Ts Antes ae ya) Fanos, The Herald, Ween February 8 1984 - VANCOUVER (CP) ~ Alan Hinton has been given one year to restore public faith in the floundering Vancouver Whitecaps’ operation in the North American Soccer League. Hinton was named head coach of the outdcor Whitecaps at a surprise news conference Tuesday by an almost equally new general manager Colin Fleming. : “The one-year contract is ne big deal,” said Hinton, “The issue here is to make the club successful, both on the field and off. “We've got-to make sure these ‘controversial issues stop. It’s important that all the doubting Thomases in. this city come together as one.”’ The Whitecaps: -have been beset by inner turmoil since late last year, First it was .disclosed that the team-had an accumulated debt of $4.5 million. —¢ Then, with businessman _ J. Bob Carter at the controls | ‘the both and as chairman of revamped board, coach John Giles the man to generul - "manager Peter -“Brldgwater resigned over a controversy surrounding a player transfer. CHANGES MADE Colin Fleming, vice- president of finance for Cattér Oil and Gas Ltd., was..installed as: interim general manager and Derek Poassee took aver from Giles as - coach of indoor ‘Whitecaps, Fleming now is full-time general manager, in charge ‘of front-office operations and he selected Hinton as lead the Abdul -Jabaar sinks Pacers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stole a page from his glorious past, collecting 33 points and sinking Indiana © Pacers with a hook shot with 30 seconds remaining. Abdul-Jabbar lifted the Lakers to a 106-105 victory Tuesday night over the Pacers in the National | Basketball Association. The seven-foot-two Abdul-- Jabbar hit 15 of 24 shots from the field. In other games, it was Milwaukee Bucks 112 Kansas City Kings 110 In overtime, Washington Bullets $5 Houston Rockets 92, Phoenix Suns 138 San Antonio Spurs 131, Detroit Pistons 130 Cleveland Cavaliers 99, Atlanta Hawks 108 New Jersey Nets 102, Chicago Bulls 104 Philadelphia 89, Portland | Trail Blazers 101 Dallas Mavericks 985, Denver Rockets 15 Seattle SuperSonics 105, and San Diego Clippers 109 Utah _ Jazz 103. Bucks 112 ‘Khige | lie * ths Sidney Moncrief sank two free throws with four seconds left in overtime to lift the Bucks to the road victory. Marques Johnson and Junior Bridgeman led the Bucks in scoring with 23 points each, Bullets 95 Rockets 92 Jeff Ruland scored 25 points, pulled down a career-high 24 rebounds and sank the game-winning layup ‘ with 53 seconds remaining as the host. Bullets rallied in the final moments, It was the 1,270th NBA game for the Rockets’, _ Elvin Hayes, tying him with " ex-Boston star John Havlicek for most games played in league histery. - Suns 138 Spurs. 121 - James Edwards and Larry Nance each scored 22 points for Phoenix as San Antonio lost its fifth straight. : Pistons 120 Cavaliers 99 ‘John Long scored 24 points and, with Kelly Tripucka, keyed a 24-12 ; 2 SURE, at the start of the. s* » ~* second half for Detroit, | a Hawks 109 Nets 102 Dominique Wilkins scored “24 points and ‘Glenn (Doc) Rivers added 20 as Allanta “won its ith game in its last 14, Bulls 104 i6ers 89 Reggie ;Theus came off the bench to.ignite a fourth- *" quarter flurry as Chicago snapped a six-game losing streak and sent the injury- depleted 76ers to-their sixth - loss in seven ‘games. Blazers 101 Mavericks 85 Kenny Carr scored. 