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_ by .C, Ripley

It has been confirmed that
the Hometown Reds wil host
the Burns Lak¢ Braves here
this ‘and Sunday in
the best of five aames.

Semi-final play of the
game saturday night, will

mart at 9:30 with the Sunday
game going at 2:50.

It was decided between
Arena management and
‘Reda executives to charge
$3:00 admission for ad

and $2.00. for students,
tickets to be on sale any time
thig weak at the dren mand as

‘pave tickets on sale at the

Moose Booth in the
Woolworth Plaza for mid:
week shoppers.

I would suggest that
hockey fans get thelr tickets
will early as the last time the
Braves were in‘ town the
Choice seates were yuan by
game time and get this —
over 400 Burns Lake fans are
Srpected to arrive with the

The Reds management
was very elated that so many
Terrace People went to

will Kitimat Saturday night to .

[Hometown Reds host_
Burns Lake. Braves —

support their Hometown

The players are starting to
feel that -they belong to
something that is worthwhile
and most happy
reoresent this cltv in an
inter-Lity Leage.

This reporter who has been
very close to the team aii

season is confident that the Reds’ captain Lance Legoutte — hard work is

Hometown Reds will do wel

the key tg

PJHL Chilliwack-Kerrisdale

CHILLIWACK, B.C, (CP)
— Chilliwack: Bruins ‘and
Kerrisdale Courlers couldn't
walt for the opening faceoff
Saturday when they took the,
ce for a ‘Pacific ‘Junior

Hockey League.game here.
me clubs had completed

‘thelr pre-game warmups

and bad just returned to the
ice for a short skate prior to

the game when a fight broke |
out at the Chilliwack end of
“the rink. All players, except

the: starting goalies, were

Jewolved.

The referee and linesmmen,
tressing room when th fi
room when the
started, were called to the
ice to break up the melee.
Three players from each
team were ejected from the -
game before it began.

Hyer upset Merritt,
* but lost to Blazers

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
* Abbotsford Flyers scored
éSupset win Saturday over
Merritt Centennials, but
eir luck ran out Sunday as
Blazers scored

‘ee third-period go:
aé-4 win over.the Flyers
f ‘British Columbia Junior:
Hock gue action.
thes win gave Bellingham
a five-point lead over third-

. feagu Abbotsford in the

league’s Coastal Division
moved th

State club to vitae one point

of | firat-place Nanaimo

pal Langley are

aeearon ket 53 Saturday to

- Sirkia, Ron
Flockhart and Kelly Ferner
scored for Merritt which
oucanot aobbtsrord 41-27.

' Semenchuk took over the

Abbotsford goal for the
d third periods,”

second and

maixing 30 saves, in ne first
. period,

-goalie : Mike.
Schamber allowed three
and made seven stops.

Cee ee Pat Murphy made

a4 Raves,
In Penticton, Aelowna

' Vernon markers.

They led 2-1 after one period,
‘but ‘Vernon came back to
shold a 4-3 edge after two.

Kamloops, however, found
the mark in the third period,
scoring six straigmt goals to.
hand Vernon its 44th loss of
the season. Tim Hunter,

"Clint Fehr and Doug Lidster
‘had two each for Kamloops
while Jay Kozak, Ralph
Andreesen and Pete Ger-
Yinger had singles.

Scott Cozins had. two
Kent’
Eccles and Darcy Wilkinson

- scored singles.

‘The Vikings also led 4-3
after two periods Saturday,
but: the hometown Bruins
came back with two goals i in

Stewart es Robe eomnd pans

Rangers the

goaltend job

By GLENN COLE
The Canadian Press
Coach Scotty Bowman de-
cided Michel Laracque
wil fe indy
ten day
against New York Islanders
as Montreal Canadiens tried

. to rebound from a streak-

ending loss to New York
t before.

a tough
game, me said Bowman. “I
thought the team would
tighten up atte bit in front

eal Bowman, the
National Hockey League's
‘fecent gears wan Hight.
recent
The Canadieis allowed

: just 15 shots at Larocque and

directed 24 at Islanders’
netminder Glenn Resch in a
2-1 victory over the Islanders
before 18,334 fans, largest
crowd of the season at -the
Forum.

In other actlon, Toronto .

Maple Leafa cli | Chicago
Haw . 3,
Philadel ham

shurgh Penguin batted toa’

4-4 tle.

UNBEATEN .

ENDS
Saturday

' STREAK
- night, °

Rariger's ended - ahs scala :

wie oa ae sireak.

Hushko. Ron Vincent-ecored. i 5: heat the tied . the: wi
i ce Ph Nouaiacetat Se eae mee fad cng i
* we :
B George Crookahank ud Canadiens - Won 33" gimes

sunday Chiefs Sunday Bla
64: Batarday to fifth-place
Ae, Bell Bruins.

straight, including the
winner by Steve MacDonald
a. 14:04, to take the win.

“*Gten Anderson had two_

pals

Tom Chisholm with two, Don
Werbeniuk and Anthony
MeMurchey were the Flyer
Marksmen.

