B8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 17, 1997 Bullies bash Lightning Rec league teams vie for top spot. SOMEONE SHOULD have taken the All Seasons Lightning 10 that minor hockey defensive skills clinic held at the arena last week, The Men's Recreational League team really could have used the help against the Back Eddy Bullies in a game Thursday night. The Lightning have been on-again, off-again all sea- son, and that inconsistency showed up again Dec. 11. All Seasons has a fairly competent offence, and they came out strong against the Bullies, pulling ahead 6-3 going into the final period. The Lightning kept the pressure up for the first two minutes of the period, pot- ting another goal to pull fur- ther ahead at 7-3. But that’s when Back Eddy rallied and the Lightn- ing defence went to sleep. The Bullies picked up one to make it 7-4, then scored two short-handed goals within a minute of cach- other to make it 7-6, Understandably, All Sea- sons waved ‘‘buh-hye”’ to their confidence at that ‘point. Back Eddy, on the other hand, secmed to smell that fear and went for the Lightning like a rabid poodle at bare ankles. The Bullies tied it up with 13 minutes to play, then scored on a break away to pull ahead 8-7, ALL SEASONS players tried, but couldn’t stem the tide of the Back Eddy Bullies in a Men's Rec League game last Thursday night. Back Eddy leads the league. After that, the Lightning basically fell apart, although they did manage a parting goal. The final score went to the Bullies 11-8. This is a very good season for the rec hockey league. Spokesperson Roger Harris says several teams are pretly close in the standings, with no club totally dominating Defence clinic OFFENCE LOOKS great but defence wins games. It’s one of the facts of hockey that coaches try to hammer home from minor hockey to the big leagues. And Terrace Minor Hock- ey’s Peewee, Bantam, and Midget defencemen. got some tips. fromthe best Jast week at a” defensive skills clinic held here. The clinic was put on by the BC Center of Ex- cellence, which is based in Vancouver’s GM Place and supported by the Vancouver Canucks. The center bas an Qut- reach Program that offers high-calibre skills clinics for minor hockey associations the field, As of last week the Back Eddy Bullies were in top spot, but Skeena Cable wasn’t far behind and the Chapter One Aeros were moving up after a couple of big wins. Meanwhile in the Old- timcr’s League, the North- ern Motor Inn Okies are on top of the slandings, with the SRD Blues in second. Harris says he expects the league to host a special. event tournament carly in January, probably on the second weekend of the new year, As usual, it wilk boast high-calibre hockey, with proceeds of the admission price going to charily. draws players throughout the province. So the Skeena Valley Tri-City League invited them to come up to the northwest and hold clinics in Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert. A total of 44 youths and 15 coaches took part in the clinic Dec, 8-10, which con- sisted of both an off-ice ses- sion and an oft-ice session. Terrace Minor Hockey president Brian Downie says he was very pleased with the way things turned out. “They held a very nice session,’’ he says, ‘‘It was an excellent opportunity for both players and coaches.”’ Peewee reps undefeated at Burns Lake tournament ‘OUR PEEWEE rep team had little trouble taking out the competition at a tourna- ment in Bums Lake two weekends ago, and came -home undefeated. _ Five teams attended the tournament, including Houston, Fraser Lake and Fort St. James. ‘ Terrace came out fying in ‘their first game against ‘Houston, Dec 6. The local ‘boys actually scored their first two goals in the first two minutes of the game. Those goals likely gave the team an extra burst of confidence thal propelled them through the whole game and they never looked back. By the third period, a frus- trated Houston squad started taking all sorts of penalties and Terrace scored at will, winning 12-1. With adrenaline still pumping, Terrace played the host Burns Lake team later Scope concert this Friday. favourite tunes. | Skaters bop to pops ‘| THE TERRACE Skating Club will be holding a pop This fun and informal event will feature young ‘| skaters performing original routines set to their The concert takes place 4 p.m. Dec, 19 at the arena. Tumblers to perform THE SPRING CREEK Mountainairs are set to display their talents in a Christmas-themed event tonight. Terrace’s only tumbling team invites everyone to come and see a demonstration of their acrobatic and gymnastic skills. Special choir and band per- formances will be incorporated into the hour of unique entertainment, with refreshments to fol- low. -| The demonstration will take place at Spring Creek School in the Seventh Day Adventist | Church, 5401 McConnell. ‘| For more information call Diana at 638-1626. Snowboard events SHAMES MOUNTAIN ds getting ready to host their Big Air and Boarder Cross events coming up in Janu- ary, The tournament is set to happen Jan. 2 and Jan, 3 at the hill. For more information, call Shames at 635- 3773. cre rere Cal heads for P.G. THE CAL boys basketball team is off to Prince ‘| George this weekend for the annval Duchess Park Con- ‘| do Chelatmas Tournament, Look for results in an up coming edition of the Standard. that same day. And once again they tolaily dominated the opposition. Terrace came out like a team on a mission, scoring a whopping six goals in the first period. By the second period the boys were up 8-0. The final period was an even bigger goal-fest, with both J.J. Duben and Jared Connatty netting hat-tricks. The final score was 16-1. By the third game, Tertace was on a roll and they didn’t show signs of slowing down. In that game against Fort St. James, Grant Com- mins scored four goals, ‘leading the boys to a 9-2 ‘victory. But their last game, against a feisty Fraser Lake squad, gave Terrace a little difficulty. This game was close throughout and ended ina 5-5 tie. This weekend the Peewee reps head to a tournament in Kelowna. Blame it on El Nino SOMEHOW A story on a Peewee tournament in last week’s Standard did not quite jibe with the picture that ran with it The story described Terrace’s Farwest Fucl’s loss to Hazelton in the battle for third and fourth place. But the picture showed Terrace’s Ken’s Trucking play- ing Kitimat in a game Terrace won. Ken’s trucking also beat Hazelton, with a big 11-3 victory, That win put Ken’s trucking into the finals against Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert won that last game 6-2. So the final results of the Peewee tournament saw Prince Rupert i in first place, Ken’s Trucking in second, Hazelton in third and Farwest Fucls in fourth. Score Board Terrace Minor Hockey Association Dec, 8 Atom Division No hackey in Terrace due to Peewee tournament. 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