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THE HERALD

the herald

MARK

SPORTS

HAMILTON 635-6357

Centennials make strong bed for

» ‘The ‘Terrace Centennals kept
‘their hopes alive in their dash
‘for fourth place in the Pacific
*North West Hockey League's
‘west division Sunday night as
“they banded the Kitimal Cohoes
<an82 shellacing, Paced by hat

. Strieks from Dave Sharpe and
- “Mike Fynn the Cents overcame

“the Cohoes altack after a

“scoreless first period of play.
3 In the Cenls other two

Sweekend games, they lost 7-5 10
“the Kitimat Eagles and 63 {0

the Smithers Totems,

The single win still leaves the
Cents in the basement of the
division bul their mathematical
chances of finishing in the ©
fourth and last play-off spot are
goad. They Have six games
remaining, lwo mere than the
Cohves, and they are only five
points back of the Kitimat in-
lermediate.jeam. II's going ta
be a ‘ough , close race.

In their only Friday night

me of the year, the Cenls ell
behind § goal to 2-in the first
‘period and never quite made it
‘back. Mike Fynn slartedthe the
‘ball retling after only 1:03 when
‘he scered the [first of several
_udd geals, He raced in on the
“right wing and let goa shot that

‘some how trickled through
Jerome Kellar's leg pads and
‘barely made il over the goal
“line, Grant Konopki drew an.
sasgist on the play.

« The first period was filled
ywith penallies -34 minutes inall

*. atid the first* went to the
2Eagle's Brian Hamilton at 2:28

*or elbuwing. A minute later

“Dave Sharpe joined him on an

interference call and when the |
Eagles returned to full slrength
ihey made it pay off.

Pau! Zenuk snapped a wrist
shol from twenty feet oul thal
beal Dyck highon his glove side
lo tie the score, .

Al 5:41 McRae and Dennis
Gaehring exchanged slashes
und were ‘sent off and then at -
7:49 Kim Cook was sent off for
kneeing. a ‘

‘Things: were yuiel for a
minulé. or. wo until | Matry

Davidson wee" caught slashing
and rather than fire up the.”

Cents, the power play seemed to
break the Eagle's inerlia. Les
Condon and Jerry Smith broke
out two on one, Smith got away
ashot and Condon banged in the
rebound for the gu uhead gual.
‘he Cenis got that goal back
twenly-twa seconds later when
_ Darey Galven took a long hard
shut thal Kellar kicked out. The
puck hil the boards back of the
net, bounced out front an slid
inte the gual off Kellar’s slick.
Then, within ose: minule six
perallies were handed out, At
‘is Mike Fynn and Gord
Cochrane drew high slicking
penalties und Eagle's. John
‘McRae und Chris Bode joined
‘them, MeRue for slashing and
‘ Bode for charging. At 11:55
Kim Caok gol Iwo for a high
slick and Bill Riley drew
‘another ten minute mis--
“conduct, With the teams
‘playing four aside the icc
* surface looked awfully big.
Kitimal went ahead again al
"13:59 when John McRae look a
*pass from ‘Linderbach and
-vanverted it lo a rising slap shot
(hal went through Dyck’s legs.

“pveh. stormed olf the ice -

“Tollowing that goal, and Doug
Forbes was sent in,

» The Exgles lost Terry
Marquart al the 14:18 mark
"when he wus assessed a grass
‘misconduct by referee Pat
Hayes, Marquar! was skaling
ano the Cenls corner after the
" puck when a high stick caughl
- him in the mouth and brake two
of his teeth . He continued
ground behind the nel and
* gullapsed In front of Pat Mayes.
' When Ilayes bent aver to sec
whal was happening, Marquart
+ sal up and shoved him away.
« drawing the misconduct,
_ Dennis Gaehring whe ended.
‘the first period with a high
slicking penally, started the
secund wih a gualal 7:03, Dave
“ Sharpe won a face-olf deep in
the Eagles Zone, Gaehring 100k
_ the puck and bounced a sho! into
" the goal off Kellar's glave.
‘Two minules later, with Khim
Cook off for throwing an In-
- disercle elbow, Bill Riley
geabhed (ha puck, rushed the

fourth with

" Mike ys - Six dival Weekond

length of the ice whirled behind
the Cents nel and stiffed the
puck in the corner.

