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_.Wor the first me ever Old
‘Timbers teams [rom Terrace
snd Kithmat got together lo play
hockey and when it was all over
the lvcals had the hard fought
yaie by virtue of a harrow We
Il sere. oy
.. The game was played Friday
night before 425 people who
payed one dollar each to enter,
te proceeds going lo the Ske-
ous Band's travel Fund which
has been set up to pay for the
Skeena Gold Hand ‘s trip to
Expo ‘71 in Spokane and
_muinber of olher, more focal
wips for the Marple Baud.
_ .Kitimal, in-belter shape and
/ more practiced than the locals,
‘Jed by a 2-3 margin alter the
_ first period” bul suffered a
second period relapse which
saw the ‘Terrace team come
' pack to tie the score, The score
_ stood ul 8-8 gaing inte the third
period. Lo
. -Leailing the way for the locals
was Fred Marsh who netted the
disk four times in the course af
ae. three periods. Marsh
showed ihe fans some smooth
stylish play at center ice and
_ mate things happen when he
“yol the puck. ‘tthe other
Terrace . goals came [rom
* various members of ihe (eam
camel several Kitimat players
_ including the goal tender.
_ oReiween the pipes for ‘Terrace
was ota’ Donald, who  im-

_ proved with age. “Alter a shaky a

start, Donald setiled dow and
~ went to work and his skill stood
ihe ‘Terrace ald Limers In good
stead inthe dying minutes of (he
gaine when he slapped Kitimat
eokl.
*) Urher ‘notable performances
‘amv the veam came from Joe
Carosa, Joe Whitney, May
Cliffird, Gaorge Makey and Art
Hushilak to name anly a few.
_ There is some-talk of a ret
match. possibly “Jaler this
month an eurly wext month in
Kitinval, but no final plans have
been made as yel.

“The Caledonia

Prince Rupert Rain
face Sir Thomas Mo

Kermodes are off to Vancouver
and the: Pacifi¢ Coliseum for the Provincial
Senior AS basketball finals.
hosting 16 Lop zone t
gels under way loday and goes
‘The Kermades, who took the zone from the
Makers two weeks ago, will
ro in their first outing. Sir
Thomas More until this year, has competed in.
the single: A finals moving up to the double A.

The lournament
eams from throughout B,C.,
to Saturday.

after a strong

DeVries.

+ Ҥometime agua I did same
writing ona proposal of the B.C,
Wildlife Federalion, one. that
they culled the. Driftwood

| Valley Wilderness area, In that.

arlicle L mentioned thal the idea
was great, bur 1 was to bad
that they couldn't pick some in
areas where local people could
use und enjoy them. without
ouifitting oul salari style.» -
Well, now; with the help and
foresight af.u few local peuple
the Federation has taken un just
such a project, They call it the
_ ‘Wild Rivers’ and the local river
concerned ‘is. the .Gitaadaix,
And, asa wild river itis a [ewel.
[was une af the fortunate few
that went in there early, 1960 1p
be exac!, aud.on (He first few
tips | went alone, Liter my

me in uur exploring trips lo the
. upper reaches. ‘The fishing then
was fanlastie, great fat ‘dollies’

cuhroal. “ -Nol- being @ real
“fishermuin Lifirst averlooked the
great runs of cohve thal came
‘every fall, bul boy, are they
there.” Qui? first Irips were
inade in my 18 faut canve and
provided some lively times, We
“ylways preferred the canue oF a
similiar small, light and
manoaverable erall, for though
it wok more skill ta stay oul of
Irvuble, if porlages . were
_ necessary the small boats were
casier to handles: :
“rhe Gitnadalx is @ peculiar
river, for the first, J miles. up
from it's junction” with the

racing, plunging: and: frothing,
first home from june “bunk: and
ihen to the’ other, . ‘There ure
pools in ie lower streicheg, bul
Ihe’ high piled” white walter
overshadows all, else and , it
geems to be cuniinuaus,. Bul
just as you -think you will be
lurced tw iurn back ip ihe face of
ihe savagery, you enter a long
slick chute and see. ahead a
placid, almost sluggish Iageon.
Canstant age ald rock falls here
formed a dam and tent times a,
ihuusand years of sedimen-
tation hug erealed- the. flat

~ this point to Alistair Lake, abou!
“45-miles,-the river winds and
kink and turns over sand dnd
* ud bars, until quile close to
the lake's uilgall where the
stream picks up ‘enough sveed

Ta Se a LoPE ee LPLLEES OCMC ER SED ILD ICLEVEMEOL EE EPELLELT EDL EELS TENSES ALIS IED

b,

brother Gurdon accompanied —

und silverbright, scrapping cul-

* Skeenw it isa lypical-cost rivers ~
suckeye,
_sleelhead, eul-throut and dally

villey botlom beyond. | From.

by

Outdoors

Les Watmough

io. again be interesting and here
runs uver’ [he fine ‘salmon
gravel’, . 39. popular. for
spawning: 990s oa

As the river winds and (wists
alony the flat valley bottom, the.

