SN A ITAL ERE tage Ree EE Senne ea A we Tov Seber terete ao Terrace Review —— Wednesday, January 8, 1992 17 IT’LL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS. tt wasn't sub-zero at the Lakelse Lake picnic site beach on New Year's day, but there was still ice at the edge of the water as about 50 local pledge-takers took the plunge for the Kinsmen first annual Kermode Bear Swim, witnessed by about 200 cheering supporters. The event raised $2,500 for the Terrace Blueback Swim Club that will help a few of its talented members go to the national competition. An ambulance standing by wasn’t needed, and the swimmers went from the beach directly to the warmer waters of the nearby Mount Layton Hot Springs to take off the numbness. Murray Kuemper topped the pledge sheet with $319. Terrace’s Jeff Sharples is back in pro hockey, and this time he’s teamed with Kitimat’s Mark Fitz- patrick. Shortly before Christmas, the . ailing New York Islanders phoned Jeff at his pizza outlet in Vancou- ver. The Isles needed. help, and with Jeff sitting out due to contract disputes with New Jersey they ‘wondered if he*d be interested in suiting up with their organization for the rest of the season. Jeff agreed and was told to report to Capital District, New - York's American Hockey League farm team where he'd take 10 games to play himself back into shape. . .The C-D squad (with Mark Fitzpatrick i in the nets while slow- ly recovering from a muscle disor- der picked up last year), plays out ments in Quesnel, but both failed. of the community of Troy, New York, Jeff returned to the pros on New Year’s Eve, starting an East coast trip. Part of his 10-game try-. nights. If he impresses he could wind up in the Islander lineup. — And, of course, Fitzpatrick is hoping to return shortly to Long Island. He’s once again proving himself at the minor level. Competition . too tough Alpine masters Skiing Contributed by Smithers Ski Corp . The BMW masters alpine ski- ing series will be hosted by Ski Smithers on Jan. 25 and 26. Men and women will enjoy the chal- lenge of slalom and giant slalom races along with the camaraderie of their peers. Recognizing the need for an: adult racing program, former — Canadian ski team racer Dave © Murray and a handful of diehard racers (alias the “Crazy Cariucks”) implemented the program. Now in its eighth season, the masters has grown into a national race pro- gram for adult skiers. It’s a per- sonal challenge no matter whether you win or lose, and everyone is rewarded in a personal way. . Open to all skiers 19 and over, the sanctioned slalom and giant slalom races will be run on Turkey Shoot at Ski Smithers, fol- lowed by an apres- -ski reception. There will be prizes in each age category and the winners from the. northern zone automatically quali- fy for the national: championships at Whistler in early April. Regis-. tration can be done over the phone, by mail and at the pre-reg- istration party. For further information con- tact Ski Smithers at 847-2058 or 1-800-665-4299, Killoran Memorial tournament draws 80 friendly competitors Once again the annual Todd groups with five teams in each Killoran Atom Minor Hockey playing four games. tournament was declared success- ful by Terrace organizers, as more The All Seasons ‘White’ team than 80 youngsters from around posted a perfect four-win, no-loss the area competed on make-up record to take the overall title. teams for this third annual event. Houston finished second among Disappointing trip to Quesnel for local Midgets, Peewees In fact, the Peewees started off with a three-game winning streak: — §-3 over Fort St. John, 8-3— against 100 Mile House, and a 7-3 Terrace Midgets and Peewees triumph over Prince George. After played a total of 13 games at that, it was-three losses before a minor hockey Christmas tourna- win in their last matchup. . .Kitimat downed the Peewees to post favourable win-loss 5-1, then-our kids fell 9-4 to records to give them top positions Williams oneitherside. The Pecwees had the best mark with victories in four of their out includes six games in seven seven contests. Lake. We. were outscored 9-7 by Quesnel in the second-to-last game before we beat Ashcroft 10-5 in the windup. The Midgets took the knockout re a AE a Ss aE a ca aa ab ee ots punch in five of their six contests. ‘Their only win came in game three when they edged Williams Lake 3-2, For the remaining action, it was all laughers for their oppo- nents. The Midgets started losing 8-4 to Quesnel, then dropped a 13- 5 decision to Kitimat. They also lost 9-4 to Prince George, 7-3 to Kelowna and an embarrassing shutout loss to Kam- loops. The boys felt it best to for- get the score. losses and one tie, Third place went to Kitimat Wings (3-1-0) while All Seasons ‘Red’ settled | for fourth on the same mark as Wings, but with a slightly worse Statistical record. Three individual honours were handed out. Robyn Burke got the ‘hard luck’ award for breaking a finger. Stavro Darvoulis of Reds and Ryan Hodgins of Hazelton won best crash awards. Organizers also picked | two goalies, four defencemen, and six forwards for a tournament all-star team. Selections were as follows: Goalies — Parker Dibben (All Season White); Brett Kirby (Hous- ton), | Defencemen —-Colin Lloyd (Wings); Jason Brown (Houston); Travis Lamming (All West Trad- ing); Ian Mills (All Seasons White). Forwards — Chris Sfikas (All Seasons Red); Brett Downie (Tilden); Mitch Armstrong and Blain Markwart (All Seasons White); Owen Lepsito (All West); and Mike Thomson (All Seasons Red). Cr see tL PRR Me OR