f -TERRACE-KITIMAT dally herald SPORTS. SHORT TAKES ON SPORT with Chris Porter if Sunday afternoon's performance is any indication, the Terrace Timbermen have a long way to go before achieving equality with most of the rest of the PNWHL, The players have the potential to stay with just about any team in the league, but the team seems to kill itself time and again by coming up with stupid mistakes at the worst possible time. One of Terrace's biggest problems is their power play, or rather a lack of one. Last Wed- - nesday, for example, they were behind the. Kitimat Winterhawks 3-1, and still very much in the game. Kitimat was playing two men short, and Terrace had an excellent opportunity to get back on even terms. Instead, sloppy passing in their own zone enabled the Winterhawks to turn the penalty situation against the Timbermen, and score themselves. In Sunday’s 11-65 loss to the Luckies, no fewer than three of Houston’s goals were scored with Terrace enjoying a man advantage at the time. Even in Saturday’s 4-2 win over the Fraser Lake Barons, one of Fraser Lake’s goals were scored while the Timbermen had a man advantage. It almost seems as if the other team has the upper hand when a man short. _ One of the first things they teach a young defenceman is to play the man instead of the puck. In the case of most of Terrace’s blueline corps, it seems to be a forgotten lesson of late, especially Sunday against Houston. Time and time again, Timbermen defencemen tried to pokecheck the puck away from onrushing Houston forwards, only to be made to look somewhat silly after these same forwards had skated around them for a clean attempt on net. More than one Houston goal was scored Sunday as a result. ; Take away the shorthanded goals, and the goals that resulted from playing the puck instead of the man, and Terrace would have been right in the game, and possibly may have won it. If all the Timbermen were to play up to their poten- tial, they would be a much better team, and would be a lot higher in the standings than their present 7th place position. . In all fairness to the Timbermen, it should be noted that this year’s Terrace entry in the PN- PNWHL STANDINGS MONDAY -- DEC. 11 TEAM WON LOST TIED GF GA PTS Burns Lake 13 8 1 19 6108027 Vanderhoof i 8 0 om 95 22 Prince Rupert 11 6 u 14 61 22 Houston 10 8 2 iH 74 22 Kitimat 10 h a 9 20 Smithers 1] 4 l 9m 95 19 Terrace 4 iH 6 52 12. 06«2&B Fraser Lake 2 16 0 “4 17 64 GAMES THIS WEEK Dec. 12-- Terrace at Kitimat. Dee. 14 -- Borns Lake at Fraser Lake. . Dec, 16 -- Kitimat at Fraser Luke, Prince Rupert at Vanderhoof, Houston, Smithers at Burns Lake. Dee. 17 -- Houston, Prince Rupert at Fraser Luke, ‘Ferrace at Smithers, Vanderhoof al Burns Luke. GAMES LAST WEEK Dec. 6 -- Kitimat 7 Terrace 4, Dec, 7 - Burnt Lake 4 Smithers 7, Hauston 18 Fraser Lake L. Dee. 9 -- Houston 9 Kitimat 3, Prince Rupert § Burns Luke 5, Terrace 4 Fraser Lake 2, Vanderhoof 7 Smithers 6. Dec. 10 -- Houston 11 Terrace 5, Prince Rupert 7 Hurns Luke @, Kitimal 12 Fraser Lake 2, Vanderhoof 5 Smithers 2. Ottawa shakeup? OTTAWA (CP) Frank Clalr's future as general manager of Otlawa Rough Riders was clouded Monday hy speculation his contract will not be renewed. If that Kitimat at “There are a lot of Lhings to consider,” he said, "This is vu period of assessment.” Clair's two-year contract expired at the end of the Reason und Waters would not happens the team might also = suy whether Clair will be lone head coach George offered a new one. Hrancato. Speculation has Rough Hider vice-presiddnal Joke Dunlap moving into the Kentral manager's position Allan Waters, owner of the Canadian Football League club, wax not prepared Monday to say that Clalr will continue oun general munuger. unolber assignment wilh the club. Terrace & ‘Terrace at § with Cloir being offered Quick-Sil ver Delivery Thornhill ’S SERVICES LIGHT DELIVERIES 638-8387 WHL is almost like an expansion team. Very few of the players have played together in former years, and most come from completely different areas altogether. Other teams in. the league, such as Prince Rupert and Burns Lake, have been playing together for years, and this makes a big difference when it comes to playing like a team. It takes time for players to get to know their teammates moves, and get to that point where one can pass to a teammate without locking, knowing that teammate will be in a position to pick up that pass. Many of the Tim- bermens passes lately have been picked off by opposing players, nullifying scoring Op- portunities, and creating chances for their ad- versaries, ‘The Timbermen have had games where the defence has played well but the forwards did nothing. Other Games it was the forwards who excelled while the defence lapsed. Sometimes ‘they have spectacular goaltending, sometimes the netminding is a little suspect. They've even had a couple of games where they've put everything together and surprised the op- position, The Prince Rupert Kings will testify to that, having lost to Terrace 7-3 in November. Sunday’s game against Houston was just the opposite, The Terrace team played well in the first period, and stayed with Houston for most of the second. The Luckies scored two shorthanded goals in the latter half of the middle frame, though, and the Timbermen just sort of gave up. Their third period effort was lacklustre to say the least, and one could tell their hearts weren't in the game. ~ Terrace’s problems lie mostly in little things, mental mistakes that a review of hockey fun- damentals by the players might overcome. If the Timbermen eliminate a lot of their defensive lapses, drop their nasty habit of allowing the | other team to score when shorthanded, and forecheck a little more aggressively in the of- fensive zone, the team would improve con- siderably. They have the potential to do these things, and only time will tell if they live up to that potential. HERE’ Wyou've alwaye had a “any fixing things, Bu can tum that Into s carrey Incne ofour mechanical, rervte Etter faytaares ard Ihe Caine ete a pacicd werarravra dco Ucoatia (ua tials toile, THERE'S NO LIFE LIKE IT. Ni, ” Berens neva aoe teil easel For further information. a Military Career Counsellor will be in Terrace at the Canada Employment Centre on Wed, Dee. 1th frum 9:00 to 3:00 PM. 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