“Coach Bob" “ Johnison’
_ Bays his Calgary Flames

plete team — — Washington
* Capitals. -

“Their defence is solid,
thelr goalie is hot right
. how. and their forwards
work — what else Is

‘ there?” Johnson asked
after Washington's sixth

consecutive National

i . Hockey League victory.

z The. good thing about

“balance,” said
- Washington coach Bryan
‘ Murray. ‘'We play four

_ fram every line”
‘In other games -it was
“Bulfalo. Sabres 6 Pitt-

Leafs 6 Boston Bruins 4,
New ‘York Rangers 3
‘Winnipeg Jets: 1, and Los
.. Angeles: Kings i Chicago.
—

Capital Ss.

were beaten 6&1 Wed- .
nesday night by a. com-

this team is that we have. .
lines, and-we get goals - |

*sburgh Penguins 5 in .
_ overtime, Toronto Maple.

amet 2

NHL roundup

+ acl vi Red roles

Washington jumped
ahead 21 in the first
period | On - power-play
goals by Dave Christian :
and Craig Laughlin,

“SETS CLUB RECORD:

. Goalle Pat Riggin made .
- 18 saves while recording .

his sixth _ consecutive:
triumph,.‘a club “record,
while the Capitals ex-
tended their’ unbeaten
~ gtring to “10 games and

- took over third place from’.

idle: ‘Philadelphia Flyers

in the: Patrick Division...

Glen Currie. and Bob
. Carpenter scored during
2 3l-second span early in
the ‘second period and

- extended Washington’s ..
' the Sabres. Mike Bullard

lead to 4-1. Carpenter
scored’ unassisted and 80,
did-Bengt Gustafsson at
“the 7:59. mark, after in-
tercepting a clearing pass
from Hakan Loch. .
Mike'Gartner scored at
- 13; 27 of the final period

_ of the game, :
ot ‘Lanny °

complete team winning

Leats'¢’ Bruins 4 a

“for. “the Caps on
” Christian’ s second assist

_ MeDonald ,
‘scored the only goal for

' Calgary at 11:21 -of- the
"first period, The Flames,
Who had lost only once. in
.11 previous games, were
the last team to.baat the
-. Capitals, on Jan. 15.

_ Sabres 6 Penguins 5 (OT)

.Dave’ © Andreychuk
scored 31 seconds ‘into
- overtime ” Bulfalo
“ended ils. “three-game
losing streak. - Gilbert
“Perreault and -- Sean

: McKenna both. scored —
. twice while Mike Foligno

added the-other goal. for .

also got two goals while
Kevin McCarthy, Doug
Shedden and Greg

. Hotham added singles for -
“the Penguins; who have

Jost three straight and 15

“of their last 17 games:

- Vaive scored his 4st and.
42nd goals for Toronto as:
the Leafs moved into a.

. Detroit Red Wings. Both .
. teams have 18-31-6 won:

'.. Prycer, Dan Daoust and -

‘and Dave Silk’ scored for."
_ Boston. :

_ With 70 points, The set-.

* game home unbeaten »

Right: winger. - Rick’.

fourth-place tie in the:
Norris' Division with...

loss-tied -
Derlago,

records. ‘Bill-
Miroslav. -

Jim Benning rounded out: .
the Leafs’ scoring. Barry~
Pederson, . Nevin Mark...
wart,, Mike .Keushelnyski: -

Rangers 3.Jets i | s
Two goals by. centre.:
Mark  Pavelich: and:
standout netminding by.
rookie Ron Scott moved" ©
the Rangers into a first-
place ‘tie’ with idle ‘New, :
York Islanders © in the’.
Patrick “Division, . both.

back snapped the Jets’ 11~-

streak.

~—

Strong, winds postpone downhill

‘SARAJEVO (CP) — The -

Olympic men's Jowntall ski
race was postponed today
until Friday because ‘of
strong winds and fog, Game
officials announced.

