‘awley tossed in. 19 for" ‘the
a, -who broke their own losing
last Thuraday with: a win over

score was tie? 777 at the end

“tom Adkins s scored four times and

~ Lance: Legoutffe got the hat trick as
the: ‘twa combined ‘for. -seven of -
. 5k E Hotel's nine goals ina 9-6 win -
over Lakele Hotel Tuesday night in
trace - Commercial Hockey
gie'actlon al the Terrace arena.

“Skeena zipped out to a 6-0 lead

-michoay’ through the second period

befor Lakelse ‘got on the board, and -

:d6 point Skeena held an 8-2 lead-
ol “before Lakelse fired i in four goals in. |
_ _ the lait seven minutes of the game to

. the

CS ran SAA seascard the. insurance marker with ..

; ikelse it was Bob Dempster
and Jim Rigler each scoring twice
and Bruce Cameron and Dave Cody

as. top

"2 Wayne Gretzky, ‘who ‘made 1962”
_his personal showcase by shattering .
nearly” every \-individual scoring
record .in’ the: National Hockey
. League,» today Was named The ©

: ‘Associated Press male athlete of the

year... 7
The. BLyear-old native of Brant-
‘ford,
. Ollers dominated the balloting of 74
" sports ° “writers - and broadcasters
: trom: “Across the country, the same
.: way. ‘he dominated the scoring Tace
: during the year, ° -o4

* Gretrky. received “30 first-place’

‘votes: ‘ easily” outdistancing tennis

ae, Jiamy C Connors, who, had |

= Malpd place went to Larry Holmes,
“World: Boxing Council heavywelght
champion, with five vates, followed _
- bY marathonér Alberto Salazar’ ‘and
. Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Robin
-“Yoimt with-four each, and Georgia -
- Tunning ‘back Herschel Walker and’
sprinter-long ‘Jumper Carl. Lewis
“with thrée, apiece. 7
.. Sffennls'ster John McEnree, AP's:
; 1981" "male ‘Athlete of the year,
received one vote this. year.

"Amateurs picked

- OPORONTO (CP) = Gord Kluzak of.
Climax;. Sask., a member of the gold |.
medal-winning ‘Canadian. team ‘at
rid “junto. hockey) ‘cham- -
\ ~ plonéhips last yedr, an {Marle-
Claude. Asseline “ot Ste, gathe
Que.y-a- world ‘chanipion freeitylé
skier, have been named 1982,male‘-
_ and female under-20 athletes of tha
year; by the Sports ‘Federation: of.
Canada a wR
In addition, the. federatjon also
. if Tuesday, that the-junior
hooker squadis its choice as team of
the year...

 Bruing -/@f the National : Hockey

Lean, was voted the top defen-...

“cbtihan at the world tournament and
‘was tanied to its first all-star team.
oy “won .thé:-women'’s com:

the world acriala ttle.

; 8 p.m, ‘and All Seasons and Ey's |
- Clippers-at 8:30'p.m.: Both games

: ‘hii, Legouto °
give Skeena a win

: ese

; selected, * said Gretzky, “1 2,
- any time you win an award, it's
always" a tremendous honor, “for

ntand centre with Edmonton’ ‘

‘To win an award with all the

i Giwid Prix title last year, as
metres. (2 a feet ning. inches}. - ;

-eame hack nna point defici

the’ Jast three: ‘minutes of regulation. ms

: “tine. “The extra period was. close for
the first two: vanid i a half minutes, ‘but ;
ity ‘thie last two, and a ‘half.it was all.

“All Seasons as “Ross and Froese did
Lihost, “of: “the | ‘scoring to. ‘give . All
. Seasons the win... 2.

| Froese endedi up’ ‘with 34 points and

~ Mark Kloske had 17. for the winners,

: ‘wig, algo got 16.éach from Ross and, E
‘ Doug McKay.” Ross had 14 of his us
dn the sécofid half.

“For Terfac Hotel, it was Malcolm

“Finlayson. scoring. a game-high 33 &

: editor:
_ don. schaffer

- paints and Jobin Vienneau and Frank [ge

‘Borsol. each adding 12 to Terrace’s I

: San Seasons’ ‘win gives them a 610.98

‘Thursday’ 's “games will mateh -
> Skeena Hotel‘and Terrace Hotel at

_ are scheduled - for Skeéna Junior
"Secondary School.

getting the singles.

