C2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 22, 1995 Sports Menu | MINI-BASKETBALL Friday, November 24 , 5:05 p.m. - Magic v. Sonics: Grizzlies v. Rockets 6:30 p.m. — Celtics v. Hornets; Bulls v, ‘Raptors a December 1-2 Championship tournament. VOLLEYBALL Saturday, November 250 = “as ELEMENTARY SCHOOL girls: volleyball t teams play off at Skeena Jr, ‘Secondary school i in a 14- team tournament, 3 Saturday, December 2. _ compete at Thornhill Jr. Secondary School. HIKING. . Sunday, N November 26 Kitwanga-Kitwancool “‘Totem Trail” — meet at li- brary at 10 a.m. to carpool for an easy cultural tour of area totem poles and Kitwanga fort. Contact: Linda al 635-6631. ; MEN’S REC HOCKEY Tonight * Oldtimers Division 9 p.m. — SRD Blues v. Terrace Timbermen a 10:30 p.m. — Subway v, Northern Motor Inn Okies. Thursday, November 23 a Recreational Division 10:30 p.m. — Back Eddy Pub v. ‘Norn? 8 Auto” Saturday, November 25 Oldtimers Division oO 8 p.m. —- Subway v. SRD Blues tes 9:30 p.m. — NMI Okies v. Terrace Timbermen’. coat Sunday, November 26 “ Recreational Division . 9:30 p.m. — Back Eddy Bullies ve Ion of the West Tuesday, November 28 ; Recreational Division 9 p.m. — Norm’s Auto Refinishing v, Inn of the West . . 10:30 p.m. — Back Eddy Pub v. Skeena Hotel Sharks - SKATING November 30 and December 1 re TERRACE SKATING club presents “I's Begin- ‘hing to Look a Lot Like. Christmas’ and ‘“T’was. the Night Before Christmas’’ at the arena; 7 pa m. both nights. For tickets phone 635-4047. - BADMINTON Sunday, November 26°. B.C, WINTER GAMES zone team 5 tryouts for singles, doubles and mixed at Skeena Jr. Secondary School 9 a.m, to 6 p.m. Players under 16 as of Dec, 31, 1995 eligible. $10 fee charged. for expenses. Must be a member of Badminton’ | B.C. to try out, Contact Dan Tuomi at 847- 5975 or Mui Luc at 638-1526 for more info. TERRACE BADMINTON Club. plays: Tuesdaysand : ‘Thursdays, 8:00-10:00 p-m. at--the “Thornhill: Jr. Secondary School. For info, contact Diane ‘at 635- 3364, . To get an event on Sports Menu, bring the details into the office at 4647 Lazelle Ave., phone 638-7283 or fax them to: 636-8432 by 5 p.m. Friday. 7. BHAIARDS & chalky BISTRO ‘pierre Friends & amily Meet” "taking Prince Georg ‘ apart 5-1. Facing thelr ~ northwest rivals, how- BOYS ELEMENTARY school v vl teams | story, as different ~ Kitimat and then 6-4 at 638-1162 4664 Lakelse Avenue, Terrace MINOR HOCKEY Pee wees remain tough customers TERRACE’S PER WEE REPS proved who the power team is in the northwest in Granisie, where they batiled to asix-win, three-loss tourney record. The marathon Remembrance Day long weekend saw the 4 Skeena Cellulose pee wee reps defeat Vanderhoof 12-2, ".. and then remain on the ice to face Smithers on the wrong” * end of a 7-3 score, ,On the Sunday, Ter- race players started by. story, as “they went down to defeat 5-2 by Sports the hands of Smithers. S COP C day, the pee wees came on strong, crushing Kitimat 9-1 and defeating Prince George 10-6, The Granisle action followed regular league play back in : Terrace, where the team remains undefeated. . Tricity action saw the Terrace pee wees nab an carly 5-1 ead over Prince Rupert and coast to a 13-2 win. _|-2-The. Terrace attack was led by Kiro Godo, with four ‘|; goals. Shaun-Furmanek and Jean-Marc Gogon chipped in . two each. Single goals were scored by Lance Armstrong, - |. Darren Bentham, John Montgomery, Brandon Cormier, and Gary Kerbiat. . The Saturday game against Rupert was a tighter affair, “with Tertace ahead 2-0 after two periods. It went wide open in the third, as Terrace players relished in 3 seven- ; goal smorgasbord around the Rupert net, for a 9-0 win. Goalie Craig Walsh recorded the shutout. "The next home ice games for the peewee reps are this “weekend, when they host Kitimat’s reps at 8 pm. Friday and again at 10:00 a.m. Saturday. Smithers raids Cash Spiel SMITHERS RINKS swept Terrace Open Cash Spiel Nov. 10-12, taking three out of the top four placings. The Gordon Judzentis rink from Smithers placed first, taking home $2,400 in winnings. They beat out Terrace’s Kevin McDougall in the final with a close score of 9-8. -McDougall’s rink consoled themselves with their $1,600 second place money. ‘Third and fourth went to Smithers rinks skipped by . Donny Palmer and Phil Leroux, winning $1,000 and $700 respectively. In the consolation round Ron Townley of Terrace beat out Dale Walker, also of Terrace, A total of ten rinks entered the long weekend cash spiel. Curlers will take a break over the holiday season and bonspiel action will resume in the new year. Cross country underway HIRSCH CREEK trails are packed and skiable while Onion Lake grooming will continue once the weather cools down, reports the Kitimat Cross