‘siream . side vegetation also

changes. Where the water runs
hard. against. the foot of “the

‘muuulain slopes, there grows

niountain hemlock, bul. where
ihe show slides have tumbled
down the only: the ‘slide alder
con surive, for it can bend and
not break, Where the river culs

ous across the flat valley bottom -°
ahd where the land .is. high °

enuugh. io be welll; drained,
spruce have taken foul, and
wrown into “majestic” giants,
haired wilh limbs to their very
roots, limbs in. proportion lo
sheir su foot, girth, ~ ‘These are
sulilavy trees from: whose

crowis can be seen the, sour.

muareh grass meadows -wilh
their pond at the center and
iheir perimeiers ‘ringed with
stands of willuw,. black alder,

wild urab apple and) specie:

enough :10, FIP a: bivlogists ‘note
‘book, Where the aluvial fans.of
‘havribulary streams have built
high vidues are graves of the
spruce, Jimbless to ninety leet,
At their feet wrows little but
devils cluband muss.

“This issu
exsions are waler ‘filled,

depr

and the waters ure [illed wilh
life. Frogs in their season, 80 ;
chick tu sel duwn a:toot is “to”

eruneh eue more, Fingerlings

of all Species above and below -

. Cohoa,
springs,

beaver dans.
pink,

rhe

varden,’ ‘To prey .on this
abundant foud come the adult
irout,- the mink flashing amd
brown, the. oller who when

knotted together in- a family.
furry ball seam to have more
tails than there quotas. And the,

larger ones bears, black and

grizzly, come down to-the river .

‘To fish when the season is right,
und in the carly spring can be

-seen on every side where the

sweel ferns and grasses come
‘varly, Bul these pastures they

must share with the while ones,

the'sure-Lodted yoals who cume
down from their crags io feast

here after a winter's fasting. . -
_And those bird-like chirps make

you look twthe sky and not ta the

~ Water at yaut feel,

gain kind and” all -

Common folk in this mountain
couftry, the marten, wolverine. , |

cand: fisher -are. here, 100, * but. h
seldom seen: 003624: fla

The eagle, white-crowried and

haughty, sits in his nest high in.
ihe lune spruce trees, .and -

surveys the seittering fish
ducks, Ihe mallards and a-few

seallered Canada geese: Bute

shuse is seen liere a greater:
prize, the stately while swans L
believe abe trumpelers. ‘There
have bean sygnels loo bul aniy

_ tarely although rests are buill

und.cy#s are laid every year.

‘Thus it was on obr early trips,
bul the secret could nol be kept
lurever, ‘The ‘Jer’ beat became
popular and’ ihe-lower river no

- jonger a barrier. The lure of the

moose herds, the’ bears onthe
river's bank andthe sight of the
gauts* low .on- their winter
grounds. brought. many. new
peuple ‘und the assuciated
problems. * , :
“DP imus!

‘uf the Giludoia peuple and their
hopes for this wild, -beautlful
rivers - : a

All Stars chosen

Planning is well under way
tor the ‘Terrace Commercial

Hockey. League first lour-

“nament; scheduled for April 5, 6 -

éand-7 al the ‘Terrace Arena. Il

will be aw six team lourney and.

two Terrace leams huve -been
chosen, - . a

‘The, lournument “will fealure "}
nwo leams from. Terrace, one,
‘Trom Prince Rupert, Kitimat,

Hazelion and-. Siewart,
Smilhers:was lo have attended

but their season wind-up is the .

‘sume weekend,
The two. Terrace teunis have
been named... Coaching staffs
will .be named | followitig
vonighls, game with the

~ manager, (rainer,and coach of

ihe winning team handling the.

Ist All Star ‘Team and: the
manger,
ihe ising team handing the 2nd
tear Te

eelaying an thie first team-will:

-bef in goal’: Len ‘Prawdzik
(Gordon: and Anderson). On

defense’ will. be LessThor-

slelnsen (G & A), Don Gillespie |

performance last year.
school represents Lower Mainland Area No.4.