Legouffe and Adkins each ‘scored
twice inthe first period and Swanson
and Bayles got their singles in the
second before Skeena finally gave
upa goal. It.was G-Bat the end of the
second period. .-

*Legouffe's' third ‘goal of the game
eventually. Proved to be the winner, °

“with: Adkins “getting” “his: third ‘to,

make it 8-2: with just. “under 11:

_ minutes to play. ‘Lakeleg got three in. TY

. @ three-minute period: four’ minutes’
later; but Adkins’ fourth of the game

I minutes: left. ”
oa Thursday ‘night's “TCHL game
- features Lakelse Hotel and Savala'
“Restaurant facing off at B:30 p. m.

the Terrace Arena. * .

athlete |

great athletes in the world, ‘the cn
‘athletes ‘in the ‘United States and: .
Canada, well, it's a real ‘honor be.-

yourself, and | Your team...” :

4 Bor ‘Greizky, it ‘seemed riothing

Wag’ ‘imposaible im 1982, that.no of --
Aenaive® record was unattainable. ‘

‘He scored 92 gobs, 26 more. than

“anyone ‘had ever. Managed in-bne

tile by an astounding 65 points. :
‘On. his. way, to those records;

; Gretzky scored 50 goals in the first _
. 59. games of ‘the 1981-82 season,

obliterating the record of.50-In-50 set. -
by Maurice Richard and tled by.
: Mike Bossy, He also had 10 games
with at least three goals,‘ averaged:
an 5 goals and 1.5 assists a game, and —
. Scored a point in all but eight games.
For'those achievements, Gretzky
was the firat unanimous selection ag -
NHL most valuable player, "
Aa if to accentuate: his greatness,
Gretzky wad scoring on a pace equal -
to that of his record season when
1962 closed. He opened the 1982-83 .
campaign with a 30-game, point-
’ seoring streak for yet another’ NHL
mark, and closed: out the year
holding or sharing 27 NHL records.

Connors, the runner-vp for the.

"award, made a triumphant return to”

“the'top. of the te wertd by win-.

-nlng Wi bleddh a the U.S. Open.

- Holmes Wéfended rheayweight. .

title ttle pwicg, beating’ as Coen ney |
‘Cobb. .

a “galaxy won the piston and. New.’
York City merathons, the latter for '

the thirdstraight year, and set
American recoriis for the 5,000-and

: 10 000-metre races,
.Ktuzaic; who now ‘plays for Boston ‘

"Yount was voted most valuable
player’ in baseball's American -
League after leading the Brewers fo

-tha American League pennant.

-; Walker led Georgia to an unbeaten: -
regular’ season and won the Helsman _
Trophy, while Lewis’ soared 6.608

© pecord.: for: the season so far, while Bi
“, Ter¥ace: Hotel remains. in the
basement’ witha, 412 mnark, - ;

‘durin

Kelly Derksen (22) of C

during the game.

fad atedha ” ‘abe wie Goad a

‘Mermodes drop Chieftains

nia Kermod

edonia Kermodes blocks a Greg Neumann ‘shot
‘ 85-68 win over Mount Elizabeth Chieftains
day afternoon at Caledonia Senior Secondary School. Derksen got
shot but Neumann hi ee others 5 tp geta team: high’ 27 7 points

canter '

_ with strong team effort

° Caledonia Kermodes rode a fourth--

_ quarter ‘scoring outburst to an 65-68 win
"over Kitimat’s Mouht Elizabeth Chieftains

. Tuesday’ night i in senior high school boys.
basketball action at ‘Caledonia ‘Senior

dary School.

* Caledonia, scored 25 of their 30 fourth-
" quarter points in a five-minute: ‘explosion

midway ‘through . the fourth

pulled away. for: MESS" to stay’in: a game’

‘that was ‘close to that polnt.

Johnson. goes. past praise

‘ Head coach Larry | Browi'-

of New Jersey is starting to °
run out of ‘supertatives for -
‘forward “Mickey: Johneon, .

who’ seoredé 32. ‘points’

- Tuesday night’ as the Nets -
collected a 110-96 ‘National |

‘Basketball - _ Association
victory from: Los? Angeles’:
Lakers,

’ “Hewas phenoriensl, but

‘T'm starting t expect ‘that

of -him,", Brown aid of
Johnegon.