Nell Girard and Vern Mott,
eombined for 7 saved in fhe
Bellingham net. while
botaford's Tom Semenchuk
blocked 45 shots. Lo
COMEBACK WIN -

On home lee Saturday, the
Fiyers got the winner from ©
Rick Gteenwood ith 12 ae

remaining ta cap thelr
‘ come-from-beiind win over
Merritt;

Ac Mewritt Jed $-0 after the

first period and 3-2 after the

"+ second, but McMurchey tied

e pat 3-9at16:11 of the
Inegamost with his second
me. Greenwood.

‘tore

bel Sunday fn

py alternoon when his .
with another -

collided
Machine. He’ was: thrown

from “his own vehicle and:

Struck: by. a a third | sow-
mobile,

“Police ®
the’ accident...’

Officials cancelled: the rest

shits cumppentpe ae

races ‘and ‘firale in: several

overnite had been run earlier. <

‘bemmejour : 1s. ‘abaut:: 0
kilomejren' at:
Winnipeg.

‘with . "Petts

are Aavestigating ,

nd ott mee penaltles, four of

seven majors and three of

five game misconducta.

Kelowna had a 10-minute
uct.

" glow STA ;
in a the Chiefs,
playing their frat game in

nine days, needed two
; perlods to

_ Het untracked.

for Revelstoke. Darren
Halasz had two for Vernon
with
Darcy Wilkinson adding
singles,

Vernon plays Merritt when

“league action. _ continues a

Tuesday. ‘

‘Dramatic. third
for Edmonton

EDMONTON cP-Bil Fiett, :

Mike Zuke and Pierre Guite
ak Edmonton Oilerscored
three goals in a dramatic
‘third period ‘Sunday night
but the. effort’ went for
nothing as thelr club lost 65
at the hands of New England
Whalers in’ a‘World Hockey
Association game. 1
’ Paul Shir: opened the

. ‘georing ‘before: rs fans at

5:35 in the first perlod with
‘apower :
salate go

Blair MacDon
New “England quickly.
evened the score seconds
later on a :goal b
Antonovich, his. of the
season. Alan Hangeleben
found out the period seoring
out the per
and sent New England into

In the second period, Tim
Sheeby, Mike and ~
Gordie Howe completed New

England's scoring for the
game at 1:50,.2:35 and 5:23

lay goal - ‘with.
- to Zuke. and
ald. . .

Mike. .

Mike. Winther and.

and tied five during the
streak which started with a
2-0 triumph. in Philadelphia °
on Dec. 18.

In other Saturday clashes,
‘ne Flyers defeated Pitt-
Jburgh 8-1, the Sabres’

Barons 13-8, Varicouver
Canucks defeated Minnesota
‘North, Stars 51, Colorado
Rockies and St. Louis Blues
skated to a 5s aeenarid

ut out Wa n 40,
Detroit and Atlanta Flames

tied 2-2, Boston Bruins

h with:
P nbedy eters

In thelr last outing friday

aight, Edmonton det defeated
in over-.

time here while Winnipeg
Jets handed Whalers a 7-2

defeat in Winnipeg.

Qllers not dressed Sunday
night because -of- injuries
were Al Hamilton, . Joe
Michelett!,, Dennis Sobch
end Jerry Holland,

Spokane : Fiyers:
Kimberley Dynamics
came up with two.
during - weekend WO otais
the Western: International

‘3 ‘hometee vie-
torlea—75 over Cranbrook
Royals ‘Sunday and an ‘11-0.
ae of Nelson Maple
’ Saturday—exten
the ayer league lead to 11
point:

Kimberley "a four points

respectively, Ab DeMarco’ moved the club into a

. “gave Ollers. their second
; marker of the gamé late in.

the period on & power play

*iiowe's goal was also .
‘scored on‘ the. power

=

with assists going to Dave

~ Keon and Ron Plumb. :-

‘Edmonton's’ third-period
goal surge started at 19:27’
marker.
Assisting. ‘were . Bryan
Cam and-Ron, Busnl

wt eulsed’ by ‘Mac:

Donald and Zuke."
Edmonton's defence wal
porous in the first 40 minutes

-iof the game and it was not

until the third period that
Oilers .were abs to attack

the Whalers net with’ any
strength,

degroe of,
‘remain iy third

neo behind New Engiand in-
acobek WHA. points -racé after.

a Suniley night's game.

tie N
The Dynamiters

cecondplace
Cranbrook,

beat Trail Smoke Eaters 62 |

‘ Saturday on homeice after a

points, 24. less than the
‘gecondplace clubs, while
Nelson

FAST GOALS
Spokane

‘Macklin,

There were way

minutes’ in penalties
assessed in a generall
cleanly-played game, None

ofthe penalties were majors. |

New. Englend took
penalities . in the. firat

period and in the second and |
Edmonton
behuk took onein the first two in the |

one in the third, -
second and none in | tha third.

(Qy wins in WIHL

sd Rem thtingint
Morris and Oliver, |

Peter
Steward. added two each.