The race jury announced

the decision 1%. hours
before the event. was
scheduled to start al 5 a.m.
EST, -

The postponement

followed a week ‘of erratic:

weather
Bjelasnica

Mount
has

on)
which

-disrupted training for the

showpiece of the Games.

Before the race was

postponed, the course was

thought to be toc easy for
Steve Podborski of Toronto
and Todd Brooker of Paris;
Ont., to have a good shot at

a gold, medal. .
‘Instead,’ American Bill
Johnson, known as a glider,

_ was considered the favorite
although he has won only

one World Cup:race.

. Pedborski, the 1992 World
Cup downhill winner, was a
bronze medallist in the 1980
Lake Placid Olympics. He
won the toughest World Cup

downhill of this season on Va .

" hazardous “ley track | at
Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Johnson, Peter Mueller of
Switzerland and. Brooker

held the top three starting .
positions. Gary Athans of -

Kelowna, B.C,, and Ped-
borski will start ninth and
lith, respectively. Muller
was the 1980 World Cup
_ downhill champion.

- McTavish charged with homicide |

‘BOSTON (AP) ~— For-
‘ward Craig MacTavish of
Boston Bruins has been
cliarged with vehicular
homicide in connectlon with
acar crash that claimed the _

_ life’ of a 26-year-old Maine

meds
sat

Gretzky, Karri’ hope to play soon

EDMONTON (CP)
; Wayne Gretzky has been

skating at a shopping centre .

this week but his mind has
been 4,800 kilometres away.

"Gretzky and hobbled
National Hockey League
‘sidekick Jari Kurri have
been skating at West
Edmonton Mall, but would
rather be with their
Edmonton Oilers team-
mates in Philadelphia.

““Maybe I'll be in Boston
Saturday,” Gretzky said.
“Jari feels pretty good, too,
atid hopes to play Sunday.”

The Ollers have afternoon
games scheduled against
the Bruins on Saturday and
the Whalers in Hartford on

- Sunday. _ ;

The Oilers have won one
of the three games Gretzky
has missed because of a
sprained right. shoulder.
Kurri, hampered by two
groin pulls, has played 14
minutes in the last 14
games.-

The two are first and
second in the NHL scoring
race.

‘Gretzky still doesn’t have

NHL

_ Standings

- Wales Conference
Patrick Division
Wwe

FAP
a4 20 2 26 198 70

Islanders

Rangers 32:18 6:225 209 70
Wash 3) oat 424 172 6
Phila 28 1& 9 232 189 65
Pitts W38 $171 243 27

New Jersey 1149 5 149 229 27
‘Adams Division . .
MS 6227 181 74

uitate
Boston 9807 32440077 79
Quebec 29°20 6 254 195 64
Montréal 26.25 521} 202 57
Hartford 10.28 8 198 225 44

Cumphelt Conlerence
Norris Division

Alnn 29 21-4 248 208.62
st. Louls “9g 29 5 204 296 49
' Chicags 2130 6 198 216 48
Detralt 4a31 6 215 241 42
Toronto Waa) 6 209 274 42
wonton Tiare aa a
. Edmonton 49 4
Catgary 92 21-98 208 220,55
yumi, 85 Ti a
ver 203
ven 17 27 11 223 252 45

Loe Ang

National Hackoy Caague scor-
ing. leaders after = games
Wednewday rilpht:

oA te
retzky, Edm 6) 92 «15
Gretzky, ” ty

Kurrl, €dm 4%

Bossy, NYI 4364 8)
P, Stastny, Que 29° «54 «(83
Goulet, Que ayo
Trottier, NYT. 2 sl
Coffey, Edm 1 Si 7
Federk, SIL nay
Pedersen, Bos 2352 74
Savard, Chi 7 «4a 72

woman.
Kevin Burke, Essex
County district attorney,

‘lodged the charge, a felony

with a mandatory one-year
jail sentence, against
MacTavish this morning.