: “i hat action, it was: -

‘Philadelphia - 7éers” 100,.
Atlanta Hawks. 99: ‘San:
Diego Clippers 105, Howston
‘Rockets 97; Utah Jazz 104,
Kansas: City Kings #8; New
’ York. Knicks 103,. Golden.
State Warrlors 79;- Phoenix
, Suns'10, Chicago "Bulls 96; .
“San Antonio Spurs 109,
"Dallas Mavericks 101; and
Denver Nuggets 131, Seattle-
‘SuperSonics 119. |.

‘Johnaon, who. scored 12
_ points in the third quarter to
spark’a New Jersey rally,
‘was the. club's leading
scorer for thé. fourth
*gtradght garme.: and “the
NBA's: player’ ofthe: week
‘for’. the. period ‘ending
Sunday. , pon

- Before: the ‘barrage. started, Cal. was.
- Jeading 61-51 and had allowed Kitimat: to -
score eight straight points in the first two
minutes of the. quarter. For the next five
‘minutes,Cal outscored. MESS ad to pull ;
- away for good,’
Ivar Toop played a strong inside game
- for. Kermodes, scoring'31 points.for the
~ Season. His 120 asaists broke his own fame and getting 23 of those in the second —
_ Fecord by IT arid his 212 points were — ha
“43- more. than ® he “Collected . the.
- previous year: _He won the scoring

lf, Ross Dickié scored 12 of his 16 points
in the second quarter after. coming off the:
“benchand grebbinga hatful of rebounds at

quarter and

tenn effort.

both ‘ends of the court.
* Kitimat got 27 points from guard Greg
; sNeumiann. and 16 from Marka Guizzo in.
gheir losing effort:.

“The game was. tied ub 14 after the first
Quarter, both: teams checking well.
. Caledonia took a 35-30 lead out af the Titst ~
"half, and added three points to-it in the ©
third quarter ‘as ‘they led ‘55-47 after 30
minutes, [t Was the fourth-quarter. charge
that really put. the game away for
Caledonia, who..also gota. strong game
froin Sean Meldenhauer in a- good, solid

“it, was the: ‘second. “straight. win: vover’

‘MESS for: the Kermdes, who beat. their

week.”

Brown also lauded power
forward Buck : Williams, .
who had’ 21 points: and 4
season-high 23 rebounds in
the victory, =)

“The Lakers had pulled to

within 87-85 early:-in. the:
fourth quarter, but the Nets
went on a 15-5 tear to take a
 M-point lead. Johnsen hit a

three-point field goal and

.tapped-in a rebound for the
- Neta' final five Points in the

spurt.

~ Johnson also had “seven.”
rebounds, four steals and:
‘ four assists, while Darwin

‘Cook added 14 points ahd
eight. assists “and Otis

: Birdsong chipped in with 10

Tove Jamaal. Wilkes

‘Jed Los. Angeles with 17

Points, while Earvin
Johnson added ee polnts and
10. assists.

teers 100 Hawks "
Moses Malotie ‘scored 31
points to lead Philadelphia

‘fo ila eighth-siraight ‘yie-
_tory. Eddie Johnson led

Atlanta, with 32 points.

Clippers 106 Rockets 97.
Rookle: Terry Cummings

poured in‘ 31 points and

_ Lionel Hollins hit eight shots

rivals: 74-42 last Wednesday. * ‘The two
teams will likely meet again this weekend
m the annual Chieftains’ tournament, set

to’ start Friday ‘afternoon ‘at MESS. A
schedule of § games will appear later | in the

from the fteld to ease San

t . .
Diego past Houstori. Rookie” coach Doug Sauter. “We take the

body’ and. check slowly. .We can, ~-
make teams look bad when we're on |
ae (aa ,

guard Terry ‘Teagle led the

Rockets with a career-high '
: 4 points. aoe

Jan 106 Kings 98

Rickey Green scored of,

his season-high #7 polnts in

the final quarter’ to ‘spark .
Utah over Kansas City, Ben

Poquette scored 24 points

and ' Darrell Griffith - 23. .