Mendel .Vysoblid, -M.“-F.

Schurman, Steve Truxhel.

d I red.
slagles ag tigers had 8

total 63 shots at Di Bella.

Naeon managed only : ‘me
ots on goal as Spokane’s ...
Frank Turnbull recurded his.
third shutout of the, season. .
‘Sunday, the Flyers took a |

#1 lead in-the first period,

traded goals with the Royals . .
inthe second, then heldon in-

the third for the win.

the winners while Vysohlid
Don Dirk, Ron Houston, Kirk

- Fyffe and Garth Morgan had —
singles. Bob Craig hada pair —

for the losers with Marty
Feschuk, Hugh
and Bernle Reid getting one

tothe wln
* Leo Bickes,

Jeff Abt Allan Fleck and
Ken Yreland ‘scored’for
Tonne.

Kimberley while Del-

Steward scored twice for —

Christinens |

» the.
Dynamitets scored three.
goals in the first peclod, then :..
coasted over Trail. ;::
arry Cummins, ::”

outscored Los Angeles Kings

4-2 ‘and the Islanders
rnashed the Black Hawke 7-
Las Mike Bossy set an NHL
record with his 45th goal of
the season, the most goals by
a rookie, breaking the
previous mark of 44 set by
Rick Martin during the 1971-
72 campaign.

The Islanders-Canadiens
contest Sunday featured
close checking and hard
hitting.

“Tt was a physical gam
said Al-Arbour, New ni

‘eoach. There were a lot of

season to tle the score late in
the first period.
- Then Larry Robinson

“intercepted an errant .pass

and moved in to score his
13th goal of the season from

about 20 feet out.

Hav NEW LOOK :

In Chicago, the Maple
Leafs had a new look. Harold
Ballard, the crusty owner of
jhe Maple Leafs, had ignored
& league rule calling for the
players’ names to be sewn on

the backs of thelr uniforms. #

Facing the threat of a

' $5,000 fine for not doing 80,

Ballard had the player's
DAMes Sewn on the

were:

- were to of a similar dark blue
‘material, —

Darryl Sittler scored: two

Boals and an assist as the
‘Peafs posted their eighth win
against one loss in their last
12 games. Sittler has scored
13 goals and-added 10 assists
during that span. .

For the Haves, ‘it was their
third loss in a row,and the
first loss at home in, the last

14 contests.

PaRnOPaCHOn,
Tra Cangaanmomment torsersio He
Fitness In your heart you know it's right,

‘PREMIUM BEER
me STYLE

lub’s &
dark blue sweaters. But the:
‘girtually
"unreadable; “because they

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Wimipeg Jets stretched
their World Hockey Af-
sociation winning streak to a
record 15 games Sunday
night, the longest Iinnthe
history of majorleague

hock

The National Mockey
League revord is 14 straight
wins, a mark established in
1629 by Boston Bruins while
the previous WHA record
was 12 games held by New
England Whalers and
Toronto Toros.

Leit winger Bobby ‘Hull,
one of three Jets who soored
twice in a 9-6 win over
Houston Aeros Sunday night,
wasn't aware Winnipeg had

surpassed the NHL record
until he waa told of it after

the game.
“That's fantastic," . said

‘Hull. ‘Now I'm elated.”

also became a part-

Hull
-awner of the club Saturday

when he joined seven other
businessmen who purchased
the team from the public
owsership group.
note urchase was .an-
I by Bob Graham,
one of the new owners, who
named the others
Hull,oDr. Gerry Wilson,
Harvey Secter, John
Shanski, brothers Barry and
Marvin Shenkarow and
Michael Gabuoty.
WHALERS BEAT Ovens
In other WHA

Sunday, New England edged

Edmonton Qilers. 65 and
Indianapolis Racers beat
Birmingham Bulls ¢-3.

On Saturday, Quebec Nor--
diques beat Indianapolis 7-5
and Birmingham defeated
Cincimmatl Stingers 7-3.

Rookie Kent Nilsson and
UIE Nilsson also had two

as.

THE HERALD, Tuesday, February 28, 1978, PAGE 5

Jets’ streak at
15 games

goals each for the Jets in a
loosely-played match. John
Gray: had three goals for
Houston.

Winni is 12 points in
front of second-place New
England.

The Jets lost starting
goaltender Joe Daley in the
second after he made
a glove save off a point-blank
‘drive. Daley suffered a
fractured bone in his cat-
ching hand and was replaced
by Gary Bromley.

At Edmonton, the Oilers
Mounted a strong third:
period rally. outshonting

New England 1¢4 with Bill
Fiett, Mike Zuke and Plerre
Guite scoring, but the
comeback fell short.

The Whalershad built a 6-2
lead in the first 40 minutes
with Mike Antonovich
scoring twice in the first
period, Gordie Howe, who
asalsied on both goals by
Antonovich, also scored his
26th of the season.

Peter Driscoll led the

- Racers with two goals while

goalie Eddie. Mio made 33
saves in the Indianapolis
nets.

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