There was plenty of fun in the game$‘during last weekend's Valentine Bonspiel in Terrace. Leafs win third straight © “gorente: “hale Leafs 7 continued - their roller-. coaster ride ‘through the = 1980-81. National Hockey ~ League seaton Tuesday season. They've either lost badly or won big, but have rarely maintained any. even course, Beating the Islanders in the defending Stanley Cup chanipions’ own Unionr dale, -N.Y., rink was another example. of the. Leafs’ “unpredictability — they're the only team in the league to win more games” on the road than at home this season. ne "Brilliance is just a Luit habit ST. LOUIS (AP) = If it . Wit a carnival, authorities would have closed down the shooting gallery for fear of injury to the buman target. But’ the scene was the National . Hockey League. all-star game and the target -— Campbell Con- . * the Wales Conference team ference goaltender Mike Lint of St, Louis Blues — simply was doing his job. On this particular evening, his job .was stopping a. continuous barrage of shots Toronte: now sits 14th in the 21-team league with a 20-24-10 won-lost-Hed mark. Sixteen teams qualify for playoffs and, with the final quarter of the schedule at hand, the Leafs’ latest rebirth has come at an op- portune time... * -The Islanders’ coupled with a 5-2 win by St. Louis over the Flames |. in Calgary, gave the Blues 74 a four-point breathing ° * space abead ‘of the Islan- - ders alop over-all -NHL ‘standings. - “Elsewhere, Detroit Red Wings rallied late in the — game. to defeat Winnipeg Jets 64, Philadelphia Flyers dumped Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 and Quebec . Nordiques came from behind to’ defeat, Colorado by some of the best marksmen the NHL has to offer.. been Liut has. withstanding such enemy - attacks for nearly two NHL Seasons, When he stopped ali 25 shots sent bis way by in the all-star game last week, Liut earned the game’s . most-valuable- layer award. He also ound himself smack in the lozs, Rockies 63. ‘Rick Vaive scored two "goals for the Leafs with - singles being added by Robert Picard, Bill Derlago, Darryl Sittler, Bruce Boudreau,. Wilf. ‘Paiement and Rocky : Saganiuk, a Denis Potvin. connected re the a 1 i eae, : SH nadia teague. leading: SSth goal, Bob “Lenker got his thet of the _ Boal and picked up two middle of a blazing ‘Spotlight. “IF you don't come up. with one of those efforts, It can get pretty em- - barrassing,”’ Liut, 25, said of bis all-star stint. “They. can throw five or six by you.” Liut has made a habit of . providing the Blues with outttanding efforts since signing with them in 1970. weer the World Hockey Association’s Cincinnati assists to pace St. Louis to the win, ending the Flames’ 15-game home-ice unbesten streak. Blake Dunlop and Brian Sutter - added the other goals, Dori Lever and Ken Houston re- plied for the Flames -in _. frontof the usual Full house | of 7,226. Red Wings € Jets 4 deficit by scoring three. wanswered goals-in the | final 12 . minutes. Centre | Mark Kirton tied it at $:11, © Mike Foligno scored the winner at. the 12-minute ~ mark and Kirton added the _ insurance goal inte. an . empty Winnipeg net. with ‘two seconds remaining. ‘Jim Korn also scored twice for the Red Wings and “Stingers folded. ‘Last " season, as the Blues moved from 16th place ina 17- team league to 10th in a 21- team league, Lint was the NHL's: wirmingest goalie . with 32 victories. * And this season, as the Blues have risen to the top - of the standings, Liut has ’ been centre’slage. His 25-2 9 won-lost-tied record and 3.10 goals-against average make him a Jeading con- IT WILL BE ‘PLAY BALL’ | “thi chome-toyy, Rea’ iit jhe Flyews, outsbo 2: Wings:covercame: Qi14-3) 2 By wil crtenaley ‘NEW YORK (AP) — Despite all the dour. ‘language from ihe chiefs of both sidea in baseball, here's a bet — based as much on gut instincts as - ‘cold reasoning — that “Play ballt" will be the. tarbinger of spring as usual this veason. . ‘No strike, No lockout. There will be considerable Iaggling. Each side will give litthe.