23 points’ and - Calvin. Natt added'1? as Portland offset a 42-point performance by Mark Aguirre to send the ’ Mavericks ‘to their fifth straight setback. Sonies 115 Nuggets 105 Gus Williams had 25 points as Seattle extended its winning streak to four games. The Nuggets were led by Kiki Vandeweghe’s 25 points and 11 rebounds... Clippers 109 Jazz 103 Ricky Pierce sank. four free throws in the final five . Seconds, and Terry. Cum; mings scored eight. “key points down ‘the stretch to * fuel San Diego's comeback. _ Victory in Las Vegas, Nev. Adrian Dantley had 40 points for Utah. SERVICES — and many more in 1 the 20 words or less— 1 Qe $9. | 0 3 consecutive ae 4, ay 0 assistant coach for wilderness of. ae ‘apathy, with Possee” as | “asalstant ‘outdoor coach. : “My policy ‘has’ ‘abi been to tell’ the truth, 7 aaid troversial issues. “Tt was because f Bob - Carter's ‘tremendous’ ‘per- suasion that I accepted this” position..He looked me in the eyes and said. he wanted this club to be’ part of a winning situation.”* a Carter'said the hiring’ of. Hinton . was ‘done at ‘the recommendation - ‘of + Fleming and was approved by the. board of directors: “I believe Alan Hinton is going to make us 4 winner,” sald Carter. “I'm not used to making. changes, 1 don’t like it, but what's ‘happened was done in the ‘best™ in- terests of the tedm,” PLAYOFF FLOP *> 0). The Whitecaps had the best record (24-6) ‘in -the NASL last’ season . under © . Giles, but for the’ fourth . straight year lost in the first round of the playoffs, this tine in two straight to Toronto Blizzard. Hinton| was a playing- : the Whitecaps in 1978 and set an NASL single-season Tecord ; stands. - "It's ‘great to’ be back,” added Hinton, 41, anative of. . a ' have very fond memories of | - _ my year in Vancouver, vo Wednesday, _ England... ” Hinton has four years of - of 30 assists which’ ‘stil a ‘coaching experience in the.” NASL, one -with -Tulsa Roughnecks and three ‘with Seattle Sounders. He took. - the Sounders to the Soccer Bow! in, 1982, losing ‘1-0 to . New York Cosmos, then was. - replaced | . when = new ownership tock ‘over the Seattle franchise. He spent last season living in Seattle and working as a player agent. - folded °° The Sounders following the 1983 season. ‘ Hinton’s NASL coaching’ - record is 72. wins and 64” losses in league play, plus. ‘ an 11-7 log in playoffs. : Fleming ‘said he wad” , misquoted last week when it . was reported Hinton was out of the picture in Van- couver because several rival NASL general managers had advised him against hiring Hinton. “1 refused to allow myself to be influenced by public opinion,” “Alan Hinton is. the right man for this job." sald = Fleming.. 14-45 BLT “T1111 a TULL tit ‘Lafleur ties Beliveau's career points record After scoring his. suuin goal in Brendan ° Byrne Arena in the New Jersey Meadowlands a few weeks ago, Guy Lafleur. reached another plateau in the same building” Tuesday night, tying Jean Beliveau as - Montreal Canadiens: ares 7 polnts leadersj ict ons are ‘In a 5-2 Montreal . victory over the Devils, Lafleur . scored his. 508th, goal to move past Beliveau into. : ‘second Place behind i “{ | BUY — TRADE — SELL | RENT — GARAGE SALES| | HELP WANTED © Vancouver ‘Maurice Richard (544) in all-time Canadiens goal scoring. ‘He also earned two assists for a career total. of 1,219 points, tying- Beliveau. "It makes me happy to tie NBA ' Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Olvision . WoL ‘Pet. GBL Boston 310 772 — Philadelphia: 30°17 «698 7% New - York 2318 609 9 New: Jersey 254 0 134" = Washington 22 26. 458 16 t \ fentrat. Oiviston * Attanta’: er) orl a L Detroit * 16021 «553° 1 5. Milwaukee.” 16:22 8424 i Chicago 7 38 78 9 .’ Cleveland 5 ats Indiana. -. 