VANCOUVER (CP) —Th_
anatomy ofa hockey braw ; ns
nearly asugly as the orig dl
incident. .

The “question. always:
lingers;, Why?”

Philadelphia Flyers. and
Vancouver Canucks were .

engaged in an entertaining
National Hockey League

game Tuesday night. Then .

all heck broke, loose at.17:34

of the second perlod with

Vancouver leading 3-2. -
Fifteen; minutes - later,

after. players from’ ‘both °

teamstock part in the bench-
clearing incident, referee
Gregg Madill sent both
teams to the dressing room
to cool off.

Whe the game resumed,six
players had been tossed out

with game misconducts and

the Canucks went on to win 6
4. It took two hours, and 50

SPOR TS.

minutes to play a @o-minute
fame,

The Flyers and Canucks
have béen antagonists for
years, ever since an even
more serlous incident at the
Pacific Coliseum during the
1971-72 ‘season when eight
Flyers jumped into the
stands: swinging their sticks
a fans.

~ There has beeit bad blood

Calgary Flames 11, New Peplinski, Ken Houston and
York Istanders4—it wasthe | defenceman Paul Reinhart.
worst beating administered Guy Chouinard had six
the Stanley Cup champions assists for Calgary, setting a
this. season. But ‘Calgary club record, as the Flames
coach Al MacNeil put the scored four goals on the
one-sided ‘yietory In per- power . play. : .
spective, ote - Bill Carroll, Bob Bourne,

“They ‘banged five goals - Wayne Merrick and Anders
pastus in thethird periodthe Kallur, scored for the

last time,” MacNeil said, - Islanders, who were outshot .

recalling a 60 New York 37-26. . "

victory the last. time the Oilers &-Flyera z ‘

teams met. “So, [° don't

regret what we did tonight.” charged back irom a fwo-
Kent Nilsson paced the goal deficit to. beat

Calgary attack with three Philadelphia.

goals and two assists. / Wayne Gretzky had two

In Edmoriton, the Cilers |

In other games, it was:
Edmonton Ollera 6,
Philadelphia Flyers. 2;
Quebec Nordiques 5, Reston
Bruins 3;. Toronto Maple
Leafs 9, Colorado Rockies 5;
New ‘York Rangers.6, Buf-
falo Sabres 3; St. Louis 3
Blues, Detroit Red Wings 2;

Pittsburgh Penguins 4,

goals and two assists to
increase his. league-leading
point total to 118, “Blair

MacDonald, Kevin Lowe, .
Glenn Anderson and Lee »
Fogolin had thé other goals.

as the Oilers beat the Flyers
for. the first time in their
brief : NHL history. Behn
-- Wilson and Ken Linseman

Winnipeg Jeta 3; Hartford
Whalers 3, Minnesota North
Stars 2; and Washington.« In Quebec, the Nordiques
Capitals 2, Chicago Black won their fifth in a row, with
Hawks. 2. ‘ . captain Robbie Ftorek
New Yorkled43attheend scoring what proved lo be
of the first period but trailed the winner al 6: %6 of the third
S4atter two and were buried period.
under a six-goal, third: Marc Tardif, with .two
period avalanche of Calgary * goals, Wally Weir and Garry
goals... Lariviere, with an empty-net
" Calgary winger Bob goal with 16 seconds left,
MacMillan scored two third: scored Quebec's other goals. -
period goals and singles Jean Ratelle, Mike 0’Con-
went to Erik Vail, Willy ‘nell and Rick Middleton

“scored for the Flyers.”. ¢.., while Alan,
__ Nordiques OSA ie Santee

Platt, Don Lever, Jim.

| QUESNEL
BEATS |
JAPANESE.

“QUESNEL, B.C. (CP). —
Quesnel Kangaroos jumped.
to an arly 2.0 lead and went’ -
on ‘to ‘defeat ithe touring
Japanese. ‘national. hockey ~
team 6-2 in: exhibition play °
Wednesday night. mo

fg Kangaroos, who play -

ih the, -B.C.: Senior ‘ Hockey
League, bak] perlod leads of
20 and FI...

Don Sorcke, ‘Wes Peder:

sen, Brian Fealerling, Terry

Suaw, Brad Gessolf and Lyle | iC

Inglis. scored for Quesnel.
Katéutcshi ‘Kawamura and

* the visitors, who pow have
four Jonses against two
victories on their Western
Canada tour. :

Players
prepared

to ‘strike ©

“TAMPA, Fla. (AP) —
Majét - league “baseball -
players “Insist they don't
want a strike, but lhey’re
ready to challenge thé club .
owners reported $70-million -
war chest and walk out six. -
weeks into the 1981 season.