- They may even go down to the final hour, as before. Each sige will claim a victory. Then they'll stoke the bat racks. - and get the show on the road. “Nobody wants .a stoppage, particularly the ayers. They've never had i s0 good. ° ‘ “Marvin Miller, executive. director of the players’ gescciation, is an astute, sensible mah He has . grubbed out gains for the players thal transcend the _ He is not vindictive. Our prediction i __ that be will let the owners stew in their own juice a while and then tace the course that Is to the players advantage. . Acres the table, Ray Grebey, siegotiator for the owners, represents an frachired cllentele —a hard core of young owners who don’t want fo make waves, conservative hardliners who keep hosing battles. “Bot the key lies with the.’ players. “The basic agreement, signed last May. makes theny the most proéperous and secure practitioners i pro team spor A baseball survey ‘questioned, cocideutaly. by Milles) projects the average salary of a baliplayer will be more than $170,000 in 1941; This compares with an average salary of $149,-000 last season. The new four-year agreement, signed with the compensation lasve not entirely resolved, provides _ aminimum player salary this year of $32,500 (47,500 ‘mote than that in the National Football League and _ National Hockey Lésgue), |; 4 Player allowances have been increased to $263.50 . Beek for spring trzining and $97 seaday meal noey plus first-class air travel and botel accom- mgtations for all rdad games during the season. . This is figured to be a *2.7-per-cent costol-living "The baseball pension fund ia one of the most en- viable ih North America, in and out of sports, It is fiinded to the time of $15.5 million a year with fands from television revenue, the all-star game and the World Series. The benefits increase with seniority. In other words, a baseball player, says Carl Yastreemaki, a . Byear man, is entitled t a yearly pension of _ $97,206 if he waits unlil he’s 6 to take it. A 10-year ‘pisyer can get $17,656 at ” ‘This is only part of the good life baseball players have inherited, thanks to free agency and the astute " generalship of Marvin Miller. Salaries are mind- . disbanded, ‘me of 50. . : Willie Huber added: one. . Dave Christian had two. goals for the Jets and Norm Dupont and Morris. Lar kowich one each. - Flyers 4 Peoguins 1 In Philadelphia, the Flyers had goals from Bobby ‘Clarke,’ Tom : Gorence, Al Hill and Paul Holmgren to roll an eae foe Bingnind 3518 Bi tee goal goal in front ofa creed of 17,077. Nordiques 6 Reckles 3. . Robbie Ftorek, Mare Tardif, Real Cloutier, Alain Cote, Jacques Richard and Peter Stastny scored for ¢ the -Nardiques. Colorado. had goals from Larry -MeDonald, Paul Gagne and " Lucien DeBloia” , tender for the Hart trophy asthe NHL's most valuable player. With bis standout per-’ farmances. -has - come recognition, a - “He was the’ best goaltender in .the other league (the WHA),’’ said Emile Francis, the Blues’ president and general manager, who drafted Liut nured to-get if 00 the " agenda. . in 1976 but didn't have the money to sign the Bowling Green’ University graduate. “You need that great goaltender back - there and we've got him.”” - Liut' performed ad- _mirably in the WHA. The | Stingers, rarely bothered with any of the defensive - aspects.of hockey, yet Liut had 3 4.25 goakesgainet average in 277 games asa. rookie im 1977-78, then posted a respectable 3.47 in © St contests the next year. When the Stingers Francis . “grabbed him faster than | you can say his name — - and he bas a short name."" “Sull, the Toronto native ‘came fo the Blues’ 1979 ” training camp as a second-. stringer to incumbent Ed. Staniowski. That didn't last Jong. Liut went on'to appear in 4 games for the Blues last season. This season, before suslaining a groin injury that sidelined hhn for three weeks in Jasuary, Liut bad. _ Sarted M4 of 42 games. Since his return, he has started nine straight contests and is $04, in their firat three years of existences (1904, '66 and 70), the Blues were Cup ‘ finalists. nament’ in Granisle over * the weekend saw a team of Terrace Bugs. (seven and - and Fire Fighters) finish in Houston