Although the puck didn’t quite
make it across the goal line.
Paul Zenuk was on the doorstep.
and he pushed it hame,

Al 15:48 both teams were.
playing a man short, when
Riley repealed the feal, this
lime taking a pass from Bob
Drover, skating up ice and
flipping the disk through:
Forbes’ legs. . .

‘The Cenlennials got one of Ihe
goal back at’16:03 when Nelson

- Siockwell came up wilh his

most impressive effort of (he
season, He was set-up by Hal
Papke and silenced whatever
criticghe may have with a great
move at the Eagles’ blue-line.
He continued in on goal and beat
Kellar for the counter,

Whereas the first period had.
been marred with penalties, he
second was good end lo end
hockey with both teams giving
everything they had. The third
was even better,

Al 8:09 mark of the period
Bob Drover left the ice for
delaying game ‘and the Cents
capatilized on the power play.
Grant Konopki fed a pass to
Mike Fynn al the point, Fynn
plasted'a shol at Kellar and
Perry Slensland managed totip
the puck up enough to beal the
sprawling Eagle nel minder,

11 was anybodies game and, if
nol for two defensive errors, [he
Cents might have closed the gap
on the Cohoes.” .

At 10/17 Marty Davidson
broke in across the Cenls blue-
line, drawing both defensemen
io him and leaving Ernie
Marquart wide open for a pass.
Which he took and converted 1o
the tie-breaking goal. :

Al 12:07 Bil Riley look the
qaick in the corner lo Frebes
righ! and again \wo defensemen
wentafler him. Riley threw the:
puck oat Tront where John
MeRue was waiting all alone
with enough time to write a
book, He didn'l, He scored. -

os BATEMDAS NIGAIE ‘ :

Saturday night the Cents

bested the Smithers Tetems twa
goals to one over the first iwo
periods and then fell .apart
aigalist the powerful offense of
ibe west division's frst place
leam and dropped lhe maich 6-
a. , .

Mike Fynn was the lecal hero,
scuring two of the Cents Ihree
goals, Hig first, at-4:56 of ihe
first period, stood for the first
period, although near the end of
the frame Gerry Dyck was
talled on to make some. good

saves.as the Tulems pressed.

Fynn was sem off for in-
terference with twelve seconds
ieft in the period bul the Cents
didn't slart. the second as
Ihough they were a man shert,.
killing the penalty with relative
ease. ‘Then al 4:06, nearly a
period after Fynn's' opening
goal, the Potems got il back and
tied the score when Ted Gibson
stole the puck from a Cents
defenseman and set up the tyin
marker, me

The game remained ved
throughout most of the second
until with twelve seconds left
Hal Papke ‘ouk a pass from
Perry Siensland and blasted a
sho in on goal, The. rebound
ame ant td Mike Fynn who
sevred his secend of the night
and once ugain gave the Cents
the lead, ;

) seemed inevitable thal a
raum with the strength of rhe
‘Torems would. come buck and
they did, After only 1:41 of the

final frame they had tied the

score and then three goals in
less Than (wo minules pul Ue
game, out of reach. Chartrand
seared wt 2:19, Lychak al 9:05
and Maore at 9:05,

The fans expected d come
back elfart (ram ihe Cents and
they nied... Demis Gaerhing
seored Ihy Cons (inal goal just
atter the mid-way mark in He
period but at 1645 it was all
over ae the ‘Totes seared their
sixth topat theenp on the game,

Near the end of the game
wmpers flared between a
‘totem ond Darey Calvan,
several ather Conts got iinio: the
pletase and Uhit was it Galvan
and the Smither's player each
received a Bunt nilseonduct

while Mike Fyan and Kim Cook:

picked up ten minutes cach,
After the game had ended
several of the Terrace *huckey
fans’ pul on.a showwhen they
iried (o get al referee Len
‘Trudeau ashe tried to leave the
ice, spuiling the evening for the
peuple thal had come jo wateha
jockey game. ;

The. period, ended’
. .Censiip 4-1 andin contra! of
Kame,

SUNDAY NIGHT

Sunday night the Cents,
showed that lhe two weekend
losses had been earned by thelr
opponents and that they want
thal fourth playoff spol as they
hammered the Kitimal Cohoes
82, The game was rough and
tumble with twenty-four
minules: in penallies assessed
the [wo teams by referee Pal
Hayes.