32.283 13% vv WESTERN “CONFERENCE s Midwest Olvision tah 80 Tas ee “Dalles | 25 24 510: 514 . Denver 90°28 407 0 , Hoyston | 20 26 al. 0 . Ban Antonio -°20 29 408 10% “Kansas City: ip 28 404 10% - ‘as Pacitie Olvision 403 Angeles - 31 16 640 -— ~ , Porttand . 20 20 400 2%) Saati 6 20 HS 4h -: Golden State 2227) 449 10 Phoenix 21 27° 438 10%) © an Diego 46 32,933 1S i Tysiday Resulis = Alartta ‘109, New Jertey 302 7, Chicago 104 Philadeipla. 89 . Oatrott 10 Cleveland oF. - 4 hos Angeles 103 Indians 105, , * Millwailhae = Uz Kansas City . “10 (OT) - Phoenix 138 San Antonio 131 Portland’ 10) Callas as | San Diego 10% Utah ‘107 » Seattle 115 Denver 105 2° Washington 95 Houston 92 Tonight's Ganias . Chicago al New Jofsey Houston at Phildetphia * Golden State at. Cleveland Loa Angeles at Boston New. York af Milwaukee Kansas Clty at San Antonlo ' Dallas at Danvei :. Portland’ at San Olego Thursday Gsmes Seattle at Indiana W Atlanta at’ Phoenix N NHL Standings | , a . * He | Wales ‘Conlerence Patrick Division Wh FA P Islanders “34.20 2 246 .198:70 Rangers 3118) & 222 208 of Phila +2016 9 252 TOF 65 Wash Wal 4 208 171 44 Pitts » Wat § 166 239 27 New Jersey 1139 5149 229 27 - Adams Divisten . Boston 45 16 3 240 171 73 fultala 33 16 6 215 176 72 Quabec 29°70 G6 231 195 64 Montreal 26.25 '5 211202 47 Hartford ° OTs 8 le) 225-aa . Campneit Centerence | ‘Merrit Division - . Minnesota 2041 4 240 230 a2 “st. Laue 22.9 5 20d 974 a9 2170 6 195 215 ao, 18 3 6 295 24) a2 Toronte *~ V7 dN 6 -13-290 a . Smythe Divisien - Ediminten 301) $314 224 83 22:20:11 200 214 39 2024 9 297 287 a9 2031 6 218 233 46 Los -Angales t427 $1 222 251 4] Calgary | Winniped Jean Beliveau and: get, three .. ih : don't. ‘coriplicate things: tor myself’ by:: continually * thinking about beating these. records. — “There are twa things Ya - like to accomplish before I. retire, ~ molivation right. how." we : Other NHL . results.’ Tuesday: ~ New’ ~ York. Islanders __5,, Edmonton : Oilers - 3): -Vaneoitver Canucks 4, Quebec Nor; " diques 2; Calgary Flames 2, St. Louis. Blues 1; and Hartford Whalers 4, Detroit.” Red Wings 1. -In East Rutherford, Na, the Canadiens also got goals from Craig Ludwig, Ryari Walter, Mats: Naslund: and _ Bob Gainey. Centre Bobby Smith drew three aasists as Montreal ‘won for the first. time in four games; Walter; “Naslund and Gainey all. scored before _ ‘New Jersey replied with a Mel Bridgman. power-play goal at 11:26: of the second Period. va ' Ludwig restored the three-goal lead” ‘90 seconds. later, I'd like to score- 545" Jaste13 homie] games.” i Mike “Antonévich pulled “the Devils within 4-2 early j in the ‘third period before Lafleur, with his 22nd of the season, closed out - the “scoring. . : New Jersey suiffered its -alxth: straight: ‘home, defeat, . iid:hae. Won, only: Islandera 5 Qllers 2 . The win was the 10th ina row, including a four-game sweep: in the Stanley Cup ’ final last spring, for New York over Edmonton. “Denis | - Potvin, Gillies ' and Butch Goring put the Islanders, up 3-0 in the first period but the ‘ Oilers forced a 3-3 tie with a “ gecond-period goal by Dave Hunter and goals by Charlie Huddy and Rick Chartraw early in the third period. John ‘Tonelli’ scored the . wjriner at 10:24 and Patvin added an empty-net goal at 19:50 for insurance. Canucks 4 Nordiques 2. In Quebec, Wilf-Paiement scored for the Nordiques -and Thomas Gradin for the Canucks ‘in the first period, Dale Hunter put Quebec in "front but Vancouver led 3-2 after two periods on goals .by Tony Tanti, with his 36th, “their seprers.” woe Clark | and Patrick Sundstrom, - 7 who added another, his zith, in the third. . “We've always had a’ lot of success against Queb ‘ said . veteran Vancouver: , defenceman Harold _ Snepsts: ‘tl guess we just iry Flames 2 Blues 1 Richard . Kromm pulled goaltender Mike Liut out of: | position and slipped his fifth - goal of the season into: the St. Louis net with 2:18. remaining to lift Calgary to the read win. Calgary's Jim Peplinski had opened scoring 2:47 into the second and Brian Sutter tied it 14 seconds later. - St. Louis held a 36-24 shots advantage but Calgary goaltender Rejean Lemelin was superb, again, ex- ‘tending his unbeaten streak to 15 games (9-0-6). : " Whalers 4 Wings 1 _ In | Hartford, ‘Conn., . Detroit’s Dwight Foster scored a short-handed goal after’ only | 1:46, ‘but the Whalers got . consecutive : goals from Sylvain Turgeos -' —~ the 28th of the season for the rookie, - Greg Malone, ET ~ BCJHL Roundup Brett Hull, chasing the B.C. Junior Hockey’ League - goal scoring record, scored - * four times Tuesday night to lead Penticton Knights to.a - 13-9 win’ over Revelstoke Rangers. . : Hull now has | 73. goals, nine shy of the record set. last year by: Cliff: Ronning ' while. playirig - for “New . ‘ Westminster Royals. : - In other games Tuesday night, Vernon Lakerg tamed: Summerland: Buckaroos 16-° | 0, Burnaby Blue’ Hawke edged Abbotsford: Flyers 6-5: and - Nanaimo. ;;Clippers' downed Richmoni Bockeyes': 7-6 in overtime. In - “Penticton, tim Comeau, Aaron Scott, Mike — Barzal.each had two goals’ for the Knights, Paul. Mottishaw led-the Rangers . with three goals, ~ The teams were tled 1-1 al. the end of the first. period, . the secord, © Ref to second periad outburst =~ "lek Kozuvack, of Peni “I'm surprised but i'm: not surprised,” Penticton Seatt:, Young dnd’ Gre : exactly - “what: of the 15-goal second period, “The last time these two ‘teams played it’s been a . Shootout. “It always seems that we play: this way - Against ‘ Revelstoke. ” LAKERS 15 BUCKAROOS | 0 - In: Vernon, the Lakers . ended their three-game ~ Tosing streak by blanking ; Summerland Buckaroos 15- 0 “ Shanneh Pohl scored three“ goals. te lead, the Lakers, while. Rob Kossan, Kowal scored't vs Lakers led (9 id 11-0 by. ve perlods, ' : “Goaltender “: : jim ‘Young : ‘had the shutout, making, 36 oe Saves. “It was. ilievitable we were going 6 come oul of the slump and we were. _,Bolng’ to explode when w but Penticton led 9-8: after**d crack {d;"-Bald Vernon coach Mike Enemark, . “That's ha ned tonight. PPS “Ht wouldi‘t matter what color thé uniforms were tonight. We would have BLUE HAWKS6 FLYERS 5 In. Abbotsford, - ’ Glen Engevik’s third goal of the game was the winnér ‘as Buinaby Bluehawks edged the Flyers 6-5. : Abbotsford had | a; bate from Oike Bulka.: |.“ ‘Burnaby led 3-0 and is by periods, . Burnaby netminder Brian . Deley made 39 saves, while Al Loring made 38 saves for Abbotsford, ~ CLIPPERS 7 socks é In Richmond, Dale Brisco & scored his second goal of the ‘game ot 18 seconds. of “ suidden-death ‘overtime: ta: * Tead Nanalmo Clippers to a- 78 win Richmond Sockeyes, The. --win * moves * the” Clippers back into a secorid- place tle with Richmond tn the Coastal Division, “2. - Nanaimo led 2-1 after’ the first period, with the Sockeyes coming back - to lead 4-3 after 40 miniités, Alton’ Dayis, also ‘wored , : two goals for the Clippers, including the tying goal al 15714 of the third period, Hill Adams. led the. Sockeyes : ; coach Rick Kozlivack’ said Blowin anyone away," with three goals. a eR MINOR ERT Oa, ASCE ne np i ay maa So ee .