MacTavish, who has

‘aclear reading on the status ,

of his injury. ;

“T.can’t tell exactly,” he
said Wednesday. ‘‘But. it's
not bothering me to do
things. I couldn't do last
week. It hurt to handle the’
puck last week,” —

Gretzky , has been

following the Oilers on radio

or television but said it’s

_tough sitting at home.

_ “It's only the second
injury I've ever had. §
missed four or five games in
junior B with ‘a shoulder
injury.”

Terry Fox

OTTAWA (CP) — With

the image of Terry Fox

attempting to run ‘across
Canada’ firmly in ‘mind,
Hans Homma skated into
history Wednesday,
covering 406 kilometres in a
24-hour test ‘of endurance.
The 36-year-old farmer
from the southern region of

the Netherlands started at 6 -

p.m. Tuesday and stopped

‘at 6 p.m. Wednesday. alter .

seemingly endless circuits

of a 10-kilometre route on

Dow's Lake and the Rideau
Canal, which bisects. the
city.

The worst period came at-

about 3a.m, Wednesday, he .

said, with thé temperature «

about —21 C and half his

time still ahead of him. .
He covered the first 100

Lions add

VANCOUVER (CP) '—
British -Columbla | Lions
have added ‘assistarit ‘coach

Rich Ellerson to thé team’ 3
_ staff for the 1984 season, the

Canadian’ Football “League
clubannounced Wediiesday.
“Elterson, : -80,' wil work

- a . blessing

_ Netherlands as

already been charged with
driving under the influence
of alcohol and driving to
district court © until | his
arraignment March 7, °

Karen McLaughlin, a.

_ Spokesman for * Burke said

Gretzky said his absence

‘has created one benefit for

coach Glen Sather. “It gives
Glen a chance to use’ other

guys in certain situations, .

Pat Hughes, Huntz (Dave
Hunter), - Kevin
McClelland.”

Coach Bob McCammon of

Philadelphia Flyers agrees.
“Maybe having him out is

Everybody. has wondered
how the Oilers would play
without Wayne, Personally,
I think they’ve got a great

supporting cast.” "

_ hative of London,

in disguise.

the National Hockey League
left winger will be able to
endanger, does not have to
surrender ta authorities or
appear in Peabody (Mass,)
continue playing
- wants.
MacTavish was driving

on a highway near Peabody

on Jan, 25 when heis alleged
to have rear-ended a car.
driven by Kim Radley”
Radley’s car left the high-
way, hit two cars in a

lf he.

parking lot and flipped on *

its side. She died a week
later. without
consciousness. .
- MacTavish, a 25-year-old
Ont.,
pleaded not guilty to
charges at a Jan. ~26
arraigament,

_H convicted
vehicle homicide,

of motor
Mac-

tavigh ‘must serve at least |

regaining ~

one year in a state prison. :

He could be sentenced to as
many as 10 years.

image - inspires skater

kilmetres in four hours, took
4% .for the second .100,
slowed to 854 hours for the
third 100 and picked up to go
106 kilometres in the last 64

“hours.
“It was then I thought of

quitting,” he said through
teeth chattering from cold
and exhaustion. But the
image of Fox trying to cross,
the country alone in 1981
with one artificial leg in aid
of cancer research spurred
him on.
Fox later died of cancer.
A bronze statue of him

stands near the canal where -

Homma was skating, |
Homma, known: in the
an = in-

ternational ‘skating and

' skiing competitor, was told

10 years ago he would be

" Tucky to walk again after
having both his legs and his
ribs crushed in a car crash.
-“T’s to ° give en-
couragement for the young
“people,” he said of his feat,
which will be entered in the
Guinness Book of World
‘Records. “People always
say ‘I can’t, f can’t’ and I
was determined to say ‘I
can, f can.’

To prepare for this
challenge he trainéd five
hours a day every day for 10
months. —-

Trainer’ Ben

Scheperkamp -said “We

* wanted to do 500 kilometres,

but it was too cold and the
-l¢e was not good,” adding

- that no one had even done
300 kilometres in 24 hours

Prevenely.

new assistant coach

‘ with the defensive line and

linebackers under defensive
co-ordinator . Grog
Newhouse.