The players’ association's -

exécutive board, comprised _

of representatives of each
major ‘‘edgue club, voted
during « three-hour closed
meeting Wednesday to strike

May-95 if the controversial

in gency issue cannot be

“the battle lines are more
or feus- drawn,” sald the -
aszociation’s American .
League representative.

i
“38 PGA RRMA Oea E

aggressor cmt

replied for the Bruins,

we

-Podborski will test lh \é
injured body today |

LAKE “LOUISE, Alta.
. (CP) ~“Steve Podboraki puts
_ his injured upper bodyto its.
first test: under pressure
today. since a car accident
last sweek, It’s: Podborski's
final major ‘test before ‘the
last. World Cup downhlil ski
race of the seagon in Aspen,
Colo., that will determine
this year’s over-all cham-

The 23-year-old Toren-
ftonian, whe won three

consecutive World Cup races *
Mikio Matsuda ‘scored for «24 now is tled for the over-

all lead, completed training
for the Canadian downhill ski
championships with two slow
funs Wednesday:
“Individually, the two runs

_ were pretty bad,” Podborski

admitted. ‘Bul, together I
_cantake parts from both and
‘it turn out to be quite
adequate -- * just what I
want.”

Podbotikd. finished both °

runs more than 2.5 seconds
behind Dave Irwin of Ver-
non, B.C,, whoset the pace in
both training runs with times
of one minute 42.08 seconde
"and ao “58.

Irwin was quick , to

acknowledge that Podborski
is training almost casually
and will be a different: skier
today. -
“He's ihe best Héwnhill
skier in the world arid he'll
be going all out race day,”
said Irwin, “Steve. always
takes it easy in training.”

Gerry Sorenson of Kim-
_berley, B.C., who upset the
skiing world by winning the.

between the. teams ever
since and Tast February: it
took more than three hours:
to complete another brawl: .
” filled game here.

What's really. ameaiig is between. vague y
that the whole thing didn’t - Dave (Tiger) Williams of the: * ; ,
. something ‘out. of the: ‘movie 7

have to’ happea. We had a Canucks and Flyers playing- -
good hockey game going and coach Bobby Clarke at :the

_ the fans were loving the Vancouver’ blue line, Both

- whole thing. To play ‘well later said it was a clean hit.

. “is our first time this

season in one of . these
games,’ ohne “Canucks
spokesman said Wednesday.
"IT expect there will be some
problems. for the the Flyers
because of their past record.

Leals'# Rockies 5
Terry Martin and Ron Sed-
Tbauer each scored twice and
Darryl, Sittler, Wie
Paiement, Rocky Saganiuk,
Pat Hickey and Bill Derlago
had one eachto pace Toronto
to the win-at Maple Leaf
Gardens. Mike McEwen,
- Bob ‘Miller, Rob Ramage,
Lucien DeBlois and Randy
Pierce replied for Colorado.
Rangers 6 Sabres 3
Anders Hedberg's second-
period: goal. stymied a
Buffalo comeback and lifted
New. York to the home-ice
win, The Rangers had built a
3-0 lead on first-period goals,
by Bike Allisbi and Nick
Fotinanda shorthanded goal -
-by Dean Talafous. Buffalo.
rebounded on goals by Gilles
‘Hamel and André Savard but
Hedberg's goal stunted the
comeback, Steve Vickers
and Lance Nethery added
New dorks othe goal, -
wore orth ‘padded ve

apitem ie
aioe Ss Whiged! or
‘Mike Zuke's 20th goal of

the senson with 8:34 left

‘snapped a scoreless tie and

sparked St. Louis to the win
in Detroit, giving the first-
Race Blues #7 points — only
one sort of best.season in
their history, 1968-69.

Larry Patey made it 20
‘before Willie Huber beat
Mike Liut at 9:11 of the third
period. Blair Chapman gave
the Blues: a 4 Jead 6

last Wortd Cup women’s
race, was the class of
women’s time runs. She
finished more than two-
seconds ahead of her closest
rival Tuesday and more than
three seconds ahead in the
final tune-up Wednesday.
Bat Podborski remains the
main story. :
Last year, Ken Read of
Calgary failed in his bid to

“win the World Cup” downhill

championship here and then
had to beat back Podborski’s

* challenge in the national

championship. Read is out
for the rest of the season with
injuries suffered in Europe
last month.

While there was a definite
feeling of competitiveness

“Jast year, the feeling this

week is that Podborski will
win today unless bis Injuries
are more serious than he’s
saying. —-

“Last week, T couldn't lift”
my arm but now J can lift it
-over my head,” said ‘Pod-

- borski; demonstrating. “But

{t-still, hurts to poll off a
sweater,” |

. Podborakt . also has dif--
Reulty moving his head
freely up asid down becatwe
of the soreness in his upper,
body. -

‘ “Gererally, my neck and

“upper back is kind of creaky

a Hf [go through com-
pression I'm sure I'll have

_ trouble holding my “head:

But Podborahi says it'll be
a different feeling when the
race begins. .

+

fe nena ae eT tee Seen Cave

‘Penguins;

"had Winnipeg's other goals. —

mn on

* Capitals opened the scoring,
but Chicago took the lead on

“when you put out energy

- women's run and the -first

just went for a ‘ski on the

against - a team like The Ken Linseman-Paul .

