-... Despite. hard: work and goal mouth * finese: from such’ members of the “-/ Terrace Centennials’ as Graeme ° . Bevington, the team had their troubles: lst week hockey. * : “Two losses to Smithers “based clubs’ has left them ‘in second place in the west division, ‘playing -00- ae -six outings and had.133 goals .. scored againsl them. ; OK with 14 wins Ja 19 games for a 718 percentage. The Cents are ended‘the 1974 portion of their. second. PNWHL ‘season on 8 - ~ balanced note,” _ Due’ to their two late ‘season ” 7 “get-backs «against the. two ¢ “ 3" Smithers: clubs. the Cents: finished their first 26 games of - the schedule with 13 wins and 13 losses far a .500 pereentage and ope secand place «ins the west’. - division, “As well ‘they. have .~ “scored 133 goals in their twenly- Prince, Rupert Co-op Halibut ; "Jead the west ‘division: “second at 600 and the Smithers -Totems a close third with 428, “only. six of their twenty games for_a,.300 winning average. Smithers -Chiefs.’and_ Houston “Luckie are involved ina frantic © “battle for first place, The top of standings is‘currently held “27 and 4: win loss record for 765.:and second place. The 1 jousta some in? thie “leag' {t’s ‘share of goal The Smithers Chiefs Jead::the-way, averaging 7.35 goals a game, The Lucktes are econd:.with thelr average af Bi goal ea: 10" PD yea rire en, poe he acne oC LT! “the Terrace Centennials have. ” The Kitimat Eagles have won. nthe ‘east “division the y the Chiefs whohave rolled up ough the top scoring tears ” a ue Is:.in the “west. ii.[he east -division has - cgame., Third place , y the Vanderhoo! Bears ho'are averaging five anda: If goals a game and fourth to Prince Gearge Spruce Kings - with 5.09 goals per.game. The hapless .and luckless ~ Burns Lake Braves are averaging a mere. 1.35 goals per game. The | Prince; Rupert.’ Halibut - ‘ Kings,.as ‘mentioned, are the leading ‘scorers in.all- of :the - league, popping in an:average - of 7.84 goals every time they hit - the ee, Second place: in the west goes to the Smithers, - averaging 5.39. Totems who are Terrace From your Snap-on _ representative ALF DELORME 65-7802 Cents first half balanced - goals a’ game, and third to the’ Centennials whose «goals. per i “game. average” 611, matches: - - |. their goals against average,” «he Kitimat Eagles, who are - . having almost as many troubles. as the Burns Lake Braves, are currently: managing. to score ¢ only 3.85 goals per game.” : Weekend's games. » 4419 Legion t Figures do not-Include last | There’s a persistent rumor making the’ rounds that the Terrace Centennials will, over. the Christmas holidays, try. and have third perlods banned irom all future Pacific North West © Hockey League games. The rumor started following the Cents last two stands of the 1974 portion. of the -league’s ” sehedule,- hack lo back en- counters against the Smithers Chiefs. and. the Smithers © :Totems, "°° ; . Against the Chiefs -Wed- nesday . night: -at*.home, the | Terrace Centennials leapt into a . 3-1: lead in the first period and “sthen watched the Chiefs. battle back in the second to tie the game at three goals apiece. If ‘the game had ended there, all wold have been well. But it. didn’t .and ‘the Chiefs roared wback inthe» Uhjed - and. final period with three unanswered ~ goals and a 6-3 victory. - Thursday night, in Smithers, , the Cents conceded a 2-2 tie al . the end of the first period and then came to live in the second, . oulscoring the Totems.4-1 to take a second period lead of 6-3.: The game, unfortunately went | into the third period and the Totems erupted far seven ‘unanswered goals and a 10-6 “vietory. a Wednesdays home game gat ‘off toa good start but as a whole the game was not’ the quality. hockey Terrace fang have come to expect when these two teams meet, ; Mo, ' The Chiefs jumped Into a quick 1-0: Len, Dies scoring the . first of three Chief power play goals, ~Dieg ‘deflected a shot: from Del Parker past Barry -Dubnyk: with Casey Felker -eooling his heels. for . two minutes for holding, : Before the end of the period cents move to ban third perioc Nineteen ‘seconds after Cochrane had tied the game, Lance Legouffe put the Cents in the lead, taking a perfect set-up pass from Larry Woods at the lip of the crease and tipping the Mel . puck past Neilson. Christensen . assisted play.. - With less than five minutes to an the “play in the initial frame, Larry Woods: again. turned: in ~ a sparkling effort, leading: the Cents attack down’ ice and -hilting. Bob. Bremer with a perfect pass In front of Neilson. “Bremer used his: considerable © “skill to pul-the Cents up 31. "Whereas ‘the Conts had been hot in the-first and the Chiefs flat, the Chiefs turned it around afler.a slow start to the second though the Centennials came. period. back and tripled the Chiefs: scoring oul-put. Gord Cochrane _ scored the first of the three goals, drilling a back hand from seven feet out past Dale