Bob Dempster’ s skate gets in the way of “this attempt by Chris Reneerkens of Skeena Hotel as goaltender Gerry Lamming walts ready for" the shot in 3 commercial hockey playoff game at the Terrace, arena Monday night. Lakelse won this seml-final game 12-5 and the series: In two Straight. . ‘Women’ Ss curling - "Sparkes makes By: Mike Rutsey CHARLOTTETOWN: (CP) :— ‘In. the battle of. heavyweights, chalk ope: ‘up : for the kid. Colleen’ Jonea of Halifax}. ‘whe:;'won ‘the - Canadian women’s . curling .. cham- plohship twa. years ‘ago. at. age. 22,° watched veteran‘ two-time champ Lindsay . * Sparkes _ ‘of North © Van- conver, . BC, crucial mistakes: giving Jones a 7-5 victory Monday ~ night in fifth-round action. The win--allowed the Halifax-based- -akip to keep pace with Lorl:'McGeary, 22, of. Saskatchewan ..in ‘the Scott Tournament of Hearts champlonship. ‘Both: Jones ‘and’ McGeary are-4-0, two and Alberta tled at 3-2: - Quebec and Ontario are at 2-2: followed by’ -Newfoun- dland and Prince. Edward Tsland at..23. New Brin- swick ‘is --0-4;: while the Territories ig winless. in five, games, ; -In.a- game ‘that: featured brilliant shotmaking on both © sides, . Jones “made the fewest mistakes. °* “Tt was a real oucher,” was the’ way Sparkes, 33, deseribed the defeat. “tt was a very frustrating .make_ the - ” Seotia; . building: ‘a-productive end - - until Colleen ‘stepped to. the . ; hack: « ‘With:: "Sparkes “eouinting’ “one: with: iflenty ofeover, | ‘Jones drew for shot fock:to- |" “he loss.’ on . Sparkes; not willing to ‘convede. graund . to . the’. . flamboyant. Jones: sald. Shee: qumed back ‘Agnes Charette -outcame wag a case more of ‘her. ‘own’ - undoing’. than’ brilliant’: play by. her ‘op: ; ponent... THe’ eye to ‘her dea occurred: when Jones: stéle’ two In the fifth end to take a ’ $1 lead then was let off the hook inthe’ alinth when: she "struck for-two, + we ‘BAD CALL’ “Tmade 0 bad call in the’ fifth end,” said: Sparkes:,: "J tried to make | Ey tough, tough draw - and - ‘instead. bumped ther in,” rors She wag. itil) very much in the. game,"a- a5 tie, going .: dtite ‘the ‘hinth..- -games up on B.C., Manitoba a Taking. ‘advantage front-end missea: by Nova’. ... Sparkes. was “a costly mistakes” Sparkes Tan out of rocks. “The rock really hung out on_her,’”. sald. Jones, who of Buckingliam, Que.; 6-5‘in ~dhe. alternoon draw. “I'm ‘not sure what bearing that | ~ she's a left-hander and I'm "a -tight-hander chad -on it . capitalize on other teams: errors, It seems like we're. not doing. that now." “We're four and zero now,. but that : ‘doesn't . -mean’ a _ thing! - -because my~shot before her’s curled so nicely and her’ sfust didn’t budge’. - Sparkes, who bombed Jill "Greenwood of. Ontario 10-4 _ ine ‘the: afternoon draw, ° agreed. . “Tt was - very frustéaling to wateh; * It was perfect weight: but ‘it just. didn’t ° move ‘at all. I think it (the s reason it didn’t curl) might. ' ‘be.a case of my, out turn’ , against her in.turn,” -While Jones has built her’ - record against the toughest tinks Manitoba, Ontario and | “Quebec as well as B.C.,° -MtGeary's triumphs have "come against rinks with a “combined. récord: of 4-15. > “YOUGH ON US! “We've. got the tougher : the four-foot ring, Sparkes. - attempted to follow her line but her rock failed to curl, rubbed shot rock and boreto © - the elght-foot ring. Jones cooly drew for the two points then. played’ takeout ‘in the 10th until games to come so it willbe . ‘Teally tough onus from here ‘on in,” ‘Thompson, the third on the Saskatoon rink. . . “T think we can do same improving, '- "We've bot to really saint we ‘said Gillian . The winner of the jt-rink round robin-receives’ a -bye .to the final Saturday’ -with the second-and third-place teams meeting i ina Playoff’ Friday, - Connie . Winnipeg ‘ destroyed .