” Newhouse became the top

defensive - coach on Don .
when ~

Matthews’ | staff

” Reisey. hurts AIA

KELOWNA! B &, (oP) —
Howard, Kelsey seored 27
points to lead the Canadian
men's basketball team to an
5-84 victory over Athletes
in Action Wednesday night
in this Okanagan city.

Jay ‘Trlano scored 20.

ints for the winner who
fed 50:38 al haltime i

Atnleies in Aull, a
touring club based in

Abbotsford, B.C., was led by

Andre Griffin with 21 points
and Derrick Polk with. 20.
.The next stop in the
teams’ four-game tour is
tonight in Kamloops, B.C.

Team Canada has a 2-0

edge over, Athletes in Action
in the series.

"former co-ordinator Steve
- Buratto became head coach
of Calgary Stampeders
* following ‘the 1983 season.
. Ellerson wag in charge of
linebackers the last three
years at thé University of
Hawaii, where he graduated

with a major in educational |

: psychology.
He also coached at
Arizona - Western, the

University of Idaho and
California : . State at
Fullerton, o

Matthews still needs one
more new coach to complete
his” staff. Offensive line
coach Jerry-Bruner went to
Hamilton Tiger-Cats this
winter after two years with
the Lions.

oe

The opening draw ‘a set
for the’ Ladies’ Valentines

Bonspiel to be held this.

weekend at the Terrace

curling club. 48 teams are-

entered including rinks

from Rupert, ‘Kitwanga,

Hazelion, Stewart,
Valemont, Smithers, and
Terrace.

The first draw is set for 7

1 Tee we Hora, Thirnday, rary ai 1984, Pages
~ Ladies Valentines bonspiel —

p.m. Friday night, Opening

ceremonies will follow this
draw at approximately 9
p.m, Action wraps up late
- Sunday afternoon with
awards presentations,  *

Medal favorites USSR:
defeat Italians

SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia
(AP) — Mikhall Vasilev and
Nikolai. Drozdetski scored
29secdnds apart early in the
first period today to send

ithe Soviet Union, the gold -
medal favorites, on its way °

to a 5-1 victory over Italy in
. Olympic hockey | com-

. petition,

from the left wing by Soviet

captain Vyacheslav Fetisov -

at 3:10:.On the next Soviet
rush, Drozdetski — who
scored two goals in the
Soviets’ 12-1 rout of Poland

Canada dumps Austria:

SARAJEVO (CP) — Kirk
Muller of Kingston, Ont.,
scored two goals and
Canada defeated Austria 8-1
in Olympie hockey ' action

Thursday.
Davé Donnelly of
Edmonton gave the

Canadians the lead three
minutes into the game and

Muller made it 2-0 at 11:54."

Four goals in the second
period — Muller at: 0:13,
Bruce Driver of Toronto at
3:58, Dave Tippett of Prince

* Albert, Sask., and Carey

Wilson of Winnipeg at 14:47
~— put Canada ahead 6-0

- gold-medal _°
‘coasted the rest of the way.

on Tuesday — got his firat
goal of the game.

Sergei Makarov and
Zinetula Bilyaletdinoy
connected for power-play
goals later in the first period
for:a 4-0 Soviet bulge, The
favorites

“The Italians, who lost 9-4

_ _ . to Sweden in their opener,
Vasilev converted a short -
~ wrist shot on a perfect pass

played an aggressive
second period and held their
own for most of the session
against the speedier
Soviets. David Tomassoni
got their goal on a 25-foot

shot from the slot at 5:59,

But Soviet goaltender

after 40 minutes of play,

Eddy Lebler scared the
lone Austrian goal, 20
seconds into the third
period, but goals by Dave
Gagner of Chatham, Ont.,
and Craig Redmond: of
Langley, B.C., put the game
out of reach. |

The win gave Canada 5 a
record and at least a share
of first place in its group,.
pending the outcome of the
Czechoslovakia-United

States match later in the -

day.
Canada. next
Finland on Saturday.

plays

Correction!!

