errace field hockey _ ~ places high in games ~ Back row, left to fight: Surjit Kular, Jasvinder Lillian, Surinder Dhillion, Satinder Sidhu, Karamjit Sangha, Amarjit Sangha, Gurinder Sekhon, Prithpal Sekhon, Rajinder Cheema, - Mohinder Sangha, Balwinder Grewal. Front row, left to right: Gurdial Cheema, Lakhblr Gill, Avtar Dhaliwal, Kuldys Bains, Nachhiter Dhaliwal. -Terrace’s men’s field hockey team did well at the Oak Bay/Greater Victoria Summer Games, missing the medal round by only one point, After giving up a goal in the first half, the Terrace team came back strong in the second.half as ‘they scored three goals to beat Kelowna three to one, winning their opening game of the tour- nament, Although they continued to play well, the second game was Jost to Surrey, and a fast third game with Victoria was tied at one ail. The next game was aint Richmond, which was one of the favored tearns there. Terrace had a lead by a goal going into the second half, but a few short corner shots really hurt them as they ended up losing the game two to one. Their final game of the tour- Nament was against Prince George. Terrace won that game easily four to zero, allowing only one shot on their goalie. Terrace missed the play-off medal round by one point, finishing with the overall record of an even 500 —. two wins, two losses and a tie, coming in fifth overall. as anybody else’s,’’ ‘Perhaps if we had another point in the qualifying round for the medals, our chances for the medals would have been as good team member Amarajit Sangha said. ‘‘We had the ability of beating any team at the tournament but lacking experience is one big disadvantage we had against some of the teams. We have lots of confidence in our team now. By picking up some experience we are sure to do even better next year.”’ This is the highest Terrace has placed i in men’ s field hockey. ‘Six area youngsters in Peewee and Bantam minor hockey age groups took ad- vantage of playing their game this summer, instead of learning more about it at a summer hockey camp. The boys all took part in Vancouver’s Super Series — an annual event that has. B.C, youngsters attend try- out camps in the spring, then continue on to play for the B.C. interior team in early August, if . selected from the dozens of hope- fuls. This year saw Jason Wal- dron of Terrace and Chris Moloci of Prince Rupert picked for the B.C. interior team in the minor Peewee 12-team division for 12 and 13-year-olds. For the major Peewee 12-team division with 13 and 14-year-olds, Chad Wilson of Terrace, Mikko Heikila of Kitimat Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 17, 198 g 1 1 . Super hockey for our kids . squad. lost out in their and Mark McCoy of Prince Rupert were chosen, Jason Krug of Terrace was named to the minor Bantam team . in the 10-team division for 14 and 15-year-olds. Each team played a six- game round-robin series to start in the week-long series that started August 6 and wound up August 13; Then the top eight teams in each section went into a single- elimination playoff starting - with quarter-finals, The B.C, interior entries in minor Peewee and minor . Bantam all made it to the © semi-finals before losing out. The major Peewee quarter-final. Scores of all games can be found in this week’s scoreboard, .. _ The series featured teams from Montreal, Minnesota, Manitoba and Alberta, as well as area B.C, teams, Coming events in sports The Inn of the West’s 18-hoie Charity Golf Challenge is com- ing up at the Skeena Valley golf club this Sunday. The two-ball, alternate-shot tournament costs $60 to enter. Register at the Inn of the West. Prizes include a trip for two to San Francisco, and proceeds go to muscular dystrophy. Fitzpatrick happy. with. Gretzky. on team Mark Fitzpatrick smiled last week when he heard that the Ed- monton Oilers had _ traded number 99 to the Los Angeles Kings. He has good reason to smile. The Kitimat-grown netminder is expected to fill the gap bet- ween the posts at Los Angeles this season as he graduates from major junior hockey’s two-time Memorial Cup winners -from Medicine Hat. -Fitzpatrick had hoped to be one of the instructors at the Ter- race hockey camp this week. But the Kings set up a mini-camp for their rookies at Medicine Hat that started on Monday, and told Mark to be there, period. The Kings expect Fitzpatrick could be the key to their success. | Around the NHL he’s touted as This new contender from JONSERED with its stronger mid-section con really take o beating. The Super 570 packs a 4 powerful punch. Pre : Sonsered Super 670 Takes on the — Heavyweights! — ° ansered ProLine SEE THE JONSERED SUPER 670 AT YOUR DEALER RIVER INDUSTRIES (TERRACE) LTD. P.O. BOX 638 ~ TERRACE, B.C. V8G 4B5 5130A HIGHWAY 16 WEST their goalie of the future with Gretzky handling all the offence and Mark fending off other teams’ sharpshooters. ‘Gretzky was a surprise,’” he told us. “It was a shocker, but any time a team can acquire the best hockey player in the world | think the attitude of the team (Kings) will pick up.”’ ‘Tt shows that the Kings’ owner Bruce McNall is willing to do anything to make us a better hockey club.” Fitzpatrick's talent has com- pared him to Grant Fuhr of Ed- monton in that Fuhr was the player holding the Oilers together, and Mark should be the player doing likewise in L.A. ‘““'m pretty excited about go- ing to the Kings. They told me earlier that I'd get every oppor- It's Cool... It's Fast... It's Tough Will out cut anything in its class Accept the chollenga ond be a cut above the rest. A CUT ABOVE-THE REST 635-7363 tunity to make the team, and | they’re hoping that 1 can perhaps be the first-string net- - minder.”’ Mark could not return to Medicine Hat for another year in junior hockey as an over-aged player because his contract with the Kings tags him as playing with them or with New Haven of the American Hockey League. The Kings gave up some good talent to acquire Gretzky but Fitzpatrick doesn’t feel it weakens the club in any way. ‘“‘The Kings are a real young club right now, and although we gave'a lot for 99 it’s going to be good in the short term for us.”’ Mark and his fellow pros open the main training camp in Vic- toria early next month. Their first game is Sept. 16 in Duncan against an opponent not yet named. They also play in Vic- toria the next night, in case fans from the area want to fly down to see the action. If Gretzky is playing, it should be standing-room-only, So, plan ahead to watch the Wayne and Mark show. TERRACE The Terrace Summer Hockey School is underway this week. Parents, friends and fans are welcome as spectators. The Summer Night Hockey League starts this week with three teams. Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday nights will have games starting at 8 o’clock, Friday night at 8 p.m. is an all- star game with youngsters 14 and up. Saturday night is an all- star game with those 18. ‘and older. There’s a $2 admission for the Saturday night contest. “Next week will see Gerry Bigham of Langley in town to conduct clinics in horseshoe pit- ching at the Heritage Park horseshoe pitch, She'll be here the 24th and 25th, and men, women and children 13 and over can take in the clinic. With Ter- race hosting the B.C. champion- ships on the Labour Day weekend, the Skeena Horseshoe Club is seeking new members. If interested in joining up, or tak- ing in the clinic, phone Joe Wideman at 635-2856. +e HOCKEY*x SCHOOL and Summer League ‘Come. and see Summer League Games every night Mon. to Friday. ADMISSION FREE SATURDAY ALL STAR GAME Admission $2.” only all games at 8 p.m. and will feature all instructors: Jeff Sharples Detroit Red Wings Rudy Poeschek N.Y. Rangers "Tony Hildebrand Kelowna Packers Terry Zaporzan U of Alberta the INSTRUCTORS lan Alger Vernon Lakers " Wade Flaherty Victoria Cougars lod Philpot U of Alberta Mario Desjardines Gam Seattle Thunderbirds “sis