The teams played a score less
first period with good end to
end, wide open, hockey action
and then the Cenls look over in
the second, using their speed
and offensive punch lo over-
come the positional play of the
Cuhoes. ‘ ‘ :

Dave Sharpe scored his first
of the night al 2:43 while the
leams played a man short, He
tipped a bouncing puck into the
nel alter a fet shot from-Darey
Galvon had been stopped.

The Cohoes gat that goal back |

rfour.minules later with Jim
Sloan firing the disk into (he net
after picking up a rebound olf
the back boards. Gerry Dyck,
who played well in the game,
couldn’! get across ihe crease
last eruugh to stop the geal.

The play continued fas! and

end 1a: end unlil 16:43 when.

Dave Sharpe split the game
wide open wilh his second goal.
Taking a° pass: from. Demis
Gaehring, Sharpe blasted the:
puck just inside the Cohoes goal
post, a beautiful shol and the
poal thal turned ‘the game

- ground.

Al 17:27 Mike Fynn took a
pass from Hal Papke - and
squeezed a back hand in bet-
ween the goal Jender and {he

post. and. then thirly seconds |

laver Fynn had his second of the
game on a-slap from the blue
fine, Al that point the Cohoes
changed goal lenders. -

with the

It took the local boys almost
four minutes to- add to, their
lead, Dennis Gaerhing scoring
from Darey Galvon and Gord
Cachrane on a three on one
break away, giving the Cents a
i lead. , ;

Dave Sharpe - A Great Gane

At #28 flashes of Saturday
night and come backs enlered
ihe crowds heads as Tony
Harmel and Tommy Farrow

capilalized on a sloppy Terrace:

defense and scored.” .

Boyd McMasters pul any
thougius of a come back from

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the Cohoes minds minute later
as he picked up the puck aitera
defenseman had blocked a shot
from Mike Fynn and scored the
-Cents sixth goal. ’

Dave Sharpe rounded out his
hat-trick with eight minules to
go when he was set up behind
the Cohoes nel with passes [rom
Kim Cook and ‘Mike Fynn.
Dave shot the puck out front, it
hit Ernie Windsor’s skate and
wound up in the net, The goal
marked ao hat-trick for. Dave,
well-deserved as he was the
best Cent-on the ice Sunday
night, :

_ The Cents played two men
Short for a minute and held off

, the Cohoes ard then, with one

minuie and eight seconds left,

ltab Tremer - Lost For Season?

Mike Fynn finished his hat-trick,
as he and Darcy Galvon broke-
gut. ‘ Guivon, who looked.
lack lustre for much of the
game played il right this time, .
feeding Fyan a pass aut front,
wilh the whole net [0 shoot al.

With he win combined with a
Cohves win agains! Prince

Rupert Friday nigh!, the teams ~

posilions are the same, the
Cents five points back with Iwo
games in hand. . .

To 1ake the fourth and final
play-off spot there will be some
Tough opposition for the Cents to

2... knock alr”, Next ‘weekend
Lahey re; in, Kitna (-againal:the -
-* Bagles® and “the “Co

t bes and
then’ on the second and third
hey are back in Terrace
agains! the Smither’s Tatems
for Iwo gumes. .

The Cents will also have 'o
knock off the Prince Ruperl
Halibut Kings, a fea! they've
managed only once (his year,

As for the team-health, the
‘eam that played Sunday was
definitely heallhy . and put
together a good game, despite
lhe absence of some key
players. Bob Peeblesis still out
with a broken. collar bone.

“Dallas Ellerby is, in- Calgary,
wilh torn Knee ligaments and
Bob Bremmer left Terrace
following Saturday's game wilt:
‘gn over-active pancreas:.- He
saw limiléd action in lhe lwo
games ‘prior |o his deparlure.

and in Friday's encounter was

as pale as his sweater.
Fourth, place? .

Mathematically the chance:
are good, in reality it'llbe a long
uphill fight, The Cents arc
geared for it and, win or. lose
- they'll give their best.

