“comercial > Tartens. ”- a eee -polt for slashing. ¥ -Lhrough the pérlod, Daye Ross *“the Gordon and Anderson “entry from the Terrace Com- Hockey League iravelled -to. Hazelton ‘last ‘Thursday. evening for ‘an , exhibtion game and found - “> themsélyes hard to pull out a 6-5. “o vielory, over “the Hazelton ‘their ranks bolstered by /Wayne Murdy of the Buller. G&A. . ‘Glass, Bullels and Bernie King “ofthe: Mantique Blazers, “jumped Into a’3-1. first period ~~" Iead, ‘fell behind 4-3 going into .|, the -third -and then staged an I Rina Michaud effectively -"@iminated the Buller’ Glass Bullets: from . Commercial . “Hockey -League play-off action Wednesday . night. as “he .oul-, scored the. entire Buller Glass (eam, Michaud notched four Dees goals to lead the Terrace Hotel - Blues Lo a 5-3. victory over: the Bullets...“ Theloss. leaves Buller’s Glass deep in the cellar of ; the “league, “three - points “behind ‘the fourth ‘place Man- ‘thque Blazers: with- each team - having- onky one remaining: Michaud scored his first goal of the game’ after. only three minules-and ‘seven: secands of “splay when‘he was sprung by George Smith. at- the Bullet’s - blue-Jine and sped in-on Gerry. ‘Lamming all alone. That goal “was the only marker of the first period. . Lope -"ALS:19 of the first the Bullet’s - . Jost’ the. services : of ..Gordon - Dorish for ten minutes when he wenlafter referee-Len Trudeau a bit too strenuously and then at ° -8:44.the’ Blues*.were forced to- play’a man’ short as. Rino Michaud was assessed a minor penalty for slashing... + In'the second. period Michaud - again scored the only goal this one coming after 1:49 had been . played. Michaud took a pass . * from--Brian .Kormendy «int the . _Blues ‘end, rushed down ice,- - took a Bullel's defenseman out ° “of his-skates arid again went in” ‘Son gaol all alone. ; In«.the ‘second 2 Senger-and a general: lack of puck, luck kept them off. the : “of -the.Bullets received two —minules for. roughing and then ‘al 14:47 .team-mate- Brell * 2 Smythe went off for halding.. Gil - ” Prince lef left the Hotel squad a.. “man short al 16:20 and then with ° "two minules and five’ seconds “felt in.the frame Brett Smythe: : and Marcel Tookenay received 2 bath feams a .man* short. lwo for cross-checking. disquicling spearing incident. Neil Windsor wenl off at 1:51 in the only only’ minor penally of | { erjod” for‘ slashing .and the Bullel’s played: a. Rino Michaud” * pounded oul his hat-trick, . Just ‘he: p hile man shart, é eleventh hour come-back to. lake the match, ) : Harold Cox started the ball rolling after 6:20 of play in the game when he was set-up by" Brad Letham for the first goal . of the game, At twelve minute mark “Wayne Murdy added another and then fifteen . seconds later Gerry Sarich, who - had assisted on Murdy’s goal, was back with one of his awn to pulG & A out front 3-0. "Wayne Murdy and Dick Shinde assisted on the goal, a The lone Hazelton marker of, ‘the first frame came at ‘17:00 when ‘Ray Sturney scored, a three game suspension. As it is, he won't be dressing. for the Bullet's last match of.the year tonight against the Gordon and Anderson entry. oe .- AL 4:39 the Bullets: started - what looked: like a.come-back " Bullets «had: several.” good” “-ghances to even the score or at, ‘Sleast clase'the gap, : “excellant. goal tending by Ken. but ‘some* - minors for a near-light; leaving .: Smythe was sent. off for high- sticking, while Tookenay drew © ~The third perlod saw.a flurry ‘of goals, one fight: and. five’ - minule penally. assessed for a = alter (he goal: was scored (he "Bullet’s Martin Toomes and the - “, Blue's Bob Couture came off the boards exchanging blows -and both:.wera ejected from the ‘gamelorfighting. That was lhe ‘second “fight this - year for ‘Toomes and, if-there were that many eames left, it would mean | HOCKEY. | TONIGHT. jy Commercial Hockey: League fans-got-a taste. of things to come Monday nighl_, at. the Terrace Arena the four semi- finalists for the league's championship met In back to- back regular season games.” . And two of those teams, Gordan cand “Anderson, and Pohle “po Lumber, showed that they're the jeams to wate. : G& A hammered the Terrace “¢-Hotel -Blues 13-4 inthe 6:30 game and then the Lumbermen : ~ broke a-1-1 tle.with two goals in: the: third period of their. game "against the Mantique Blazers ta » lake the game o-1, > , In-the first game G & A and ~ the Blues played a sea-saw first . - period until, with less than two * minutes to go, G:& A-hit fora couple of quick goals. Up to that paint Clyde Inouye and Ron Ballard had scored for the G & A scoring machine, wilh Pete Jones and Rino Mechaud .an- swering forthe Blues... - . Then, with 1;09 left ta play Brad Letham was ,johnny-on- -the-spol as "he banged in ‘the rebound ‘of. s.hol from. Harald’ ‘Cox to put G & A Into the lead. With: anly..one ‘second remaining in the period, Les Thorsteinsen. took the. puck at. center ice and fired a long shot al the Blues nel.. Goal tender Ken Senger misjudged the puck and it New tinder his glove hand, » cand into the nek. : “In the second G.& A ran the count to:é-1,, with Inouye ‘and Ballard picking up their second “thecrack in Pat Hayes armour. Rino. Michaud ‘scored for the * Blues near the end of the period, his second of. the nighl.- /G & Areally came (o life in- the ‘third: periad, : hitting for seven goals while limiting their opponents to one marker. _iarold Cox started it all with, his first of.the night and then; “after. Marcel Tookenay had - Ve taken lightly. >." a ..Pohle™hitthe’ score-board ~ “the puck.’ Jahn Taylor grabbed “raft of players, wound up on Not content with. just a 2-1 “Jead; the Pohle Lumbermen : markers, before the Blues found. Sonny “Coven, a aggressive winger with the, Blazers; was taken to the NTENNIALS ‘scored. lhe fourth’ and final Blues goal; Gerry Sarich, Cox again, Blaine’ Turner, Sarich again, Dick Shinde and Keray Wing all beal Ken Senger to run the count-to 13-4. * The game clearly showed that unless some team can crack the tent:'G & A affense and find the key to their defense, G & A stands the best chance of taking the league championship this year, 0 oes coke Mada Bop Urge tt ‘Inthe second game, although ‘fha'Pohle Liimber squad won, the Mantique Blazers showed: ‘that they are not a team to be first, with: John-Taylor netting - the puck in the first frame from ° Ken Olsen and it look the. + Blazers a full.period to get back that goal: When they did, at the 9:05 mark in the second frame, it was Fred Lawless scoring'an. inassisted marker. that moved ‘him into ‘second place in’ the -Jeague’s scoring race. © “Then in the third-period Ken” Olsen lool seven minutes to net off- a: loose puck behind the ‘Mantique Blazers net and threw itout front. It popped through 2 “Olseri's stick and all he had to do “was sweep the puck into the net, pressed until the 13:56 mark when Rick. Letawski beat Ron ‘Tisserand along ice on the rebound of a Tommy Carson shot from the point. Kenny Ziegler’ assisted on the play. * “With 4:06 one af the Mantique Blazers was injored when he collided with the goal post after falling at the side af the net. ‘speedy hospital by ambulance but his condition was not known al press time. HALIBUT KINGS | / tgams :from Terrace and ‘ indication. “THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. PAGE As | Tsimshain teams ready to go. assisted on. the fifth, and what. proved to be final, goal for the Tartens. : “With four and a half minutes to play Rick Olsen clicked for wthe second time in.the third period to tie the game again and pave the way for Harold Cox’s wie wee for zone finals this weekend _ Terrace as the junior girls and the grade eight girls and boys teams take .- an opponents from Rupert, Kitimat, Hazelton, Houston and Smithers . for the zone championships. The Skeena Tsimshains are strongly favoured to lake the zone finals and advance to the regional play-downs. The regional play-downs will feature the lop three leams The Junior A’ Boys will take their winning. ways lo Prince. Rupert this weekend for the Pacific. Northwest Junior A Ce In the Junior. A- boys: game: against. their Kilimat counter- ~- parts the Tsimshains