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Cents outelass Houston

The Terrace. Centennials
made it two for three on the
week as they blasted the
Houston Luckies 13-4
Sunday afternoon. The
Cents. were led by Lance
Legouffe, Craig Levie and
Pat Rabbitt, each recording
‘hat tricks. Their loss of the
week came Saturday night opened up and Prive left the
as the Smithers Totems ice bleeding profusely. This
handed. them 4 5-1 defeat. gave the team a bit of a

etdown and they weren't as

Prive hurt

Saturday night the Cents
came out ready to go but
their bad luck began early.
During the warm up star-
ting goalie Ray Prive was
hit with a shat just below the
eye. A three-stitch gash

= sharp as was expected.
Five Smithers started off the
scoring after eight minutes
of play as rge Lutz
blocked. a Cent shot and

raced the length of the ice to
beat a sprawling Mario.
Moretto in the Cent net. It
looked as though that's the
way It would end but the
Totems flashed the red light
twice in the last minute and
ahalf to takea 3-0 lead. Cam
Armstrong and Kank
Randrup kept the puck in
the Cents’ zone, traded

gsea, then Armstrong fed

rian Young who slid the
; puck underneath Moretio.
= Just 27 seconds later Greg

hat tricks

“ Zavaduck gave Smithers a
‘ 3-0 lead when he beat
* Moretto on a two on one
* break. Zavaduck waited for
the young goalie to make the
first moye and then drove

VERN SKETCHLEY ... home the puck into a near

leadership and goal empty net. Don Oulton
scoring finished the Smithers
* scoring in the second period
ip as he picked up two goals.
i The first at the 6:14 mark as
es he blasted a shot from just

inside the blueline overtop
of Moretto’s outstretched
glove. Oulton got his second
with over four minutes left
when he was set up by
Randrup in front, and beat
the goalie with a low shot.

The Cents got their only
tally with 1:14 remaining.
Coach Red L’Estrange
pulled Moretto with over
two and one half minutes
remaining, hoping to break

- RANDY HODGINS ...
quick shots result in three
goals

The Cents pressed and Pat.

Tennant shot past Marko.
; The coach says

pointed with the loss but felt
that, with the breaks, we
could have won. “With
Prive getting injured,
returnee Gord Cochrane
getting thrown out for no
understandable reagon and
the. guys missing the

was deflated early.” The
Cochrane incident in
question came as a surprise
+ to all. Randy Epp from
- Smithers and-Guy Glaim’
’ from Terrace began shoving
each other beside the net
and Cochrane went in to
break it up. There was no
penalty to Glaim and
L'fstrange ig still won-
dering why Gord was
ejected.

Cents fly
on Sunday

The Saturday loss didn’t
* harm the Cents morale as
they caught fire Sunday and
blew Houston off the ice by a
13-4 count, The Centennials

ates coy

TT

PAT RABBI
for dad

Luckies skating, shooting

and checking with everyone

laying all out. L’Estrange

told the guys to shoot a

lot, and shoot they did, firing

62 shots at Gregg Dodds in
the Houston net.

Three in first

Craig Levie began the
onslaught at the 7:15 mark
of the first period when he
converted & Barry Heit

ita

LANCE LEGOUFFE ...
tough forechecking nets
trick

hat.

ds. ¥our minutes later
Pat Rabbitt picked up. his
Mm first of three when he fired a
= shot into the net, Lance
Legouffe assisting. The

30 seconds left, Helt took a
_ Randy Hodgins pasa at his
- own blueline, raced the
-* Jength of the ice and tucked
; the puck into the corner;
Bud Langstrom assisting.

ab

CRAIG LEVIE .. slap

remembered the last time

shot, wrist shot, Houston visited and came:
. backhand, three ways to ‘back to win in overtime.

“SCOre...

Rabbitt

Rick Marko's shutout bid. |
Rabbitt deflected an Ian-

L’Estrange was disap- -

" completely outclassed the -

pass, blasting the puck by .

, Levie dumped. the puck: in:

the corner, Sketchley sped.
in and recovered the disc,

setting up Patt Rabbitt who

was alone in front. Terrace 4

Houston 0.

Bud Langstrom did most
of the wark on the fifth goal
as he fought for andcame up
with the puck and fed
say lee
pass. Young Ra’ p
the puck to Sketehley who
blasted a shot by Dedds.

The Luckies got on the
scoreboard midway through
the perlod when Phil
Guthrie beat Moretto from
15 feet out.

‘Levie hat trick

The Cents didn’t let up

though and, five minutes
later, Levie scored his
second after being set up by
Hodgins and Cochrane.
Levie drilled a shot from the
face-off circle, catching the
far corner, up high. A
minute later Levie had a hat
trick when he twirled in
front of Dodd and lifted a
backhander into the corner,
and . Legouffe
drawing assists.
_ Houston got thelr second
when Steve Fox and Phil
Guthrie combined to set up
Len Hemich whe beat
Morétto with a quick shot.
The Luckies then drew
within four as Fox fed
Guthrie and Guthrie beat a
sprawling Moretto.

