VANCOUVER (CP)
Wayne Gretzky turned 23
today with his record points-
scoring streak still intact
despite a tender shoulder.

Gretzky stood, up to the

physical pounding dished
‘out Wednesday night by
Vaneouver Canucks — he
has a bruised shoulder
suffered last weekend in Los
Angeles against the Kings
“—‘and still produced two
goals and two assists for
Edmonton Oilers during a 6-
4 victory in- the National
Hockey League.

‘The shoulder is tender,”
said Gretzky, “I’ll just have

to go along with it and ‘be.

careful.”

Gretzky iced down his
shoulder for 30 minutes
after the game- before
facing a growing crowd of
reporters and admirers.

He extended his con-
seculive-game points streak
lo 50 games every
Edmonton game this season
— 20 games more than the
record he set two years ago,

Gretzky's two goals, a
power-play marker in the

“second peried and empty-

“netter late in the game,
gave him 60 in 50 games,
tying the mark he set two
years ago when he produced
an NHL record 92 goals in 80
league games.

“l really didn’t know I
tied the record,” he said
modestly. “I’m happy with

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it, things are going pretty
well.

“T guess I’m starting {o
feel some kind of pressure’

- about getting points every

night, though. But pressure
is nothing new. I’m paid to
do a job.” .

Gretzky's — consecutive-
game streak is being
compared to the 56-game
hitting streak of major
league baseball's Joe
DiMaggio of New York
Yankees, Gretzky admits
he’s been lucky some nights
— but not Wednesday,

He set up a shorthanded
marker by Glenn Anderson
in the opening period and
also a point shot by Paul
Coffey in the same period,
In the second, Gretzky
scored a power-play goal
when his shot deflected off
the skate of a Vancouver
defenceman. Then came the
empty-net goal with 22
seconds left after the

Canucks pulled netminder

Frank. Caprice for an extra
attacker.

“You have to have some
sort of luck over 50 games
and I’ve had my share,”
Gretzky said. “But if: I
didn't play on this team, I
wouldn't be near’ the slreak
at all.”

STAGED COMEBACK

‘The Oilers trailed 4-2 in
the second period’ before
Gretzky and Rick Chartraw
scored on deflections,

Tony Tanti;
scoring Vancouver's first -

group

of

promising

“Gretzky celebrates birthday |

Chartraw’s goal was, his
first of the’ season after
being acquired last week
from New York Rangers.
Ken Linseman scored the
winner for the. Oilers early
in the final peried when his
low, slow shot deflected in
off the goal post while
Caprice watched helplessly.
Edmonton coach Glen
Sather praised the effort by.
Gretzky, who also suffered
a cut hand when stepped on
by Linseman during a
scramble,
“Wayne is a true
professional,” said Sather. °
“He doesn’t let an injury
slow down his production.
“He's probably aching
more than at any time in his
five years in the league.
He'll feel older than 23
tomorrow. We'll give him a
couple of days off practice
to recouperate,"’ "
While the Oilers were
winning their fifth straight,
the Canucks now are

winless in three games with

general manager Harry
Neale behind the bench in
Place of Roger Neilson,

- fired a week ago as head -
coach. In each game, the

Canucks had a two-goal lead
and didn’t held on. |
FAR BEHIND)

Moe Lemay scored twice
for Vancouver, with singles.
from Patrik Sundstrom and

shorthanded - goal. of the

season. The Qilers now have - -
‘23 shorthanded goals, just

two off the record set in
1970-71 by Boston Bruins,

‘with Tanti |

was up to his: usual: high

. Standard of Play. "He's “a,
; eet ama with outstanding’
ability, .:

1 ‘combination
which: makes.” ‘him: “the

greatest player inthe game
today. Somewheré down the -
line he'll probably * ‘be the

best of all time. " Me

Standings

Watas Confarence
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WELT FA P

tslanders 3117 2 224 172 84
Rangers 29°16 5 208 1a7 43
Phite 27.14 7 213 110 a
Wash 28 21 4 V9 167 54
Pitts 1033-5 148 214 25

New Jersey 10 35-.4 136 210 24
Adams Division

Buitale 32:13 -5 201 160 49.-
Boston 32:34 3.215 148 67
Quebec + 2d 18 5 299.178 57
. Montreal 22-24 3 185 106-47-
Hartford 13.26 6 160. $98 %

: Campbell Conlérence:
Norris Olviion ||
26:19 4229 220 Pr

Minnesota

St.‘Louls © 2125 '§ 185 202 47
Chicago V9 27-5 173-195 43
Toronto 16 27) & 194-239 38
Datrolt 16 29 4193 215- i.

smythe Division oo

Edmonton - 38 @ 4 296 Ips 50
Calgary "19-19 10 87F 198 48
Winnipeg 18.23 B 220 245 44
Vancouver 1? 28-6 197 216 40

tos Angeles 14 27° 9 207 2a a c
_ ~ Chicago White Sox,
.- cluding Cy: Young Award

Wednesday Results
> Bulfalo 2 Weahington 2°
Edmonton & Vancouver 4
-N¥ Raniers 6 Pittsburgh 3
Minnesota 5 Chicago 3 - .
New ‘Jersay 2 Calgary 2°

Philadetphla ‘S Los Angeles 7 :.

