ia thelr. . previous four

“> -Batde of'New. York playoff °

a ~" meetings,’ ‘the: .homie-Ice:

~ King ~~ sald.
particularly impressed with...
their offence and the way.

advantage has. meant‘ ]ittle
to the ‘Rangers. and, Jélan-
. . ders,’ This y

ferent, 00 of. '

» it's dif-

: From: 1075-82,

League * playolf
againat their big-city rivale,
with the Rangers winning
only In 1979; In those four
meetings, the.vislting team’

 haa-won 12 games. ‘-

The best-of-seven Patrick
Division final series this
year, tied 2-2 with the home
team winning — all four

games, moves back ‘to’ the .
: Islanders” Nagsau ‘Coliseum :
~ for the ‘fifth game tonight.» .
“The Islanders are hoping to. °.

~) their fourth * _ consecutive

Stanley Cup.

the a

. “ suburban ‘Islanders have. .
'- won: three. Natlonal Hockey

series

“At this time of year, It's.
not really where you play,”

. Rangers coach Herb Brooks. -

sald..‘‘The home lee can be
overrated.
“It's. just‘ a matter of

executing your game," he -

added. ‘We've got to Jind a
way to - steal one over
there. il}

The other three NHL
division final series also
resume tonight. a

~ Ranger-Isle series. ‘different :

- Calgary Flames, trailing ©

#1, are at Edmonton, Oilers,
‘Chicago = Black *.’ Hawks;.
‘leading 3-1, ‘play host to |
get back on-track: toward -**Miimésota North Stars and °
* Buffalo - Sabres’ ‘are’ ate
Boston against: ‘the:. Brunt.
: ‘with the series ted 2-2. .-

The’ Rangers, ‘supported

by a sell-out crowd of 17,302.
at Madison Square Garden -
on Monday night, evened’

their serles with ‘a 3-1-vie-
tory. While Brooks ‘and
Islanders coach Al. Arbour
played down the home-ice
angle, many of the players
said it's had an effect, ©

~ “It lan't supposed to make
that - much difference,”

Team Canada trounced by
strong Soviet team.

DORTMUND, West.

Germany (CP) — Soviet .
coach Victor Tikhonov was: ...

diplomatic Tuesday. in his
assessment. of
Canada after his defending

champions had burled the.

Canadians 6-2 at the world

. hockey championship.

"Tam happy the

' Canadian team had some
new things ‘to show us,” -

Tikhoriov sai through an
interpreter, ‘That forced us
to find some. new WBYB to

. play. HW

Asked “what the new
things were, Tikhonov
replied: “There are no new
things, but many different
things.’

‘What Nkhonov was kind

enough not to say, Canadian

head coach Dave King did.

“The, Soviet team is as
strong as {'ve ever seen It,”
"LT was

their ~ plgyers make
ys decielong, |

yminated almost

"every aspect of the game:

- Team |

at a tomsstand
for only

and were certainly ‘the
better team."

Right
Vasiliev and left winger

Sergei Makarov scored two

goals each for the Soviets,
who also got goals’ from
Vladimir ‘ Krutov, Helmut

Balderis, Igor Larlonov and .

Alexander Maltsev. :

The Soviets led 4-1 after
the firat period and 6-2 after
40 minutes,

First -period, -. high: .

-stleking penalties to James .

Patrick, Scott Stevens and
Darry] Sittler helped the

Russians grab the early:

lead, :

Dennis Maruk and Sittler
scored the goals far Canada
which, except for a five
minute span late in the.
second period, was hard-

‘pressed to keep. track of |

where the Soviets were

; taking the ptick,
The Soviets - outshot
Canada 17-10 inthe opening. .

period, 10-4 in the third and
‘held a . 37-25 advantage
overall,

Vladimir Myshkin got the

winger Michail”

victory in’ the Soviet net,

while . Rick . Wamsley,
named Canada’s. most
valuable player in the

game, took he loss.

The Soviet Union . and
Czechoslovakia are the only
undefeated teams In the
elght-country _ tournameni,
each with 20 records,

‘Czechoslovakia kept pace

with the Soviets with a 4-1
victory earlier Tuesday

over Sweden at Dusseldorf,

Sweden and —West

Germany are tled with 2-1

marks after West Germany
stunned Finland 4-3.

‘Canada © and : Bast

Germany, which defeated

Italy 8-1 Tuesday, are. 1-2,

Finland and Italy ‘are .

winteas after: three games,
The Canadians have a day

off ‘today before playing:

Czechoslovakia -. on
Thursday and the Finns on
Friday. © 2
. The top four
advance to the medal round
and Canada needs a victory
in one of its next two games

. to make It. .