The Cents got that one
back with only five seconds
‘remaining as ouffe stole
the puck behind the Houston
net, swung around in front
and slid the puck under
‘Dodds. The Luckies argued
the puck wasn't over the line
but referee Len Trudeau
was on the red line as. the
disc barely edged over.

Legouffe and
Rabbitt. ;
hat tricks  —

The Cents outscored the
Luckies 5-1 in the third
period as Legouffe and
Rabbitt completed their hat
tricks. Legouffe got things
going as he converted a
Langstrom to Tennant to

Legouffe play, sliding the -

puck under. Dodds. Sket-
chley made it 10-3 when he
deflected a Guy Glaim shot,
low into the net. Sketch saw.
the puck ‘coming high and
moved the. handle of his
stick, changing the dise’s

openings, the team spirit | dirécti

éction.

Legouffe's third goal was
much the same as his first.
He stole the puck behind the
net, then backhanded it high
into the corner after
swinging around the net,

Houston recorded _ their
last goal when Fox and
Guthrie broke out on a two
on one. Fox beat Moretto
with a low shot. ;

Barry Heit picked up his
second goal when he found
himself with a wide open
net, Cochrane had set up
Hodgins who had shot and
recovered his own rebound.
Sesing Heit in front and the
goalie down and out Hodgins
slipped the puck to the slot
and it was 12-4.

Cents made it 3-0 when, with - “.-

With a 30 lead after one...

| period the Cents weren't,
about to let up as they "0-5

" MARIO MORETTO drops to his knees ta get in front

. ofa Houston shot Sunday. Moretto allowed only four

goals asthe Cents hammered Houston 13 to 4. ”

Rabbitt finished off the ©
scoring with a pretty goal,
his third of the afternoon.

With the Cents shor-
thanded Rabbitt poke
checked a Houston puck
carrier and was away. He
made anice move on Dodds,
then cut in frent of the net,
flipping the puck Into the
corner. Rabbitt's hat trick
couldn’t have come at a
better time as his father was
up from Merritt. - ;

More from
the coach

Coach L’Bstrange was

eased with the victory and

e team’s play. ‘To win in ©
this league a team has to
take lots of shots. Most
gealies up here get flustered
and fall apart after four or
five goals. It's pretty tough
to score if you don’t shoot.”

The Centennials Booster.
Club picked three stars after
the game. These went to the
three with hat tricks,
Legouffe, Levie and Rab-
bilt. L'Estrange also had
high praise for the rest of
the team, “Each guy gave it
100 pereent today and I
thought that Barry Heit had
an outstanding game.”

Kings tonight

The Cents have three
ames left before the
tmas break. Tonight
they play the Kings in
Prince Rupert, Saturday

CENTS SCORE AGAIN:

‘Fhe Terrace Centennials
travelled to Kitimat last
Wednesday determined to
beat the Winter Hawks and
halt their losing streak. And
win they did. After a slow
first period the Cents caught
fire and when the smoke had
they travel to Kitimat and cleared they came outon the
Sunday they face the Hawks strong em of a 12 to 3
at home. “It'll be tough. to « thra . ; ;
win in Rupert,"” says Early in the first period it
L’Estrange, “but not im- appeared the Cents were in
possible. It would be nice to frouble as t layed a
win all three games this man short for the best part
week.” :

THE PUCK STOPS HERE. Cent goalie Ray Prive
watches the puck as he moves his blocker to make the

Save. Winter Hawk Trevor Sandberg (9) looks on in-

the 5:24 mark Captain Vern
Sketchley picked up a
misconduct and for the third
.time the Cents were short-
handed. However the
penalty did not stop the
Cents from scoring as
tenacious forechecking by
Lance Legouffe set up Craig
Levie in front of Denn
Semata in the Hawk net.
Levie wasted no time in
giving the locals a 1 to 6
ea

id. ;

Four minutes later the
Hawks came back with the
equalizer as Marlin Toews
fed Blake Walkanshaw in
the Cents’ zone. Walkan-
shaw blasted a low shot
which beat Ray Prive. The
scoring in the first frame
ended there as both teams
checked and the play, got
scrambly. :

The second period started
much like the first with the
Cents picking up & penalty
early, Fortunately, ex-
cellent.

the scoreboard. With the
Cents continually. missing
the net and Kitimat hay

of the first six minutes. At.

selene ofiald the Haws uh :

. trouble gelting untracked ‘it -

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, Bud Langstrom (7) raises Sketchley (9), 5
his arms in delight as Lance Legouffe, behind Vern the game.

