m Every ‘gambler. knows the
m™ secret to. ‘success. ia

mm knowisig how. to play your .
ards, ;

: riton. oilers coach
ga Glen): Sather . ‘likes’. to
| gamble in: the Playoffy:but
e he. played his cards wrong

: last sorta. He’ engaged in

guess when or whether
New. York .. Islanders’
walking. wounded will be
able”.to play against
Edmonton Oilers in the
National. Hockey League
Stanley Cup final, but with
replacements . like Gord
Dineen and Paut Boutilier
the situation doesn't seem
urgent, |

It's called depth and it’s
an Islanders hallmark.

‘Thanks to years of in-
telligent drafting, and a
farm aystein ” which nsr-
‘tures “new ‘players, the
Islanders appear . not to
have rookies, just young
regulars, ©
. Pat-. Fiatley, the
Canadian’ Olympian, has
as many. playoff goals as
‘seasoned ‘forward Mike
Bossy and has-been as
tough in the corners as any
‘of the Islanders grinders.

‘Pat LaFontaine, an
Ameyjcén . Olympic star,
scored .13 goals in 15
regular-season games and
had six playoff points
before he, “too, jolned the
Islanders. lengthy injury
list.’

That. list includes for-

verbal sparting with New
York goalie Billy Smith
and the Islanders turned it
to thelr advantage . and
_—. 5wept the Stanley Cup final
in fox games, -

“That was a garable,”
Sather said of | the
psychological ploy ‘last
. year, “We thought we

wards Bob Bourne and Bob
Nystrom, both with knee
injuries, and defencemen

Dave Langevin and Stefan .

Persson, who are both
recovering from separated
left shoulders,

Boutilier played in two
playoff games Jast season,
while Dineen is seeing his
‘first NHL playoff action.

“When Stefan and Dave
got injured we. were
worried,” said veteran
Islanders —_ defencertian
Tomas Jonsson.
when we saw ‘how: those
two guys played, we knew
we'd have no problem.
They've been auper.” |

Despite. their’ relative
youth, Bouter and
Dineen have been brought
along in stages, ‘in the
Islanders tradition.

Boutilier, the 2ist pick in
the 1982 entry draft, played
29 «regular-season NHL
games last year. but split
his time between the
Islanders ‘and their
Indianapolis farm team
this season.

Dineen played a full
season ‘with Indianapolis
last year but 43 NHL

games games this year.
As a junior, for Sher. ©

Terrace runner Ron Allen (No.425) crosses the.
finish line in Sunday’s running of the Van-—
couver International marathon. Allen finished
349th In a time of 3:05:20. Other local par-

National Hockey. League

; Edmonton Oilers didn't

give them advance notice
that the Western Hockey
League. club was going on
the trading block.

"I was shocked,” Gary
Codper, president of a
group that owns-30 per cent
of the Tier One junior
team, saitl Monday. “They
should have told us. We did
not need a surprise.”

Edmonton. Oilers, who
own70’ per cent of the
Kamldops “franchise,
notified’ Cooper on
Saturday that the minority
shareholders had 90 days
to match a $360,000 offer
from. a Swift Current,
Sask., group to buy the
club.

Cooper. said John Black:
well, Edmonton’s director
of junlor operations, had
given no hint a sale was
being negotlated.

“We have always
thought’ that as a: good
partner they would give us
as much time as possible.”

Kamloops won the
WHL's. Weatern . Division
champlonship this year but

trail Eastern Division |

champion, Regina Pats 3-2
" In the best-of-seven league
champlonship.

f

, Oilers’
minority shareholders are.
angry ...that ; ‘the parent ™..

x Ty)

nh

’ “But -

could distract bin’ but our
team. wasn't.
enough to Set away with it.

-“It’ seemed ‘to’ distract
ow team, it didn’t work.

' We've got ta do something

different this year. oes
'iSather wasn't saying

what that wouldkbe ‘but he -

‘knows ‘Something will be

mature .

needed it the Ollers are to
‘knock | off. the. four-time:
National Hockey .League.
champions in the; Stanley _
Cup =s final -
Thursday in Uniondale,
NY. -

If the Cilers are to. win

Glen Sather | likes to.