Country Ski Club. : The club says that while waxing is a challenge in the cur- Tent varying weather conditions, those with waxless skiis Spray is also recommended if the wet stuff sticks to the kick zone, Memberships or payment for single day use is required for skiing on the trails, Info available in brochures at local Sporting goods stores, and at the trailheads. For more info, call Terry Brown at 798-2227 or Sue Thome at 632-7632, . needdnly to put glider on the tips and tails. Some silicone All Seasons Source F of Spots Presents... - Canucks hopes fatle with a suden, awkward twist | VANCOUVER - By slowing down the game film, frame by frame, Dr. Ross Davidson could pinpoint the exact moment the 7 mast famous anterior cruciate ligament in Vancouver hockey. history was torn in two, There’s a healthy Pavel Bure going to the net, There’s a healthy Bure being pulled down from behind by Blackhawks Steve Smith. There's that slight, B sudden awkward (wist as Bure’s Tight leg gets caught in the end . board, It’s all so deceptive - like a . tease - because the tape revealed little of the impact it ultimately had when the bad. news ‘Was announced. _ Rewind: Healthy Bure. Hurt Bure. Healthy. Hurt...” And you can keep rewinding that tape into next June because that one instant - between when Bure was up,-and Bure, was down - will also show: how quickly the Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup‘ hopes were . Ten- dered as well. In the world of sports, there B are few unique athletes with the + God-given talent that can make the difference between a team being.a championship. con- tender. For the. Vancouver Canucks, that player was Bure. . And now he’s gone. Six lo ninth months. - General manager Pat Quinn § can call up whomever he wants from the minors;-he can make a a deal or five in an altempt to replace Bure’s presence; the Canucks can go of trying to tell j themselves that they can over- come this, and that every team must al some point deal with adversity: bul the sad and true fact is that, with 65 ‘games left in the their season, it is time to begin the lament, “wait ‘til next year.” While it can be argued that f goalic Kirk McLean and captain Trevor Linden had just as much Bf to do with the Canucks” heady playoff run in 1994, it remains that without Bure’ Vancouver's Playoffs were over in Game 7 against Calgary, if not sooner. And now this Canucks squad is merely a lot of window dress- a ing without a window. A cake without icing, A puzzle without its centre piece. - Certainly teams, the New Jersey Devils for example, have won the title with less. But whereas.the.Devils were byilt to be a team. in which, its sum was bigger than its parts, the Canucks were. built: around a speed. And that speed was ta serve as a-compliment to one man: Bure. After Wednesday's success- ful operation, Bure will have trouble making a rush: to the | _ by John Wawrow bathroom. What's amazing is how inno- centit all looked. This wasn’t anything like when Redskins. quarterback Joe. . Thiesman had his leg bent back- wards. And nothing like when Blackhawk Jeremy Roenick was sent airborne after going knee- to-knee with Derian, Hatcher last. spring. ; Even Jim Robson, ‘who was broadcasting that fateful game from Chicago, thought nothing of il at the time, his deep melo- dic voice unwavering. “A rugged player,” Robson called him, as Bure skated off the ice. “He'll be back,” Bure thought so, tao, . ~ “Iwas shocked.” Initially, . Bure’ considered playing out the season’ with a brace, Instead, he was over-ruled: . by the Canucks medical staff and braintrust. “Al the tender age of.24, and with three hopefully healthy sea- sons in which his talents can still be marketed, the risks out- weighed the potential, but ques- tionable, short-term benefits. Some hold out hope that Bure ‘will return earlier, say by the playoffs, if the Canuck chances at winning the Stanley Cup look — ‘promising. -On.the other... hand, some | 7 ‘question whether Bure will ever be able to return to form. . Time will only tell. That’s the hardest part to dea! with’- this uneasy uncertainty, We never expected it. It was all so sudden. How many times had Bure completed that play and scored? J How many times had Bure _ missed that play and-slammed his stick in frustration only to try § it again on his next end-to-end | rush? And. how many times have - we seen a robust Bure bounce back from a cheapshot or a hea- vy check? We began to-ignore the fear of Bure ever suffering a career- threatening i injury. How quickly he went from . resilient to fragile, Rewind the tape: Healthy Bure. Hurt Bure. They call him “The Rocket’ and he was gone in the blink of an eye. Bikes, Bikes, Bikes! 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