peried te gain a 4-4 tic with

Recreational Hockey League pl Monday Complex

Tony DaRo: the scoring 44 seconds into the game on anunassisted effort Shell's Sion Mab tell evened the score miday Uhrough the period on a.play trom Brad Makoriett ant Chief Mercer

opening period night at the Community

Vof Sandman opened

Frank Costa gave Sandma again ona goal from Bob Bobby Larsh. Mercer knoted the Sandman - tan in Castlegar at two with 2:22 remaining ve the strength of Mercer the dressing room tied 2-2 at theer the first 20 minutes

Costa put Sandman ahead wit tic second goal of the game. Barry Strelies tenet sere earectsreet TE STAT lead was stretched 16 two poals when game Strelier- put the puck past Shett peutic

Barry Gronred with 9:57 to po inthe ¢

period. Sandman led 4-2 after (wo periods Shell came back inthe tinal frame

s second goal in teams the contest. Brune T one drew the lone helper. Lassone scored with 14:58 remaining in the game to give Shell the Grunred and Dan Wallace tor Sandman held the skaters off the SCOTCROAT Tor The reniainder-of the

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Steven Brown Marcel Dus Valley- scoreless forthe as weltas assisting on Ca th goal scored ded two more Shawn Mosby ¢ Stoochnoff als added a goal assisted by Ken Skibins ski Sunday mors continued Again, the opposing t scoring, but Ca minutes later again assisted Dusseault. H handed goal a Brown Castlegar’s Fred Gienger and Mark Carlson Trait opened th coring inthe second period with Castlegar minus two players, but Castles ponded two minutes later with a goal by Hun ter d by Pat Biln and Vince An tignani. ¢ 1 ain when Gienger-passed tc Fauth who fired a’slap shot a al and Leslie Stoochnoff defle Trail_ notched goal at 12:12, but were next one when Dussez »pped z

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penalty shot. Rick Fauth fi scoring in the second period assisted by Hunter and Biln

Trail opened the scoring in the third period on a powerplay, but then four minutes later, Ben Koorbatoff putin a shot from Hunter and Biln. Fauth scored with a shot from the point

assisted by Mark Perrier. Stoochnoft

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scored-Castlegar’s-ninth goal assisted by Carlson and Gienger. Hunter com. pleted the scoring assisted by An tignaniand Fauth

Good offensive play by Shawr Mosby and Derek Read defensive play by Ken Skibinski co

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buted to Castlegar’s victories Castlegar now moves Playoffs for the West Kootenay s

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Bantams lose a pair in Penticton

The Penticton Bantams stole a pair f games from the hometown team this weekend by scores of 6-3 and 7-6 Saturday's who scored astlegar pg S61 f periods and ed the only g hird, they could manage only a pair narrow the margin to three Penticton goals were scored by Flet cher with a pair, DeHart, Kruger, Mckinley and Frank Strobel’ who scored the first goalageinst his former teammates. David Green led the astlegar team with two goals and n the third scored by Lalon

On Sunday, both teams played with

intensity, and despite a series of grea comebacks, Castlegar lost the game

with six seconds remaining on the

clock. Although it had been 1-1 and6-3 for Penticton at the end of the first two periods, Castlegar rallied for three successive goals in the third, tying the ame at the 2:37 mark

Shane Cutler and Aaron Voykin each had a pair for the home team wit! singles going to_Jason_ Batchelor and Dustin Rilcof. Minshall scored a natural hat trick for Penticton—-and Mackinley had a pair and DeHart and Araujoadded singles