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Beck. sald,
“eertainiy. hag !

teams —

Rangers’ captain ‘Barry: i
“But for, ‘us it a

+ Islanders: captain’ Denis.

. Potvin sald: “Our: belng | al.
home Wilhe | an advantage!

“For them, it will bea

. major victory if they beat us
‘in our building: -

The Islanders, who will ba

at home :for the seventh

game-if the series goes that
far, stand to benefit {rom a
continuation of the home ce’
pattern. : Thé. Rangers not

only h have to'win at least one
game at Nassau Coliseum,

but ~ the. opposition ' also
would ‘have’ the. home-i¢e
advantage if the Rangers
progress . further. In- the

playoffs. ;
’ Calgary, facing: aa
elimination ~ agalnet>

Edmonton, beat the Oilers
&-5°on Monday “night; but
facea an uphill battle.”
“They showed ui a lol of *
heart and character : for:
contig back,” said ‘Oilers -.

centre Wayne Gretrky, wha’.

. had four goals and three:

assists for ‘an- NHL slngle-

game playoff -record “of:
seven points as Edmonton:

won the third game: 1¢2,
"They obviously’ sat: ‘down: -
and analyzed what they dl
wrong. _

Chicago took a SL lead.

Pizza Patio jn Terrace. -

each player -on’- the. “team: with
; ” medallions : recognizing : ‘their: jnter-
city league victory in the playaffs, and
spacial awards were also: given to:
‘several players for outstanding -
. Individual efforts . or: aghleyements

during the season.

Shane Maltland was giver tl the most
valuable. . ‘player, award, While. top

‘The All dein pee ‘wee’ > pup: ‘rep
hockey team’s séagon ended-Sunday
ght with, an awards: dinner : “at the -

Flynn,

: ny honors'y ‘went to Matt silad
Dale ‘Orton ‘got’ the best. defenceman,
‘trophy, Lane Fredericks waa; picked
: as best forward and Rick: Dhami was”
“Coaches Dale Mason and La-Verne the: team a ‘moat. ‘sportamantibe “
- Fredericks: were-on. hand to ‘present: oy
° Most. liaproved nlayer: on: the’ mi
- Wad given to. goaltender Ron Bee, and.
best fan‘ support honors went: to. Tom:

Best hustler on the. team wats Davey .
Jones, most team spirit award went to
Ritchie Plattoni, best forechecker was-
Rhat, Gibson, best backchecker was.
alvan Laschenko, the big game allstar

award,

slick,

Brace award was given to Bee. Dar
* Bloklikovits: was given the he nae

Team . Captain ‘Maitland ‘prenenied
‘-the coaches with: carved. ‘argilite
placques in appreciation. tor ‘thelr
efforts, and team matager. Bob Bee:
was given a Blue- Mountain’ hockey
“pshtray for his hard. work, Coaches
Mason and Fredericks: : were also
given t-shiris by. assistant” “captains
“Dale Orton and Lane. Fredericks,

Ran Bee alao got art: autographed

sogih s

Bird snatches win from Hawks

Just when Allanta, Hawks

were on the verge of an:.
” upset victory, ‘Larry’ Bird .

snatched it away for Boston
Celtles, -

“You could see for a time

that: they got the smell of

Victory,” Kevin McHale of

the Celtics sald of Atlanta's

85-B1 lead ‘midway through -

the fourth ‘quarter: Tuesday °

night of the opening game of
thelr National. Basketball
Association _ “ininl-series:

. playoff series, “They. were -

‘like wolves smelling blood."
“But Bird scored eight of

his 26 polnts in the final ms .

over Minnesota.on“Monday  -

night by coming back from
a 3-0 defielt to.win 4-3. in
overtime one goal by, Rich
Preston.

it was the Black ‘Hawks’

first victory at’ Minnesota -

“Boston has come back
twice to te its serles with
Buffalo after the Sabred.
took one-game. leads, but if
the Brulns fall behind again,

~ “we're in trouble,” Boston

centre Barry Pederson said.
“But° we don't want to
think about that,” Pederson

Bald. ‘We want everything

to be positive from the first

shift fo the last shift."

baseball's

‘snowstorm . to help
: ‘Orioles beat Texas Rangers,
a >

minutes and Quinn Buckner
hit three long jumpers to

rally the Celiles to a 109-05

victory in the opener of. their
. best-of-three: ‘Eastern

. Conference series, |

Western
playoffs,

~ Th the.
Conference ~‘

: Phoenix. Suns beat Denver.

Nuggets 121-108 for a 10
lead .in. thelr’ ‘mini-series.