'

Digintod

on a eae Ye nn om oe ey

, TERRACE, B.C.

t

A delegation from the
Terrace Downtown Lions Club
a appeared before the Dictrict
of Terrace
Rio receive permission to go
A ahead with a proposed $40,000
Tennis Court development
project on the present Terrace
B Civic Center area.

The Downtown Lions plan to
construct three asphalt courts
onland on Kalum Street south

of the road going up lo the

Arena.
completely fenced in and
provisions have been made to
light them for night tennis if
there is a demand for this
convenience. Plans also in-
clude the expansion, in -the
future, to. provide
volteyball courts in the same
area. .
- The construction costs will
be assumed by the Downtown
Lions and the facility will be
turned over to. the
Municipality for operation and
maintenance once it has been
completed. Much of the
labour ‘involved will be un-
dertaken by the Lions.

In addition to financing by

Local referees quit

[DOWNTOWN
LIONS TO BUILD -
COURTS

Municipal Ceurcil ”

The courts will be —

twa -

_of the list were organizations

the Lions, it is hoped that the §
Club will be successful inj
obtaining a one third grant fro
m the Provincial Recreation
Facility Fund, It is hoped that
the courts will be available for
play by the end of this . year.
The City Engineer, Chuck
Gale, undertook soil tests in
the area and has assured civic
officials that it is feasible to
construct asphalt courts in the
‘area. .
Mayor Gordon Rowland told
the delegation that it was
initiatives such as (this thal
made an elected officials job a
pleasure. He said if it had not
been for the community’s
service clubs, Terrace would
not be enjoying Ihe excellent
facilities il now boasts of.
‘The Mayor added that he
had been erroniously credited
with accomplishing most of
the recreation development
during ihe last election
campaign. He made it clear
thal many people were in-
volved in this and at the head

such as ihe. Terrace Down-
town Lions.

because of fans

The future of hockey in
Terrace, as far as officiating is
concerned, seems to be in doubt
al the moment, Shortly before
guing to press the Herald
learned that Pat Hayes and Len

Trudeau, who have handled ,

PNWHL games in Terrace
throughout the season, have
decided not lo referee any more
games. Pat said he -would
continue as a linesman and Len
was not available for comment.

Centennials was their
which both Gerry and

‘Nats.

_ stand oul

- The situation arises from last.

The highlight of last weekend’s action for the Terrace
8-2 win
Dennis turned in fine performances.
Dennis notched a goal to bring his total for the weekend la
three, while Gerry Lured in perhaps his strongest game. of
the yea r between the pipes for the Cenls.*- a

Gerry.was born 17 years ago in Penticton, but played all his,
minor hockey in’ Smithers. y
league, Gerry returns for his second season in the P.N.-
WILL; the first being three yents ago with.the Smithers

Dennis, on the other hand hafls from Lethbridge, Alberta.
He has played all his hockey In Calgary currently makes his

“home there in the off-season. .
AL 6'L" and 185 pounds; De
weigh! around and his agetes

ennis 18 not a fraid to throw bis
ive style of play has made hima
wil with the Cents this-year. ,...! ‘

weekend when a handful of
spectalors in the Terrace Arena
pul on a disquieling show,
irying (o get al referee Len
‘Trudeau for imagined hurls he
had done the Centennials and
their fans.

This means the league will
have to make arrangements lo
ensure (hat officials for the
Centennials remaining home
games are available and at the
Terrace Arena. :

‘Dennis. —
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Gerry’:
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finals

songs

sy
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Sherry Anderson of the
Verrace Budminton Club will
iavel to Port Alberni this
weekend ol compete in the
Provincial B.C. Winter Festival
ef Sports Badminton Tour-
nament.

Sherry won the right to travel
fo the Provincial! cham-

-pionships last- weekend in

Kitimat when she kriocked off
Linda Smallenterg to capture
the Ladies Singles even! in the
zone finals held in Kitimal.
In the men’s singles Ernie
Smalenberg.of Kitimat beat out
the Terrace entry, Bill Chudyk.
_Inthe ladies doubles it was also

\THeres |
| AGOOD TIME |
CONTING!

|to provincial

'

a Kitimat team, this time Linda
Smallanherg and Ann Janzen -
beating out Sherry Andersen
and Pat Kenney of Terrace in
ihe final game. The men’s
doubles saw Ray Flaherly and
GordClent ‘of Terrace lost out
(o Ernie Smallenberg and Owen
Choplan also of Kitimat. In the
mixed doubles it was - you
guessed - Ernie and Linda
Smallenberg but not without a
sliff fight from Sherrry An-
darson and Ray Flaherty. | |
Each of the event winners will
travel to ‘the provincial finals.