- teams, Monday, ripping Maureen, Moss, | Yellowknife 10-1 in .the "afternoon and Barb Currie. of Summerside, PELL, ‘12-1, in the evening. — In the other night games, Connie ‘Bennett’ of Calgary beat Anee Marie Leahy of ‘Saint. John -7-5: and. ‘Green: wood defeated Moss 8-5.: In other afternoon games, : Bennett defeated Currie 8-4 ° - and Barker * load Leaby 4. ; oo CHARLOTTETOWN, “PAE. . P. EL. age aan round “Monde ‘women's carling Sea Sauk. A 6 N.S. - eo: Bc. a Alberta ai} Manitoba < 32 Quebec 22 Ontarla 22 P.E.t. “2.3 Nfld. 23 N.B. ' O04 Terr. os ce otra tee ee Leet Oh ee ore ete a eee Tas meet. Avtar Gill of Terrace, . éefending ' national _- ghampion Craig Roberts of " - Kitwanga, Alvin Derrick, -*Tony Derrick, and Jay : Dutton also of Kitwanga, _ were the six wreatiers ‘Lakelse '-"Lakelse Hotel eliminated Skeena Hotel from the playoffs and. advanced. to the final round of games -against Savalas with a 12-5 ia victory last night in com- . mepeial hockey action. . . . Lakelse got three goal performances from Rob Bell and Mike Lebloni tol hand Skeena their second Teenie: Hib etth a pean pate gi tea cee are two out of three. semi-final series. Richard Kolner and Bob Dempster had a pair of goals each and Lakelse get singles fromi Ron Smaha and. Rob Bogart... Smaha alo had three assists in the game...“ For Skeena it was Mike Thompson ‘scoring in the Local wrestlers compete “Six wrestlers from the. : northwest zone were in *. Vancouver .. weekend to participate in .over .. the the provincial wrestling Sam Derrick and __ Participating, “ ‘Craig ‘Roberts was upset in. his final fight in 48 kg class by Todd. Fair of * Campbell River, This was the first fight Roberts had ever fost. His second . placing still allows him a position to iry out for the provincial team that will be training at SFU in early March. ‘The provincial team coached by Kitwanga “Laliberte. Of two of’ NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE : . Atlantic Dliviston WoL Pet. OBL . Boston 40 14754 -— Junior hockey: teams war with NHL. Transactions CALGARY (CP) -- The general manager of a United States-hased junior ; hockey team has called on the Canadian government to intervene in the problems junior hockey is haying with the © National: League. _ a Brian - Shaw, general manager of, the Western Hockey League’ 's Portland Winter.’ Hawks, said something maust.be done to stop teenagers from playing . in;the NHL before junior hockey... and. the. NHL, in turn,.are destroyed. . Shaw cited the example of the now-defuict World Football League's attempt to haye a Toronto franchise several years. ‘ago until Ottawa . stepped. in and denied. the WEL. access because it ‘feared the Canadjan Football League would be destroyed. “ie . already ; “have franchises in trouble now,” sald, Shaw after his team Was. . thumped 13-3. by Calgary Wranglers Sunday night,” |... “The government kept the . WEL out of Canada," Shaw. aid.” “Why can't they: protect: ‘the Canadian junior fran- ‘chises Ilke that? _ “Otherwise, some of them will go out of business.” ©’ The Winter Hawks are an example of the problems facing junior clubs, Four Players on the Portland, training camp foster now. are‘playing in the NHL and - another was called up to the NHL for three games. AFFECTS CROWDS . Attendance. In Portland © has dropped from .7,000 a game early in the season to 3,000 recently, The problems between junior hockey and the NHL is not a.new story. The difficulties -. began. © Hockey ° professional © with the. ‘World Hockey Association... bidding. for . players and were increased when forward Tom McCarthy " threatened to in court in, the Tafe 19708, professional hockiey at age 18, At the time, no: seyear olds ‘were. -being drafted. Hockey now’ is the only ~ sport ploying teenagers. : In the long rua, it would have been cheaper for the NHL to challenge McCarthy: instead of bowing out without . a. Tawa, Shaw _ said, “How, much a are’ the NHL - tears losing now-because of the underage draft?’ How’ *. em- challenge the draft system ; ‘. because he thought he wan” good . “enough: fo play: _ The Winter . Hawks, like “many other junior teams, face disruptions to their roster when players are . called up te the NHL, Ken Yaremchuk was the only. underage junior from Portland to jump directly to- the’, NHL. He went to Chicago Black Hawks. Cam Neely. stayed. in ‘Vancouver tong enough for a cup of coffee, returned to Portland for 19 “games and ‘then -was recalled by the Canucks, Richard Kromm ‘sat in’ the press box in Calgary for a month before ‘ getting . into. the Flames’ lineup, ‘Alfie Turcotte played 32 ‘games -with. the ‘Winter Hawks before being ‘sum- | - hasn't returned, 2°, ‘ When the: Canadiens sent’: mich are -they. gambling. . ' “They're. losing’ millions of dollars; ‘They. gamble every time they ‘draft a kid out a call for Turcotte, they §: said he would be returned to’ the Winter Hawks, Soot : Shaw talked to Montreal’ ' ‘now. 'They,don't. know. what _ they’re getting. It would | ~ have been cheaper’ to » go to court, Lan - ‘ general Mahager Serge . Savard = after Turcotte's | “ninth game, Savard sald , , Terminal 5 Express, PICK. ‘UP & DELIVERY | 638-8195 : ado Message Answering Sonce- ‘For Pager No.31 BUSINESS ROAD RUNNER SERVICE TO |. "TERRACE ~THORMHILL= “RENO—AIRPORT as rn GARNER Tr “Teurace Bus Terminal 635. 3680. , Turcotte. would play. one “more game befére being returned to Portland. - But Turcotte scoted in his ‘10th game ard has yet to “moned: to Montreal and . return, The Winter Hawks have not received a telephone call from Savard who has also not responded to telephone messages from Shaw, ae a “IE that’ 8 class, it’ & ail - Sefenceman Tom Hirach. economy,'’ Shaw sald. “The NHL, doesn't care, about us,”” Shaw said. . gett! pomorson gq ¢cFL Hamilton® Tigercats | name Elljah Pitts offensive backfield coach, NEL - Chleage Bears slan kicker Mike, New England Patriots name Ren O'Neil head trainer. NHL Hartford Whalers ‘trade cight witiger Blaine Stoughton.to New York Rangers for defenceman Scat Kleinendarst, Los Angeles. Kings sign goaltender, Darren Ellot and release Aight winger Ken Houston. Minsatota North Stars slan New-York Islanders caturn - dafencemen'Payl Boutilier | ang Gord - Olneen to * Indianapolis Checkers of the Central, Hockey League. NAsL New York Cosmas trade deter cemen Mike Jefries to Minderote Strikers. for defenceman Dan Canter, tever You wear . clean with care, “Wednesday i is SHIRT DAY at Richards | ‘We'll expertly clean your Lick ards Cleaners. shirts ‘for only each 3223 EMERSON 635-5119 coach Warren Wilson, will be’. ‘representing the province at a- Canadian meet in Sackville, New Brunswick on March 16-16. Sam Derrick of Caledonia was the next beat finisher ending up in 5th place in 63 kg ‘class. Alvin Derrick placed 6th in $4 kg and Tony Derrick placed 6th in 48 kg. Jay. Dutton and Avtar Gill were, both. eliminated in earlier rounds and did not place. | | ‘Hotel. vanes * | “gtraight loss in their best - Bob Dampater (LH} ' Ritchie Mallett (Sav) WS ins 3227 KALUM STREET ve ‘first period Chris Reneerkena got the ‘only goal for Skeena in the second. period and Blair Pritchard, Joe Smoley, and Ron McDougall all scored in the last period. Lakelse will now go on to . play first place Savalas Restaurant in a best 3 out of 5 series starting Thursday night at the Terrace arena, FINAL STANDINGS In Terrace Commercial hockey igague 2% of February 22, 1944. TEAM STANDINGS ‘OP..W..L..07..08..PTS © Savalas’ 23 15 10 194 155 30 Lakelse ; Hotel. 28-13: 12«197 18S 26 SkeenaHotel23 10 15 ‘18 300 20 : GOALTENDING STATS ~ GOP..GA,.AVO, DanPoirtertSav) 20.125. 4.28 GerryLamming(tH) 25 185 7.40 . Clayton AAcCiuilen (SH} § 40 6.00 Kevin Bruce (SH) ‘SCORING LEADERS | 9 153 8,05 ° ». " “i mu ‘Sesersusasd Darcy Mallet? 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