Steve Johnson led Kansas
City with 27 -points, Eddie

Johnson added 19 and Mike

Woodson 15,

Knicks 103 Warrfors .

Bernard King had 20
points and centre Bil}

Cartwright put New York in |

contra], by scoring all 11 of

his: points’ in - the. third

quarter “asthe Knicks

defeated Golden State. Joe -

Barry Carroll led all scorers
with 27 Points for Galden
State. ©

Suns 109 Bulls 94.

“Maurice Lucas shattered |

Chicago's comeback bid
with a 31-point performance

‘to lead Phoenix to its vic-

tory. The fading Bulla, 11-23,
lost for the | 13th time in their
last 17 games.

| Northern

* Phere® are’ openings ‘for more.

“competitors in 13. of the ‘sports:
“offered in the Northern B. Cc. ‘Winter .
. Games, set for Terrace Feb, aos
awicald" AW lack. of  entranis-caused the:
“| sports to be reopened far etitries. ‘An.
‘absolute deadline of. January 19 has:...

been set for’ the: new entries, «

-| Entries: will be taken on. a first.
af come, first-served basis in: all: 13° -~
‘sports, and all zones ‘are “being ©

notified of the vacancies.”

Kings lifted by _

% ‘open. 13 sports -

“are:
~Backgatnimon
“Bridge *

Daria

.C. Games

The sports, that still hive spain

Boxing.

Chess .
Cribbage ‘

Wrest,

, Terry Conway at 632-6174 Cy 82-5074:

A ee

mney

‘Dionne’s effort.

With ‘their morale slipping into
oblivion and a losing streak starting
to snowball, Los Angeles Kings got a
lift Tuesday night from the: one
player, Marcel Dionne; capable of
shaking the National Hockey League
tlub out of the doldrums.’

fast-skating best and his three goals
and three assists sparked the Kings

toa wild9-7 victory over‘Washington

Capitals at Landover, Md.

In other games, Edmonton Oilers
outlasted St,
Montreal Canadiens ‘clovted Hart-

ford Whalers 8-4 and New. York -
Islanders | breezed past Winnipeg .

Jets 4-1
Edmonton centre Pa| Hughes seta

-against the Blues,

shootout.

. Dionne scored his fir Boal with ;
“only. S4.- seconds elapsed in the

opening: period and added one more
in each of final. two periods,

“Tt was not exactly a defensive
‘battle, was it?" quipped head coach
“Don Perry of the Kings. “1 know the

players must bétit

“Everyone likes | ‘to ‘win, ‘but we.

‘were almost in -a desperate

situation. Wé had to win before our -
5 islanders 4 Jets I

Butch Goring and rookie Sod

. Gilbert each score orice and a -

"an assist to lead New Islanders’ past

; Winnipeg. a :
It'was' the. third ‘straight win i

morale faded. away.”

The. Kings had lost’ eight siraight
on the road, where ‘they -had won.

only three of 19 previous starts. ~
_ Dean Hopkins, recalled last week
from, New Haven-of the American
Hockey League, contributed two
goals and three assists for'the Kings.

-After. blowing 4. 31 lead,. Los’

Angeles rallied to go ahead 75 on
goals by. Hopkins, Mike Murphy and
Charlie Simmer late in the second

_ period.
‘Doug’ Jarvis pulled Washington: -
within 76 at 3:17 of the third period, :

i

Louis Blues 7-5, --

league record with a pair of short: -
handed goals in a 25second | Span.

| | “That was ‘exciting: for the fans,”
“7° but it was’ nerve-wracking for
everyone else,” Dionne said of the

‘bat Dionne responded with his thied .
_goal of the game and.his 20th’ of thé

season. Chris Valentine scored fot

‘Washington at 5:14 before Hopking

added an insurance goal at 14:31. 3
‘Dennis Maruk scored twice tot

- ‘Washington.
Dionne was at’ his free-wheeling,.