~ Tonight, New York Knicks
are at New. Jersey Nets in

the Eastern Conference and
Portland Trail Blazers are
at Seattle SuperSonics in the
Weatern Conference,

- Buckner tied the score for

Spilman’ s homer.
beats old team >

_‘Tt-was only nis second hit:
‘of the: season, so Houston

pinch-hitter Harry Spilman”

wasn't expecting: & miracle, *
But one out: short of -
another Houston - oss;
Spilman hita fat. apt from

‘weather.

It was freezing around

a American’

- League on Tuesday, but: ‘it.
didn't bother the.guys with |
the hot bats,

In Baltimore, : - John

- Lowenstein. drove a - tie-.,

breaking,  - eighth-inning
chomer through a driving”
‘the

In Toronto, Loyd Mo by.

*‘erashed a pair of tw
‘homers, the ‘second -one.

F | ,vletory over

- giving the Blue. Jays a 9-7
 Sleveland

“Mridians, 3.
Tn Chicago, Greg ‘Luzinski

Syl hit. two homers to lead."
“the White Sox to a-13-3‘roul

” of New York Yankees.

- “Tom” ..Brunansky's
“breaking homer in the sixth

'. And indoors in Minnesota,
- tie-

: inning triggered the Twins -

: ‘past Seattle - “Mariners. ‘B2,

~ The weather also wiped ©"

out two other AL games -~ ..
Kansas City at Detroit and ~

_ Oaldand at Callfornia — arid
_ four of the six scheduled in:
. the National League. -

‘It was speed around ihe

_ bases, bucking: . +
- headwinds," said
a Lowenstein,” , forgoing - his

‘home-run trot for a sprint -
bak to the relative warmth

. of the: Orioles’ dugout.

'_ plate to greet me:
-' “Who's going to come out

“There was nobody at the .

and shake your hand in that:
kind of wealher? When I got
to the dugout, there. were
only three guys in there.

~ They're not fools.”

Two ° outs .
-Lowenalein's . shot . ot
“Charile Hough, |
“Hernandez . nailed: sth

. Rangers’ kniickleballer for >.

his second homer of the
‘year. Lowenstein also drove
in the tylng run “ne a third,
‘inning single. -
Storm " Davié : was |
Baltimore's” -" ; starting

: pitcher, but not the winner,

Sammy Stewart . ‘pitched

four innings of one-hit relief,:.:
striking out four.’ batters:

without giving ip a. Wa
Blue Jaye 9 Indians 71"

It was Aa cold in Toronto |
as it waa {n Baltimore, but it;
didn't’ bother Blue . adaly ©
hitters,

mae memante simon « wae whe ss oh

Tom Hume over'the right.

field fence Tuesday night
for a three-run ‘homer ta’

‘rally the Astros to a 6-8
National League . baseball

: Victory over - Cincinnati
“since it was the

“~ Autrodome; I wasn't sure
when, firat hit but 1
thotigh| inde cpeto .

“4 blithe’ way,” said?Spilman,

. whose blasl gave the Astros

cotheir: third victory of the
“geason, in “13 games. “I.
expected a hard slider, but
itwaga fastball out over th
plate; * fo
‘He made a mistake.

wh “The contest. was one of
“only:‘two played in ‘the

National League as bad
weather: ‘postponed St.Louis
at Moritreal, Pittsburgh "
New < “York, “Chicago .
Philadelphia : and uss
Angeles at San’ Francisco,
In the other. contest, Atlanta
Braves - “whipped San Diego.
. Padres. ee

- “Guys you. trade seem to
‘come back ard haunt you,”
= Reds’ manager; Russ Nixon

-sald of. Spilman, traded to
_ the: Astros. tliree years ago.
°Cincinnat! had taken a 4-0,

: firat-inning Jead:on a twa-
- run homer by. Dan Driessen,

a° run-scoring:. double by

_ Johnny: Bench and a passed

.bail-by‘rookie-catcher John
.-Mizeroek. _ Another . passed
“ball. by Mizerock gave.
Cincinnati Its fifth run in the
sixth inning...

Prior to the ‘ninth, the

- Astros had scored on Phil,
- Garner’ ‘a ‘hin -batted-ln*

“plngle’ in ‘the Miret, Dickie’

‘Thon’s solo homer in. the
fourth and; ‘his. run-scoring
single - in the- eighth. Thon
had four hits...”

Hume, 0-1, sald: “I threw
“ fastball over the outside of
the plate, it Was a bad pitch

and (didn't. want it there.

ony just wanted: to get the
ground ball like I tried to do
on the rest of them..1 didn't

“want to walk: him, that's

where I” made’ my. flirat
"mistake. on

after... Bill Dawley, In his second

‘game since being called up
~ from the Astros’ Cliss AAA ©
Tucson team, goth Second
victory. in relief of , Slarter
"Joe Niekro,
Hraves 9. Padres. ae

Glenn Hubbard: dnd Ken

ee at

~ Smith each belted’ ‘two-run.