EDMONTON (CP). =

fifth straight, several
“pings have to change, _

. The Oilers must find a
“way to stop the Islanders
from scoring early and
“they: have to halt their 10-
game losing streak againat

their first Stanley Cup. and:,:, lew York. In addition,.

prevent the Islanders from:

ley will have to get thelr

~ Winning. a ecordtiying - powerplay back into high

, depth pays off

brooke and Saint-Jean of

‘ the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey. League, Boutilier
was ‘the ‘kind. of defen-
ceman who ‘controlled ‘the
game,

A strong, swilt skater
with _a.-booming shot,
Boutilier scored 80 points
in his final full year of

_ Junior and was a mainstay

‘on the gold-medal winning

Team Canada at the World

‘dunior : championships . -in
1982. .

“T’m used to playing on
the power play and killing
penalties; used to that
responsibility so it’s a. big
change, it's like there’s a
big hole, like you're
missing something. "

un the
defencemen - are - first
expected ' to be able to
defend, in the manner of
Arbour, a classic stay-at-

' home type during his NHL

playing days; a

To learn how {o stay at
home, the | Islanders
recruits are sent down to

_the farm,

These days, Arbour: and
Islanders general

Islanders, |

manager Bill-Torrey. only ©

have good things to say
about Dineen
Boutilier.
Arbour had little to aay,
good or bad, about his
injured players after the
Islanders’ ‘workout on
Monday:

- TCHL Meeting

Due toa lack of attendance at the April 25 meeting the |

and ;

'

* Mats Hallin, who had a
- Shoulder separation, is
“ready to play, as is Anders.
 Kallur, checked to the ice
“heavily by Craig Ludwig in
“Game 6 of the Prince of
“Wales Conference final

~ against - Montreal
“Canadiens.
’ LaFontaine’s right ankle

- 4s still tender, but he also Gay .

‘played in Game 6 of the

Montreal series and: is

J expected to start against .

* Edmonton,

The Islanders

10 meetings and

of 15 games.

Tn the Stanley Cup final

"last season, the’ Islanders

‘swept the Oilers and held ii
the game’s most awesome

“scorer, Wayne Gretzky, to

Terrace Commercial hockey league will hold another °
general meeting, Wednesday, May 9th at 9 p.m. in the

arena Banquet room.

The league urges all interested’ people, ‘including

players and non-players, to attend.

_ The league is looking to expand the executive and make am
some other, key decisions including ice ime, fund rdising .

and preparation for next year's éxecutive at this meeting.
If you are interested and‘cannot attend the meeting,

contact Dave Mallett, at 635-5697 or Dave Hamilton at 635-

3493,

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MISTAKES EARLY

The Oilers are aware of
New York's ability to score
early and often against

‘them and they’ve worked
_on trying to eliminate.the |

early mistake that usually:
gives the Islanders the
scoring opportunity,

. And. they've worked
extra hours on the
powerplay during ‘their

‘layoff that will extend to

nine days by Thursday.

The Herald, Tuesday: May 8, 1984, rey ‘

— last ‘Tuesday, completing a

four-game sweep of
Minnesota North Stars.

That leaves Gretzky, the
current playoff scoring
leader with 28 points.

“Of course I have to
score,” admits Gretzky,
who had 87 goals during
the regular season. “And'I
will score. I'll take the
pressure off.

*My responsibility is to
score but it’s ridiculous to
say If I- score five goals
we'll win the Stanley Cup.
If we lose I'm the goat, I

Edmonton _
Campbell Conference title -

; have §

.. beaten the Oilers in their iim

“s Jast ee
“haven't lost to Edmonton Sm -
’ since Dec. 13, 1982, a span fee

won ‘the
that.”

’ know that. It's as simple as

gamble in playoffs —

The lenithy layoff has -
-enabled defenceman
Charlie Huddy to recover
from a slight shoulder
separation that kept him |
out of the Minnesota series
and the last two games of
the Smythe Division series
ageinst Calgary Flames.

The Oljlers open on the
road — Thursday and
Saturday in Long Island —
since the Wales Con-
ference had the better
seasonal record against
the Campbell Conference.
Games 3, 4, and, ° if
necessary, § will be
Edmonton next week.

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