and Granisle. for'and against record. ' Terrace Houston 20 in the first’. game. Scoring for Terrace were Matt Shinde and Shane Maitland. They lost a tight 65 decision to Granisle in -the second game. Scoring fer Terrace were Scott McGinlay with two, Shane Maitland, Matt Shinde and Greg Doelentan each with one. Terrace came out flying, winning a close 3-2 decision over Burns Lake. Scoring for Terrace was Chad Albright with two and Trevor Gibson with one. Terrace won the goalie award using three different goalies in the series. Lane Fredericks was the ~ Most Valuable Player in. the first and third games :and best defenseman in the third game. - picked most sportsmantike : player in the” first game _and Matt Shinde abd Chad‘ ”. Albright took this bonor in "-* thesecond and.third games. - respectively. Jared Ewart . picked up best ‘defenseman in the second game. | 5 aoa | oo a . cS “TORONTO. CP } Nelson Skalbania’s an-.. pounced purchase of 50 per" cent ownership of Montreal Alouettes a week ago does ~ no appear to be ab cutand- : - dried as first appeared. Skalbania, of Vancouver, - still must get approval of -the Canadian | Football ~ League awners, and the 7 '; pact between him and Sam ~ Berger ‘has not been in- “cluded on ihe agenda for - this week's: ‘CFL annual sa | ‘don’t think we're it,” Ralph Sazio, vice- - president and general manager of Hamilton Ti- ger-Cats, said Tuesday Guring a lull ih the general managers”, mecting. “Proper notice of motion is . “You’ve got here a situation where.a lot of - {eam representatives on - the executive _ committee (which doest’E sit until Thursday), especially with the Western clubs, have a : consmittee they have to get back to. ° “What they do out West agree about the position of ‘that club on every item.” AL Bug hockey tour- eight year olds made up of -. Legion, Elks, Chipmunks. a first place tie with | Houston was given first . place with a superior goals defeated. In the third game a . ‘Ferragamo — : _. Angeles .. Rams : terback, disenchanted with - “Shane _ - Maitland was the best - defenseman in the firet _eame and most valuable’ player in the second game. - Dats Zloklikevits was - wee og % 4 ery going to be asked to vote on - . iis go over the agenda and a ‘not. ‘quite enough: i a beet om i 3 ast cet ‘Ferragamo talk. is laid to rest - “TORONTO (CP) _ ask Ralph Sazio. ‘anes Vince Ferragamo - and David Green, “quar: lis lot in. the . National Football”: League)- and | Green (Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football League general | managers’ meetings. “But I haven't even had time ta ‘digest | what I read,” ’ Sazio was’ on holidays memes. of when the .. ‘ Ferragamo .and. Green: cropped up recently and didn't get’ a chance. to counsel owner Harold Ballardabout the situation. -Ballard ‘announced he | ¥ ‘Yiked? Ferragamo's' “style - _ and wanted. the Rams: quarterback, who bas’. - played out his option with’ ‘the NEL Rams, at any cost. .: The player's agent, David ~*iijulti-year ‘deal ” ‘the opening day of the four- day CFL annual meetings, - ‘want: ; Ferragamo ‘at that price, . *~ or does he -have the. . slightest interest in Green, . the CFL’s most. valuable . player in 1979 who tailed off : to. meiiocrity last season. -. he does not . The Hamilton GM said © Tieats are Set af rumming — barring injury:— wih Obie Graves and a Contained in the form you Tuesday during a hullin the _ have four or five quar- terbacks. Ferragamo on their nego- tiation list to back up Dave Marler, “our quarterback of the future.” “and there's still a possibility that Eddie : f * Agere besides ; eer eers eee eh epee oe Smith wilt be back,”. said” Sario, alluding to the-sec- "mbar ee Nar _ — Who retired last season because of. continuing _ ‘trouble with his elbow: ~~“ He said new head coach ” Frank Kush's ability to * develop young quar: riper eae! Ferragamo. a ‘prepared . aqnownce a one-for-one trade — Ferragamo’s CEL negotiation rights for the-. ; rights: to negotiate with Green. receive or not income lax specialists. Sowacan Noe yuott This year be sure. 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