Philadelphia, especially. Holmgren-Brian Propp line ~ ;

after not winning for nine itnrsediately jumped to its
games," was something feet.on the Philadelphia: _
special for us." bench, screaming
. The “incident: was Williams. When play stopped

precipated by a collision “a. few, seconds later, -

Flames burn Islanders

Willigms and Clarke collided
in front of the team benches ©
and sticks went u.

That triggered a wild -

geene in whi
seconds later, The Red dstesceman ve eers

Wings made it close on John - was ‘fingered as the firet

Barrett's goal with less than paver off the bench, wilh”
three minutes remaining. players from. both sides -
Penguins 4 Jets 3 _ quickly following.
In Pitisburgh, defenceman”
Mario ‘Faubert: scored his’

at.

“ehrough the. mob and bet
ween’ Clarke and Williams;

, Cochrane wrestled with the
* eferee and finally had tb
seitle for a fight with Jerry

‘Buller of the Canucks; -
ands :Vancouver’s, Marlo."
"Marais: also ‘received “amie
“wiséonucts and the Canucks

_ ween the benches and was

intercepted : by — reserve’
J ‘tetminder Glen Hanlon of

Slapshot and soured: the

evening. An ‘entertaining .
game was rudely interrupted’

by the callous behavior of a

The. -Flyers | likely. will
suffer: most: -when- league:
officials finish: their. in-,
veatigation.” Cochrane, . “will:
getan automatic three game .

suspension for being the first

Blace off the bench and both.

teams will be fined, ‘

: Cochrane, who was hand a

* a double minor as first man

oir the . bench, a fighting:

major - “and two game

misconducts, also may ‘face -
- further, ‘disciplinary . action,
considering his physical,
alvose of ah seta ae

The Herat Thursday, February 26, 1981, Page 7

hockey game |

Bathe also may be deall |
with further; he received a

game, ‘misconduct and a -

gross misconduct for his part

in..the Illconceived | affair.

- "Linsemay; Hanlon, Butler

a- two-minite bench minor

“from *Madill.. Clarke’ and -

Willian each recelved two
ties.
ClaskE complained biiterly -

was handed a minor penalty
tor unsportsmanlike conchyct

and a 10-minute misconduct,
after a jawing session with

Vancouver defenceman

, Harold. Snepsts early in the

alter’ the ‘game that Madi.
-was out to keep him off-the -
" Iee in the third period; He

last. period. Snepsts recsied™
similar penalties.
Williams, who bad. tho
powerplay” goals and - tive

_ mninot penalties in the garhe,

said he expected something
thereon screanie rs

the big” ‘losers. Themis
* Gradin scored ab
‘goal-when both teams'w:
two-men short ‘after im
’ brawl :and « ivan : Bol
added. “a : ‘power-play: g
‘which ut the. Camucis int a
three-goal ‘lead.

And they may lose. even
more through a
suspensions...

Like the rin said: Ly
to the fights the other
and a hockey game. broke
out!" we os ee, a

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left to give the Penguins the
win, Winnipeg had tied the
score at 11:08 of the. third
period on a goal by Rick
Dudley. a
Ross Lonsberry and Gregg
Sheppard also scored for the |
while Danny .
Geoffrion and Doug Smail

Whalers 3 Stare 2°)”

In Hartford; Conn., piaive
Stoughton's 30th of | the
Season, with 3:59 remaining
in the second period —there
was no scoring in the third -
period — lifted. the Whalers
to their. first-ever points _
against Minnesota. Min-

pai int taken a 24: Cecil
ae]

ea Aa a eee
are Debol. and . Warren
Miller tied it Up.

Capita 2 Hawks 2 ~

in Chicago, “Alan- |
Hangsieben poked-in a
rebound from the edge of the -
Black Hawk’ crease at 9:49.
of the third period fo create
the tie, Ryan Walter of the

Loar ior tameamiiaa ,
Denis Savard.

“Once you get warmed up, .
when you really go for it, -

from your body, it over- d,
comes all the problems. It's
“how the body works and, you ~
Induce it so you’ve overcome

~ most of the major Problems,
hopefully, bid

The problems Wednesday
‘werent physical, It was
weather. Snow fell heavily in
the morning —- during the

men's run — making the
course slow and creating
some problems with lighting.
“The lighting was very
flat,”” said Sorenson. “The
visibility was good but the
snow made it difficult to pick
ont allthe bumps. =.
“There was a lot of alr
under my shis today." :
The weather cleared
slightly for the men’s second
mn, resulting in slightly
- faster times. Despite cutting
his Ume, Irwin aaidhe took it. -
easier in the second run
“T took it a lot easier —

course to Jearn,” he said. “I
made some bad errors in the
- “blew it again in the sec- -

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errors. and correct: them
before the race,"

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probleme with the.S turn, &
Aitieult and rongh section of ;
thé’ run abdut half way down,
and near the bottom where -
many left the ground on a .

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