The Kermodes are pictured abave.
Row left lo right are Kevin
Bruce Johnstone,
Larry Paulson, James Radelet and. coach Ed

| the secondary school

J. giris'and boys:
that. have done their
> part te spread
a little of Terrace’s
‘fame this year. -

"THE HERALD,

That

Bottom
Smythe, trainer,
Rudy Embury, Andy Ruygrok,

Back row left to right are Scott Schooner,
Willie Chemko, Max Walker, Larne Dakin, John
Heimstra and Greg Hass. . me

“Next week's Herald
sports pages will
- feature an

in-depth logk at:

; . basketball teams

leave an this nate, out
ext week Lwilllake some mure

“Toukenay (Terrace
Blues), Kenny Zeigier (Pohle),

trainer and. coach of.

(Pehle Lumber).and Pat Hayes °

(Muntiques), Keith Camilll
cPoble) and Keray Wing (G &
AL
Hotel

Hino Kichaud’ (Terrace Hotel
Blues), Hareld Cox 0G & A),

_ Dick Shinds”(G ‘& A), Gerry ”
‘Sarina (G-4 Al, Rick Lelawski
(Buhle Lumber? and Rick Olsen

\G-& Aji -‘Phere -will also be
(ree spares; Wayne Murdy and
Bobby - Gill: from the Buller

Glass Bullels and Kevin Olsen’
“from Pohle Lumber.

‘The second team will have the

“Blues Keli. Seager and the. §

| Your Summer Recreation

Blazers Ron. Tisserand guar:
ding the gual. '-On defense are
Ken Olsen (Pohley;" Met Motz

tPohia), Ron Ballard (G&A). |

and Bob Couture’ (Terrace

Alytel), Up frant- will be Brad J
Letham (G&A), John Lozier  @

(Pehle), Peter dunes: (Terrace
Hotel), “Larry ° Durish: (Buller

Turner (G&AI, and Jim O'Briew
(GBA oe ok

‘TERRACE, RC. =

SPORTS |

MARK HAMILTON

Up gront are Marcel &

Glass), Dale“Kushner {Pohle),.:
dol Taylor: (Pohie), ‘Hans.
Hambuls (Blazers), Blaine *

The final game of the Terrace
Commercial League hockey
play-offs will go lonight and for
the two combatants, (he game is
the biggestofthe year. Awin
by either Gordon and Anderson

‘or Pohle Lumber team, will

give them the league's cham-
pionship. Should Pehle win it

will be their second straight. .

league title. ~

Going into last’ Wednesday .
night's game, the third in the
best of five final, the two Leams
were tied with a win a_ piece.
After Wednesday night’s game
iMooked like it might be all over
for Pohle. the Lumbermen
were shorl some ‘player’.and

were going wilh lwo lines‘and -

two defensivemen - ‘pairs,
against the depth and numbers .
of G&A. 1 just didn't work.
Although John Taylor's - goal
gave Poble a 1-0 lead half way
through the opening pericd, il

didn’Ltake long for G&A'Lo find -

ihe range and before the end of
the period they wereup4-1. Jim
O'Brien, and Keray Wing hit for.
a goal a piece while Brad
Letham poked in two pucks.
Pohle came back al the start’
of the second with Kenny
Ziegler scoring after. 34 second

of play and John Lozier beating -
Pat Hayes at 4:34’ but before

they could equal the G&A out-
put the back-breaker came. °.
With Len Prawdzik laying in-
jured in his crease Dick Shinde
had a clear shol at the net, He
dint miss. That goal. came
with 3:14 lef im the ‘period.
Those last minules were
tacked onto the third period and
Pohle took the ice. -Ken
Senger was between the pipes

for Prawdzik who apparently

iook # hard shol on the leg.
John Taylor clicked for his
second of the game (o draw
Pohle ‘again within a gaal bul
by the end of the’ period Harold

‘Cox had given G&A back their -

Wwe goal cushion. - ae
The third period was decidely

635-6357

“night.

‘inthat champianshi
‘far superior 10
effort. Pohle had regained a: .