“homers | to back Rick.
Camp's pitching as Atlanta
downed ‘San Diego. Camp
" Seattered eight hits, walked
‘three and siruck out three
over nine innings. °

The Braves, who wracked
> four. Padre\ hurlera for 13.
* hite,. * jumped : on; former
‘teammate Johh Montefusco
‘for seven hits arid five ris
‘in the three inningdl

we Wed eer ai olde Te

the sixth time at 67-87 with
the ‘first of his three open
_jump shots. The Hawks
never caught up after Bird
Put. ‘Boston in’ front 80-87

with two free throws.

Forward Dan Roundfleld
‘Ted Atlanta with 24 polnts
and 20 rebounds, earning

praise from. Botton: coach.

BUF itch. :

“His Inside ‘game is ag.

good as any power forward
in the league,’ Fitch ‘sald,

’ “He’s an excellent player.”

Dominique Wilkins added
21 polnts and‘Johnny Davis
18 for Atlanta, while Rabert

* Parish had 18 pointa and 16°

rebounds-for Boston. ©

_Thegame was close in the.

first three periods, with the
Celtics never: leading by
more than elght points until
the final moments. [It was
22-22 after the first quarter
and Boston was ahead 49-48

. playoff-clinching

at halftime and 72-70 going
into the final 13 minutes,
The second game will be

. Friday: ‘night: in - Atlanta,

with the third game,. if

. necessary, back in Boston.
on Sunday, - aos

Suns 123 Nuggets 108°
Guard-. Dennis Johnson
had 28 polnts, 12 rebounds
and: elght. assists while
Phoenix held NBA scoring
champlon Alex English to 16
points to win the first:game
of its series. with Denver.
The Suns, who lost four of
five games to. the Nuggets in
the regwar _ eeason,
surrendered 32 pointa.,to
Kild Vandeweghe.and 25.te
Dan Issel; But English, who-
averaged 26.4 polnts . and
had 31. polnts and::..20 -
rebounds in, Denver's
. Victory
over Kansas City Kings on
Sunday, was held in. check.

1 ‘be one they'll be hearing a lot In thefuture.

“MEET THE SKEENA - :
MOLSON KINGS —

Darrell Clarkson

Ht. 61 Wh 185
Bats: Left Throws Left

___ Although the jump fron} intermediate ‘B’ to senior.
‘A’ fastball could prove too big a step for many -
players, Darrell Clarkson seems to.be more. than:
ready fo-make the move, Although. primarily’a
plicher, he has combined a strong bat and a odd‘.
glove io make quite an impression on the Kings:
coaching staff so far. i

. Since moving to Terrace-from Camphell River two :
months go,-Darrell has worked hard at improving his.
throwing speed, in order to compliment’ the already

_fine movement of his pitches, At times he has thrown ;
_the equivalent of 15 fo 20 Innings at practise, looking
. to devalop the strength he will need If his arm is to -

- realize ifs full potential, Because of his hitting and
_Nelding abilities, Darrell has a good chance of seaing
8 lot of action at Ist base for the Kings this year: as °
we ‘as Someé-dufy on the mound. "

.:, Anyone Wendering whether playing’ as :
against teams. the caliber of the nao rook ,
_Amerlean Senior ‘A’ Champs would have Its adverse
‘affects ; ned onl y, to-check - Darrell’ ‘3 past record to
find he ts fol stratiger to pressure. in-both 1980 and

a] _ his. clubs won provinclal Mage ditles, and lest

gate: Wasa member -of - the provincial. .
infer panic fe “8” champs. His ot Midget. club, -

Sincie fihished as runners-up atthe Cenadian™

| Champlonahie, and the year before Darrell was:

piiegted tack 4, Lint of ithe Canadian. National
\* ¢ ,
fin edmonton at the world Championships

. ‘Molson King fans looking forward to: the uv
seazon Are advized to keap an eyeion this * nearing *
‘and remember the name Darrell Clarkson, as It may "

in other Kings news, the club continues to
_ Hires times a week, as opening day In wr pra ;
_, Only 16 days away, Season tickets sales continué; and’
with the deadline for purchase less than three weeks |
_ lt, . fans. are urged .ta, buy now to: avéld. |
‘disappointment.. Tickets are avallable in Terrace at.
.., Shatleld and Sons, ‘Sight. and, Sound,.. All Seasche: |
Sparting Goods, West End Store, the Skeena Hotel:
and from any Molson Sine Player Or executive.

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