The Terrace Minor baseball meeting is to be held Sunday

Feb. 12, not Thursday as previously advertised. The:
meeting, is to be, held,in‘the Arts room at the rear of.the .
'Eibrary at 7:30 p.m, We. ‘apologize for any inconvenience -

'this“may have caused, ‘For further information on the
meeting call Earl Pedden at 635-5940.

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-—Weekend Draw—
FRIDAY

. Tyrroce ove Klis! au Start it tine
tom. Terrace nace are vs Kitimat Jr.
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SATURDAY

Rupert Jr. ve Bmithers Jr,

4 All Stars “ pirvaier duventies
D Kitial rth Sent ve Smit
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Smithers rs. va Terrace

SUNDAY-— PLAYOFFS

Sam, 15t Pisce B va nd Place A
foam, 1st Place A ve ind Place B
Tom. Loter 0:09 game va Loser 10:00 gane
3:30 p.m. Wiener 1:00 game
ve Winner 10:00 p.m. game

11th ‘Annual
Terrace Commercial League

HOCKEY. TOURNAMENT
‘February 10, 11 & 12

8 Team Round Robin:
Action begins Fri. at 7 p.m.
‘and continues all day
Saturday & Sunday
at the Terrace Arena.

Final game 3:30 p.m. Sun.

Vladimir Myshkin stopped
several more - close-in
‘ chances by the Italians and
Drozdetski slipped the puck
past goalie Marco Capone of’
Italy with’ the Soviets
shorthanded at 19:47,

After ‘that, the Soviets
could not solye Capone, who
was spectacular ‘in a losing
effort. Capone replaced
regular goalie Jim Corsi,-a
native of Montreal who was
lisqualified prior to the
aames for having played in
he National Hockey
ague.

Nena

: FRIDAY 7:00 p.m.
Robinson (Terrace) va J. puuntdaon
(PR
4 actesn (PR) wa J. Austin
{Terrace]

P, Patterson (Terrace) vs Y¥. Briker
{smithers)

. Ophalm (Kitimat) va i. Lang
Clerrace)
C, Wright (Terrace) va OD. LaFrance
(Terrace)

-K. Parker (Terrace) va J. Hough
(Kitimat) he
FRIDAY 9190p, m.

‘F. Elliot (PRI va G. Myers ‘Terrakée)
A, Levesque. (Terrace) va D. Ateek
(Kitwanga} .
¢. Carson (Valemount vs A. Goodall

- (Tarrme)

B, -Judzentis (Terrace) v4. "B.

. Bergeron (Kitwanga)

I. Garneau (Terrace) va V. Porter

. (Terrace) .
“MM. Thompson
' VanAmelsfort {Hazeltan)

‘iTerrace) «vs

" FIRDAY 11:45 p.m.

N. Jacques (Terrace vs. 5. ‘strand
(PR}

_ 5, Swit (Smithers) va M. Commigge

(Terrace)

€. Hyde (Terrace) va N. Wilson
. (Kitwanga}

D. Booth (Terrace) ve M, West
(Hazaiten)

G. -Jonnaon (PR) va 8, byl
(Terrace) .

K. Kutenics (Terrace) va +. Haldane
(Kitwanga .
- Saturday 2: a.m. .
Y. Gall (PR) ve .M. Beckley
> (Terrace)

6. Anderson (Terrace) ™ 5. Speak
(Hazelton) :
L. Radford (Terrace) vs os
McDermott (Smithers)

M. Skend {Terrace) va J. Elsworth
(Kitwanga)

J. Degerness (Terrace) vs M. Hurrall

‘(Stéwart)

L. Apalzer (Terrace) vs G. Lowry
(Hazelton) .

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