_ Cents drub Hawks

looked as though the score
would never change.

At 4:50 Bud Langstrom
dum the puck the
Hawk zone., Sketchley,

showing a buist of speed,

flew by a Kitimat defender
and fed Pat Rabbitt who was
cruising toward the net,
Rabbitt beat Szmata along
the ice and it was 2+,
Centennials.

The Cents took a two goal
lead. four minutes later
when Randy Hodgins fed
Sketchley in, front. The big

move in.

right winget” shot once
picked up his own rebound
and £ the puck Into the
Hawk net.
Kitlmat came
Levie and Langstrom both
in the sin bin. Trevor Sand-
berg fed Walkanshaw who
was all alone in front. of
Prive, It was now 3 to 2 and

still close.
> With eight minutes left the ©

Cents picked up goal
number four, came to life
and scored six more Hmes
before the buzzer sounded.
Hodgins started things off
after Langstrom fed him,
He took one shot, got his
rebound and manceuvered
around Szmata, putting the
puck into the vacated net.

Then the goals came fast
and often. Kelly McCabe
scored one and a half
minutes later when he was

allowed to stand In front of

thie Hawk goal and beat the
goalle easlly after a pass

om Doug Matheson and
Dave . Wakefheld,

minutes Later it was Hodgins

with hia secend.as Levie and:

Legouffe,

“him -up."Atler, another’

hope as Cents Craig Levie (4) and Guy Glaim (2)

back with .

Twa

hree _

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Ht i HAW e

minute Rabbitt made it 7 to
2 with his second goal,
converting a nice pass from
Levie. It took the Cents only
eight seconds to get the next
marker as Sketchley took
the pass from the face-off
won by Carmon Brown, an
blasted a shot by Szmata.
The Hawks then replaced
Szmata with Roy Garb,
hoping te ccol off the Cents.
It only took one shot and 37
seconds for Terrace to blow
that theory. Legouffe fed
Berry Heit on the left side,

Heit drilled a shot which
went in off Garb’s glove.

A fall minute and 10
seconds elapsed before the
Cents’ Sketchley gave
Terrace a 10 to 2 lead. Levie.,
and Rabbit did the work as
Sketchley drove a low shot

past Garb, giv! him his.
third goal and games—
’ first hat trick. :

Forty-six seconds later
Hodgins recorded his ha
trick scoring the pretties
goal of the game, Legouffe
stole the puck from a Hawk
defender. The two Cents.
traded passes before
Legouffe slid the puck
across to Hodgins, who was
open and had 24 square feet
of net in front of him. After

two periods: Cents 11 Hawks —

2.

The third period featured
only two goals as both teams
began the rough stuff. Scott
Marleau scored the third
Hawk goal when the Cents

chad a-smail lapse. Hodgins

recorded his fourth goal of
the game.at the halfwa

_ mark when he stole the puc'

‘combined to set’. and beat.Szmata along:

the
ice. -

' ~ This win was a big one for
the Cents, after eignt losses

cores his second and the Cents ninth of

Brad Owens and Bud
-Langstrom were the first to
engage in fisticuffs and by
game’s end, seven other
palts had squared off ta do

ttle. Legouffe and Den.
Kellar fought with the
former going for a game,
the latter five minutes. The
final tally looked something
like this. For Kitimat
Owens, Nickerson, Kellar
and Juckes recelved game
misconducts while
Walkanshaw picked up tive
minutes. Kellar and Juckes
each did battle twice. For
Terrace it was Legouffe,

Rabbitt and Hodgins for

game misconducts and

; ngstrom Heit, Brown,
McCabe and Matheson each
drawing five minute

majors.

Coach Red L'Estrange
leased with the win

lay of the Cents.
ting nina ae was
yery as was
the 10 minite misconduct to
Guy Glalm, “Look at the
quys whogot thrown out and

ere went a helluva lot of
scoring punch,” commented
L’Estrange. ‘“Had there
been no fights the guys could
have rum up a number of

goals, posal y hitting 20.""

and an even three-
with the Hawks, the
wanted the victory.
biggest reason for the big
win, according to
L'Estrange was t the
guys began to shoot more
and dig harder. ‘‘In recent
mes, overtime losses to
ouston and Rupert, we
at had it to, ether.
Bppened, let's
just cee if we saved enough

‘goals for-fhe weekend.”

Referee
 elinie
Saturday

Hockey referees in this

area are reminded to attend
a Level Three Officials
Clinic at Kitimat on
Saturday, December 18.
._ Bob Blackburn of
Smithers, whe is conducting
the clinic, said all officials
with Levels two, three or
four, shouldattend the clinic
to elther upgrade or refresh.
Blackburn said it would be
the only major referee's
clinic this year in the west
portion of the district, It
starts at 9 a.m, on Saturday,
December 18 at Cormorant
‘School in Kitimat, .

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