Tonighi’s Games ©
Winnipeg at. Hartford
Montreal: at NY Rongers
Quebec at NY ‘Islanders | '

* Friday: Games
Detrolt at Byftalo N :
Minnewia at St. Louis NC .
Los Angeles at Calgary WN
New Jersey: at Edmonton N -
’ Torento at' Washington N

ENKIRCHEN, | -, West
Germany (CPi-= Steve
_ Podborski, ‘an - Olympic
bronze medallist at Lake
Placid, N.Y., in 1990, has:
_ revived Canadian hopes
- Of a downhill victory at.
the 1934 Winter Olympics

Cup ski tour began this
week to: tone. Up for. the
- Games .in “Sarajevo,
Yugostavia.,

_ The 26-year-old Toronto’
skier, strugdling since the
~ Cup *. tour - resumed

_ break, posted the second-

‘the’ international circuit
eontinued training. runs

next month as the World :.

, FoRowing the Christmas |

. fastest time Thursday as.

for a men’s. World Cup -

_ downhill race Saturday, -
‘ There
. scheduled downhill — at’

Cortina, ‘Italy — before

the Olympics.

Podborski and Todd
_ Brooker of Paris, Ont.,-
were expected to carry
Canadian hopes for a
‘men's ski medal at the’
Olympics. But Brooker's
road to ‘his first Olympics *
was derailed, at least
temporarily, last
weekend at Kitzbuehel,:
Austria, when tie crashed °
early in ‘the .race and -
suffered a partialiy torn
ligament in his right
knee,

He retimned. ‘home

Sunday night for a re-

is” one mere -

Pie downhill victor yo

GARM ISCH- PART... .

examination of the knee
and is still hopeful the
injury’ will -Heal — suf-"
ficlently to allow him to
compete at Sarajevo.
Podhorski, who in 1992

was. the . First . non-
Euro in’ ‘to win. the |
World Cup’ downhill -

* series, had a time of two.

minutes, 0.66 seconds,”

about four seconds faster
than the best times posted -

in training Wednesday.
‘Swiss. veteran Peter

~ Mueller, another former’ -

World Cup champion, had
the day’s. fastest time,
2:00.64. Giant slalom
specialist Pirmin Zur-

- briggen,’ also “of. Swit-

:-gerland, was third fastest

"in 2:00:82,

3

’ Klammer, winner of. last ‘

” (2:01.00), Silvan Meli. of.

we Duerr-. of, West Germany

Austrian - * Fraiiz:

weekend's downhill’ at ~

Kitzbuehel, was seventh - -

fastest for the second day =

in a row, but his time ef. |

2:01.48 Thursday com-—
pared to :2: 46.10 Wed-
nesday-

_ Other top training runs.
were turned in by Erwin
Resch of Austria

‘Switzerland (2:01.22),
Gerhard . Pfaffenbichler
‘of Austria (2:01.46), Peter

(2:01.49), - Bruno Kernen
of Switzerland (2301.57)
and Valeri Tsyganov of
the: ~ Soviet’ Union
(2201.66),

Six. Expos join arbitration —

Third baseman
Orioles joined’ seven
members of the American
League West-champion
in-

. winner LaMarr Hoyt, it
filing for baseball salary
arbitration,

Ripken, AL most valuable
“player in’ 1993 and out-

'.. Standing in the Orioles’

- charge to the World Series,

.. and two teammates — third

baseman Todd: Cruz and “however.”

Cal
> Ripken Jr, of Baltimore

Hoyt joined Kevin Hickey,
Steve ‘Mura, Rudy Law,
Rich Dotson, Jerry Dyb-

_ tinski'and Salome Barojas

as members of the White
Sox filing for arbitration.
Under. the _ binding

- system, both: a player and

his team submit, a salary’

‘figure and present their

cases before an arbitrator

‘who picks ‘either number,

with" no’ ' compromise

“allowed. A player may sign
before his hearing date,

’ Most hearing *

Dave Beard, - - Roy Thomas, ‘

Ed' Vande Berg and Ron

Roenicke, while Boston had '

AL batting champion’ Wade
Boggs, Glenn. Hoffman,
Gary Allenson, Luis Aponte,
Bruce Hurst: and’ ‘Steve
Crawford. |

Other big names on the |

list include Rickey Hen-

derson of Oakland, Johnny.

Ray of Pitisburgh, ‘Kent
‘Hrbek of Minnesota, Lee
Smith of Chicago Cubs,
Jesse Orosco of New York
Mets, and Pedro Guerrero

Orgaitization.

arbitration case in 1983,
asking’ for $450,000 but
receiving $325,000.

Pitcher Fernando ©
Valenzuela, “who was
eligible for arbitration,

signed ‘another
contract with the Dodgers

earlier Wednesday. Terms _
were nol disclosed, but it.

was believed the 1931 Cy
Young. Award. winner
received an increase. from
the record $1 million’ an

arbitrator awarded the 23-.

year-old left-hander in. 1983:

one-year |

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