Oilers 7 Bluess ;
_ Hughes's record-setting, niet
handed goals came during’a fi

‘goal second period that. po
.Edmonton past St. Louls. -

Glenn Anderson, Jaroslav. Pourari
Charlie Huddy, Tom Rouiston ant
Jari Kurri also scored for the Ollera;

The goals by Hughes wiped out the

. mark of 32 seconds set‘Sunday night
night by Mark Howe and Bill Barber

of Philadelphia’ Flyers againat
Hartford Whalers..
Perry ‘Turnbull, Mike Crombeen;

~ Joe Mullen, Bobby Crawford’ and

Brian | Sutter’ countered: ‘for the
Blues,

ry

Canadiens 3 Whalers 4” ’ - “}

. Doug. Wickenheiser and° Mari, -

Napier each scored ‘twice as
treal extended Hartford's losing
streak to six games,
Larry — Robinson, Bob Gainey,
Ryan Walter and Mario Tremblay:
also scored for Montreal,’ whictr.
improved Its won- rlost tied record

(Bt icuak

Michel Gala?nead is

‘Stoughton, Ray Neufeld and Dan _

Pridgen replied for the Whalers,. 10.

the defending Stanley Cup chami
pions; who turned the trick for the
first time since October. ‘Winnipeg ig

winless in six games (O42) .0§

Nassau Coliseum. :
John Tonelli ‘and Mike. Boss

completed the New: York:

‘ sori]
while Dale. Hawerchuk replied. fog}

_ the Jets late jo the second period. +

"Defences. featured ©

in WPL contests 4

i
Defence, ‘a ‘ong forgotten wordin © .The Tigers took seven. of toe} .

junior hockey, returned in abun-

dance. Tuesday as three goals was -

widest margin.of victory in any of
the six Western Hockey League
games played, .

The league saw three. games

. decided by one goal, two overtime »
*. contesis and one shutout. ;

.. Calgary Wranglers typified. the.

*, evening's play throwing’ up a tight

~ defensive. curtain during their a1

. defeat of Medicine Hat Tigers, °
“That's our game,”- said Calgary

In other, scores, Kelowna. Wings
upset Kamloops Ollers 7-6 in
.overtime, Saskatoon Blades edged

overtime, Portlanf. Winter Hawks

beat Victoria Cougars 7-4, Seattle
Breakers added

decision . arid Winnipeg .Warrlors

"eased past Lethbridge Broncos 2-1..

The visiting Wranglers sand-
wiched power-play gdals by Parie

Proft in the first period and’ Ken’

‘Quinney In the third- around Doug

Moffat’s second-pericd marker to”

defeat the Tigers,
Medicine Hat's Mike Lay ruined
Mike Vernon's shutout bid with a

goal midway through the thle
“period, ;

Sauter sald the vielory was ' solid
team effort.

“This was a solid. Calgary.

Wrangler-type game," he said. “I'm
proud of the way our guys played
tonight.”

‘Mark Frank stopped 37 shot in

the Medicine Hat net while Vernon
was tented on 23 times.

{firat period.
Prince Albert Raiders4-3, also in

to Nanaimo .
Islanders losing ways with a 3-0.

game's .13 minor penalties,
oss Lambert's second goal of the’
game, 23 seconds into. overtime, !
gave visiting Saskatoon Blades a 43:
victory over Prince Albert, =... |
‘Tt was the Eastern: Division-'
leading Blades’ 1%h victory In »

_- games.

Prince Atbert’s 8, Todd Bergen:
forced the overtitne with a. power-!

. -play goal late in the third. period.

Lambert slapped ‘In a. rebotind to.

settle the issue early in the extra: a
session. . .. . s.
Roger, Kortko and ‘Joey. Koeur: -.

scored Saskatoon’s other goals.

Warren Harper. and Emanuel
Viveiras. acored secorid-periods
Raider goals to produce a 2-2
after Saskatoon took a 1-0 lead in the

Martin

‘a Yank again;

NEW YORK (AP)

Manuel (Billy) Martin and George;

M. Steinbrenner, two of professional
baseball's. most celebrated an-
‘tagoniste, are friends — again — and_

; that can mean only one thing, Billy:

Martin is manager of New York;

_ Yankees —

Rumored for mnontha, the an
nouncement that Martin would

‘manage the. American League:
Yankees for a third time came:
' Tuesday at a pews conference, :
‘during which both men promised to |

lay aside their Punch and Judy act. :
“The line of communications ‘s |
open and I really feel tt will be dif. :
ferent this time,'’ Steinbrenner sald. :
“Dye been mad at my mother, too, :
but 1 til Jove her,” Martin sal :

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