Neilson . in the Smithers goal: Harvie. Pocza and Bob Bremer drew assisis on the marker. which came aller'5 minutes of play. Knee sends Woods to Calgary - The Cents loss to the Smithers Totes may prove a lot costlier than just a percentage points in the standings. During that . game Cent rear-guard Lar Woods took a hard check: and had to be taken out of the game. He appeared in Terrace the following day with a sizeable east covering his leg from foot lohip, °- . ae The problem, according to Centennial eoach Wes Phillips, . appears to be cartilege damage but it may nel'be a serious as it Young skater-to-be urged to register Parents of kindergarten aged ‘skaters are reminded that the Terracé Figure Skating Club is ‘now: taking registration | for ‘these children, from now until". “.: The registration fee is $10 and . December $1. Ag there are only 40 openings being filled’ on a first’ came, "first served basis, you are urged sounds. © co , . According to Phillips, Woods is in Calgary at present belng diagnosed by Calgary . Cen- tennials team doctors. ‘Personally,’ he yesterday, “I don’t think it's as bad as ‘it sounds “and I expect to see Larry back after Christmas and rarin’ to go”. . Phillips said the’ rest of the team is healthy and that they'll be back after Christmas, ready sto continue thelr assault-on first place in the west division to.get your child registered as soon as possible. 1 Lessons will be held Tuesday - mornings and afternoons, starting January 7, 1975. “"“tvore information: can: be ob- * - tained’ by phoning a sald. ; 695-6889 or" ried. | . an «It took thern ‘almost half a period, but the out of town crew ‘finally. got- back-in the game, .. Dave Fraser poking in a loose puck from a-.goal mouth scramble, Clayton Martin asisled on thé goal although a ‘lot of work in controlling: the puck.for the Chiefs came from. Errol Rause. - . — With 2:27 left-to play in the frame, and the Cents -again - ~playing’ a man‘ short, Dave Fraser was back fer his second goal of the game. ’ side of the crease, ‘away from the play. Len Dies waited fora Cent. defenseman to commit | 635-6555 J Fraser - positioned himself on. the far. . é himself and move away from Fraser and then hit the center with a perfect pass for goal number 3. “ In perlod number three the Chiefs started fast but the Centennials had plenty of op- portunity to gel back into the ” lead. A string of penalties by the Chiefs should have given the Cents considerable advantage but it didn't work quite that way. : When Del Parker went off for . holding early in the frame, the . Cents felt obligated to. mimic. the play and a minute and some -- odd seconds ‘later - Tommy Marriot earned two for tripping: Errol Rause. A minute after Marriot - peturned to, the ice, the Cents had their best opportunity of the evening as Larry Espe and Len - Dies . went. off with minors within 34 seconds of each other, leaving the Cents. with one. minute and twenty-six secands - -of two. ‘man~ advantage, - Although they had several-good scoring chances, the locals: couldn't penetrate the defensive wall af the Chiefs.° -. - As though doing penance, the’ Cents repeat the Chiefs feal several minutes later with Marriot going off for tackling and Kevin Willison drawing two. (or roughing, leaving the Cents two men short for one minute. . . and fifty-two seconds... They. had: killed the: first - Tatems come penalty by a mere second when — te i December. 24, 1974; PAGE Ae } the Chiefs ° burat “into: the lead, Del Parker combining with Ken Gulton on a perfect give and go play. Parker finished it off with a high fflp. shot that beat Dubnyk just under the cross- bar. ©. . -Less than two minutes later the Chiefs made it 5-3 ona goal that alsa rid them of pesky Cent forward Lance Legoulfe, The goal ‘came from Len Dies, bouncing in-off his skate. Légoulie protested the goal vehemently. to. the referee | and wound up with a ten minute mis-conduct, ‘If that was the straw. that broke the Cents back, the beast was buried with four minutes and one second remaining in the game. Errol Rause scored a short-handed goal, slealing the puck in the -Chiefs end, .out- racing a Cent defender --and going in on Dubnyk all alone. “Rause came straight down the center of: the ‘ioe, waited for Dubnyk ta drop and. then tripped.the puck in under the isprawiing goalie. ; ‘The . Cents travelled to Smithers the following night te take on. the Totems andthe story: was almost: the same, This time they had the. Totems tied 2-2 at the end of the first, had scored their .way into a 6-3 ‘lead al the end of the secohd and Lhen sat back and watched the back -in_ third period with seven quick’ and unanswered goals, Hear yet Hear yel "Tis our wish that this holiday be a bell ringer — in the spirit of Christmases ( past. Glad tidings, and thanks! “THINK BEFORE YOU DRIVE AND DRI @ NK spe aE ot gehts Remar E TE TEE ET SNR one _ This Message Courtesy om Terrace Herald oo