“Hille of their-slrength with the-

more chipf} Lhan the first two
with a total. af, twenty-eigh|
minutes in ‘penalties assessed
for two teams. ee
The period was. only, five

* minutes old when Brad Letham -
_ scored histhird of the night and

startled a veriiable avalanche of

| GkA-markers. Al 7:04 Gerry

Sarich took a pass from Keray

. Wing and scored and at 19:48

Shinde was back wilh his second
goal.and G&A’s tenth of the
‘Pohle's only goal ‘ine thal

period came at 12:35 with John
Taylor picking up his” third of

the night. vt

“2° Monday Night
Monday ‘night's fourth game

ednesda y's

return of Ken Olsen and Dale
Kushner: and the two .leams
decided 1a play hockey fram the
opening whislle. Thegame was
close and exciting, although a
little scrambly, and ‘Pohle's

persisiant checking kept G&A -

aff the score-board for most of

the night: Pub
There were only four minutes

left in the. first period. when

‘Pohle hit for their Firs! goal,
Kenny Ziegler deflecting a Mel

Malz shot. ‘from the point

through aa maze of players and

inta the net. an :
G&A, who got off to a shaky

start, seemed to regain their

composure near’ the mid-way

‘mark ‘in the frame’ and some

preal nel-minding. by. Len
Prawdzik and a light defensive
effort by Pohle was ali thay kept
ihem off the score-hoard. ©
‘Beiwecn periods — the
discussion was all- wether
Pohle should be up ane or two 10
nothing. Near the mid-way
mark in the period Kevin Olsen
unleashed a shol from the point
{hat bea! Pat Hayes cleanly, yet
wound up in the corner. It was
found later thal there.was &
fair-sized hole in the nel, and,
depending on whether it was a
G&A fan ot a Pohle fan doing
the ialking, the Olsen shot
vilher scored or missed the net.
- Both teams came out
skating in the second and the -
hockey action was fast and
furious. G&A's attack, which
hag proved potent throughout

_the'year, suffered a little at the ;
_ hands - of) the:
-". ~Behle defense, but they cracked” ™&

TerraceEquipment
“ $ales Ltd.

series was -

=

light-checking ...

the barrier al 8:25 when Clyde

Inouyesivepl 4 back hand under

a sprawling Len Prawazik.

Pohile played Lwo. men short
near the middle of- the. period
with both John Lozier and Ken
Ziegler in the sin bin but G&A
‘could nol capatalize un their two
man advantage.” When it was
theirturn to play:short,..Pohle

“did. Baine Turner picked'up @

double minor at.14:52:and, less
than two minules iater. Pohle

- had the lead baek,. John: Lozier

took a weak back hand. that
Hayes originally stopped. The
puck kept going rattling off

Hayes ‘skaies and inlo Ihe
nel. Co as
Four minutes into the third

period, Mel Motz gave Pohle the

edge they finally needed, a lwo’

goal cushion, . Motz fired a

-wieked back-hand shot from

about (en feet oul, Hayes didn’t
stand a chance. tos
. Gé&A-was determined that (he
gare: wasn't over and 8:54
while enjoying.a man ad:
vantage, Blaine Turner
unleashed a-drive from the
point that went off a Pohle
defensemen and past Prawdzik,
-Pohle's winning Boal came
three and a half minutes laler
when Rick Letawski scored an

vanother backhand .from aut

front. _ a.
‘Blaine Turner was again
johnny on the spot, and with
little more than two «minutes
left, scored his second of the
night, a wrist -'shat high inte the

net, G&A pressed but couldn't .
find lhe equalizer in the last two:

minutes, although Patile played

‘aman short.

The game tonight goes al 8:30
p.m. al: Terrace Arenda and if

you think you've: seen -good .

hockey in this series so far, you
haven't seen anything yel.

It’s a whole new ball game. -
The championship has come
down lo a final sixty minutes of

_ SUPPORT THE
‘KKINSMEN'S

SKATE:

SUNDAY

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1974

‘onite

hockey action. Both leams are
going..o be up and for both its
do or die.. Don't miss this one.

Play-off
Picture

‘The finalists have’ been
decided for the champi¢nship of
the Pacific North West Hockey
League. Last weekend the
Kitimat Eagles blew one game
and then came through to win
their four game'in the best of
seven western finals’ and ad-
vanced, lo the ‘inter-divisional
finals against the Houston
Luckies. . .
- The Luckies made it. lo the
finals by Knocking out the
_Vanderhoof Junior Bears three
sliaight in their best of five
quarter final and. then taking
the “Burns - Lake, Braves‘ four
straight ‘in the best ‘of seven
semi-iinals. ae
The Eagles knocked off their
cross-.own tivals, the Cohoes in
the quarter-finals’ and met the
Smithers Totems in the semis .
Saturday the’ Eagles blew-a 5-3
two period lead and wound up
on the wrong end of a 7-5 score.
Sunday they came back fora 6-3
series clinching viclory.
That final series between the
Sagles ard Luckies starts -this
weekend ‘in : Kilimal:-and
promises to be the highlight of
what has been a’ long PNWHL
season. ~~ aan

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