Elementary,
gymnasts —
meet here

A regional elementary school
gymnastics meet. featuring
teams: from Kitimat .and
Terrace will lake. place
tomorrow (Thursday) at
Clarence Michiel School.

“The meet, which gels under
way al 7:p.m. on-that school’s
gym, is an ‘apparatus’ meet?
where enirants will compete on
the balance beam only...

All spectators are welcome lo °
‘allend the meet, - v

Choose your favourile Festival of Sports events
and plan to attend during the a,

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ibruary 4 .

Weekend/February 1,2,3 |

FORT ST. JOHN “MUKLUK RENDEZVOUS"
Fab. 1-3. BURNS LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL. |
Fab. 1-10. VERNON WINTER GAANIVAL Feb. ° |
1-10. BADMINTON Port Alberni Feb. 2,3. _
BASKETBALL Armstrong Feb. 2,3; Victoria “os
Feb. 7,2. BOWLING Dawson Creek Jan. Bt;
Nanalmo Feb. 4. CURLING Cloverdale Feb. 2;
Cranbrook Feb. 3, 4, 5, 6; Fernie Feb. 2, 3;
‘Mackenzie Feb..2, 3; Vernon Feb. 2; 3, 7, 8, .
-9, 10, FENCING Vancouver Feb. 2, 3. : a -
GYMNASTICS Kelowna Feb. 3, HOCKEY

_ Vancouver Feb.'1, 2; Vernon Feb, 1, 2,:3. ; ;
ICE BOAT RAGING South Okanagan Feb. 2, 3.:
MOTORCYCLE RACING-INDOOR Cloverdale.
Feb. 2. MARKSMANSHIP Burriaby Feb. 2, 3.

. RUGBY Vancouver Feb. 2. SKIING Chetwynd- .
Chetwynd Ski Hill Feb. 10; Courtenay-
Forbidden Plateau Feb. 3; Fairmont Hot .
Springs-Fairmont Mountain Feb, 2; Fruitvale"
Beaver Valiey Feb. 2, 3; Kathloops-Tod ~

_ Mouniain Feb. 2, 3; Mission-Hemlack Valley

‘feb, 3: Osoyoos-Mt Baldy Feb. 1, 2; Prince .

George-Tabor Mountain Feb, 3; Revelstoke-
Nels Nelsen Ski Jump Feb. 3;
Mount Mackenzié Feb. 9, 10; Rossland-Red
Mountain Jan. 30, 31; Taylor-Big Bam Feb. 3;
Vancouver-Seymour Mountain Feb. 9, 10;.
Varnon-Silver Star Feb. 2,3. SLEO DOG _.

‘l- RACES Fort St. John Feb. 2, 3. SNOWMOBILE

Revelstoke-

RACING Nelson Feb. 9, 10; Prince George

Feb. 2, 3. SQUASH Vancouver Feb. 7, 2,3."
SWIMMING Coquitlam Feb. 2; Vernon Feb. 2,-°».
3, 6, 7. SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING Port
Alberni Feb. 2, 3. TABLE TENNIS Vancouver
.Feb.2, 3. TRACK AND FiELD Burnaby Feb. 9.
WATER POLO Victoria Feb. 2. : ; ‘
WEIGHTLIFTING New Westminster Feb. 2, 3°

JANUARY 17 lo
FEBRUARY 4, 1974

Pick upa
“Schedule of Events”
at any

Bank of Commerce
branch or

BCAA olfice In
British Columbia

“os
| Caner

ot i

BRITISH COLUITMIBIA
FESTIVALOF
WINTER -
SPORTS |

y hoveran by the
overnment of British Columbia
s 4 Department of. Travel Industry m
Hon. Ernest Hail, Minister ;

and ihe B.C, Sports Federation

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