PAGE 6, THE HERALD, Thursday, April 20, 1978

Some of B.C.’s best badminton players joined ranks
tocompete jn the ending competition of the Terrace

Badminton season. Action at Thornhill Junior j-
Secondary School last weekend.

(CP) — _ Vancouver
Canucks - defenceman
Dennis Kearns will jo
Team Canada in Prague
Sunday—four days before
the Canadians play their
opening game of the
world hockey cham-
pionship against Finland,
The 32-year-old
Kearns, rated along with
Rick Hampton — as
Canada’s best defen-
cemen in last year’s
tournament in Vienna, is
areplacement for injure
Dave Maloney of New
York Rangers. ,
Maloney has knee
ligament nrohleme and

néeds a month of therapy.
He telephoned general

in manager Bill Watters to

say he would be unable to
join the team.

Kearns, likely to play in
Sunday afternoon’s
exhibition game against
the Czechoslovakian B
team, was in Palm
Beach, Fla, when
Watters's secretary lo-
cated him and invited
hitn to join Team Canada.

“T know it was difficult

d for the panel in making

the choice of players this
year to overlook a player
of Dennis’s calibre,”’
Watters said. ‘‘More

NHL finalists lose one

Chicago Black Hawks,
Detroit Red Wings
Toronto Maple Leafs an
Buffalo Sabres know they
can’t afford to dig them-

- selves into a deeper hole

than the one they-already
are filling.

Each of those clubs lost
the opening game of their

. best-ofseven National

Hockey League quarter-
final playoff series. They
know that while the com-
forts of home ice change
after the second game
tonight, there is little
reassurance to playing in
famillar surroundings if
their teams face a 2-0
series deficit. ;

The reason, of course,
is that the four leading

teams—Montreal
Canadiens, Philadelphia
Flyers, New ‘ark

Islanders and Boston
Bruins—have _ compiled
excellent road records
this season.

“Tt’s not a good way to
start a series when you
get the stuffing knocked
out of you," said veteran
Stan Mikita, whose Black
Hawks suffered a 6-1
thrashing by the Bruins
at Boston Garden on

Monday night

The d Wings,
meanwhile, haven’t won
agame at the Canadiens’
Montreal Forum home
since March 20, 1974, and
lost 6-2 Monday night in
the opener of that series.
Detroit only recently
ended a 23-game winless
streak against the Cana-
diens b
Montreal 4-0 in the final
regular season game at
Detroit.

NEED IMPROVEMENT

“We know we played
badly in the first game
and we'll know we have to
come out better in the
second game,"’ said Red
Wings forward Paul
Woods, who has four
assists 60 far in Stanley
Cup play. “Our allaround
play has to improve. We
have

to be skating more -

and moving.

“If you are skating and
moving, everyt ing
improves—your hitting,
everythin
easier. We did not do that
in the opener.” n

The Maple Leafs did
plenty of hitting in their
opener against New York
Islanders, but suffered a
lapse in poise during the
first period... The
disciplined Islanders, no
strangers to hitting,
either, pounced on the
opportunities to take a 3-0
lead on the way to a 4-1
triumph.

“I think the Islanders
can be outhit,” said
Toronto right winger
Lanny McDonald, who
played a physical game
in defeat Monday night.
‘7m sure they know the:
were in a hockey game."

The parade of bruises
and ice bags in the
dressing rooms more

a

shutting out -

becomes .

than, supported that
statement. But the
Islanders have similar
ideas.

“If you go out there and
you try to skate and
skate, you could skate
2,000 miles and never
‘touch the puck,” says
New York centre Bryan
Trottier, “But if you go
aut there and you're
taking the body, at least
you're doing something

positive. You're taking.

your man out and keeping
cut of a play.”

That’s what the Flyers
did Monday night in their
4-1 victory over the
Sabres.

important, he fits in with
ie personality of this
Wi

KIDDIE CORPS OLD-
STER

Kearns will add some
experience to what might
have been ealled the
Kiddie Corps of defen-
cemen. Until he was
called in, Pat- Ribble of
Atlanta Flames was the
oldest at 24. Brad Max-
well of Minnesota North
Stars and Bob Picard of
Washington Capitals are
20 and Hampton of
Cleveland Barons and
David Shand of Atlanta

are 21, the same age as.

Best defenseman in Canada plays Prague

Maloney.

Despite their youth the
defence played with
remarkable poise in
Tuesday's 5-1 exhibition
vietory over the Swedish
national team. Shand
scored the winning goal
tapping in a reboun
after Marcel Dionne had
hit the gooal post in the
second period.

Team Canada may be
without centre Tom
Lysiak of Atlanta fer
tonight’s second
exhibition. against
Sweden. He sufiered a

r-extension of his left
Achilles tendon = in

(CP) — Kimberley

namiters and Brandon
Olympics open their best-
of-five Patton Cup senior
hockey series Friday. in
this southeastern British
Columbia community.

played in Kimberley,
with the second Saturday
and the third Sunday.
Further ames, if
needed, would be Monday
and, Tuesday. .

Kimberley to host |
‘78 Patton finals

All, games will be

Winner of. the series
advances to the Allan Cup
final against the eastern
champion: for the
Canadian senior
championship.

Kimberley upset first-

ace Spokane Fiyers for

ie Western International
Hockey League title and
followed with three
straight wing over
Drumheller Miners in the
B.C.-Alberta series.

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by Murdo MacDonald

e Terrace Bad.
monton Club's annual
spring tournament of-
ficially ended the current
season last weekend by
drawing a record 108
entries from all over B.C.
Play took place at the
yms at Skeena Secon-
ary and Thornhill Junior
schools which contain a
total of 11 courts,
Because of, the large
turnout and the number
of close matches
requiring a deciding third
ame, finals in all three
fi hts of A, B, and were

not completed until 10

.m, Sunday at Thornhili
School, The 48 finalists
represented the following
towns: Prince George 20,
Terrace 11, Kitimat 6,
Smithers 5, Prince

Tuesday’s game and
doctors have told him it
needs rest. :

“] went into the corner
and as I was turning my
foot went into the boards.
I pushed the toe back.
Definitely I'll be ready

for next Sunday in
Prague.
One defenceman with a

bit of a problem in the

first game was Hampton, .

who hasn't played that
position since last year’s
world championships.
Cleveland used him as a
winger this season and he
contributed 18 goals and
18 assists. ‘
NEEDS TIME

“T know how to play the
Europeans, but it’s just
getting the timing. I'm
going to need a few more

games before I can get

into it.”

Hampton said there is
excellent spirit on this
team, which is younger
and faster than the 1977
edition which finished
fourth.

“Last year I think we
came over at first with
the feeling that we were
ust left-outs from the
ational Hockey League.

crowd close

Rupert 3, and Kispiox 3.

he outstanding in-
dividual performance
was turned by Terrace’s
Pat Kenny whe appeared
in all three finals but. lost
out in closely-fought
matches. Earlier this

year Pat did even better |

at the. Kitimat open
tournament by winning
all three A events. This
must be recognized ag a
major accomplishment In
light of ever-increasing
number of entries and the
high quality of com-
etition. Two couples
rom Prince George
distinguished themselves
by winning .major events.
Ernie and Linda
Smallenberg, formerly of
Kitimat, together with
clubmates Jack and
Shirley Blatchford ap-
peared in 3 events each,

Complete details of ali

finalists and towns ap
pears as follows:

“A™ FLIGHT

Men's Singles-Winner-

Kirk Rustad (Pr, Geo.)
Runner-np-Ernie

Smalenberg (Pr.* Geo.)

Ladies Singltes- Winner:
Debbie Anderson (Ter)

Runner-up-Ptt Kenny
(Ter) — ;

Men's Doubles-Winner-
Kirk Rustand and Ernie

’ Smallenberg (Pr. Geo.)

Runner-up-Derick
Cameron and Jack
Blatchford (Pr. Geo.)

Ladies Double-Winner-
Linda Smallenberg and
Shirley Blatchford (Pr.
Geo.)

Runner-up-Pat Kenny
and Fran Power (Ter.}

Mixed Doubles- Winner-

WHA sixth spot
contended

The battle for the sixth
and last playoff spot in
the Worl Hockey
Association will likely go
down to the final games
after Cincinnati Stingers
beat Birmingham Buils 5-
4 Wednsday night. .

Birmingham with 71
points and seventh-place
Cincinnati with 69. The
Bulls have only two
games left in the season
while the Stingers have
our,

“The pressure is now
on Birmingham,”’ said
Cincinnati coach Jacques
Demers after Wed-
nesday's win.

In the only other WHA
game Wednesday, Ed-
monton Oilers and New
England Whalers tied 4-4.

“We just let a great
opportunity to sew it up
get away from us,” said
Bulls coach Glenn Son-

mor.

_“We've made. a rat
race of it again. It
shouldn't be, but now it
comes down to watching
the scores to see who
makes it.”’

- FTOREK SCORES TWO
The win left sixth-place -

Ftorek ran his season
goal total to 53,nsetting a
Cincinnati season record,
Former Stingers Blaine
Stoughton and Richie Le-
duc held the old mark at
52,

At Edmonton, defen-
ceman Ab Demarco
scored three times in the
third period to bring the
Oilers from behind and
tie New England.
Demarco, who was
beaten bx the Whalers’
Dave Keon for a
breakaway goal just 50
seconds into the thir
period. '

A CANADIAN COMPANY

~ RENTAL

Badminton season draws

Jack Blatchford and
Shirley Blatchford (Pr.
Geo)

Runner-up-Norm
Chatfield: (K) and Fat
Kenny (Ter.)

“B” FLIGHT
Men‘s Singles-Winn«r-
Derlck Cameron (p.(:.)
Bunner-up-Alex Allison
(P.G.)

Ldles Singles-Winner-
Gaylene Robillard (P.G.)
Homner-up-Vi = Colvin
(P.G.)

Men’s Doubles-Winner-
Phil Lower and Warren
Kilpatrick (P.G.)
Runner-tpJack
Bhanwar and Helge -
Hoikestad (.R.)

Ladles Doubles-Winner-
Sherry Anderson and
irma Brewer (Ter.)
Runner-up- Dorothy
Cheyne and Chris
Wagner (Kit.)

Mixed Doubles-Winner-
Phil Lower (P.G.)} and
Anna Kawa (Kit.)
Ronner-up-TTon
Knott (Ter.) an
Paton (P.R.)

“e” FLIGHT
Men's Singles-Winner-
Al Davies (Smi.)  -
Runner-upJohn Chow
(Ter.)

Kim

Ladies Singles-Winner-
Diane Wilson (Kispiox)

Runner-up-Cecille
Podloski (P.G.)

Men's Doubles-Winner-
Doug Jenion and Dave
Langton (Ter.)
-Runner-up-Alex Allison
and Dave Courtice (P.G.)

Ladies Doubles-Winner-
Susan Lortscher “and Pat
Esterbrook (Smi.) ;

Runner-up-Mala
Galawski and Anna Kawa
(Kit.)

Mixed Doubles-Winner-
Dave Pierce and Pat
Esterbrook .(Smi.) |
Runner-upPhillip and
Emily Wilson (Kispiox)

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