v i Russians g reyed hounds SAULT STE MARIE Ont CP Sergei Kapustin may be Russias answer to the Canadian Rocket Rocket Richard that is The 20-year-old phys ed stu student ¬ dent continued to haunt some of Canadas best junior goal tenders Wednesday night scoring twice as the touring Moscow Selects swamped Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds 11 1 in an exhibition hockey game That gave Sergei 11 goals in Moscows four games to date in their eight game cross Canada swing that began last Friday in Quebec City where he got his first five He scored two each in games against Chicoutimi and London before the Sault contest where team mate Alexandre Lobanov paced the victors No 2 team in the Soviet Union with three goals In the four games the Selects have outscored the opposition 46 10 and were westward bound today for their next scheduled game at Trail BC Friday night Pete Stemkowski of New York Rangers scored his 10th goal of the season in a 1 1 tie Wednesday night with Buf Buffalo ¬ falo Sabres to climb into a two way tie for 10th place in the National Hockey League scoring race He has 10 goals and 19 assists for 29 points the same as Jacques Lemaire of Montreal Canadians Phil Esposito of Boston Bruins leads with 57 points The leaders G A Pt Esposito B 28 29 57 Orr B 15 30 45 Hodge B 19 21 40 Martin Buf 19 17 36 Hextall Min 6 28 34 Goldsthy Min 19 14 33 UllmanT 13 19 32 Gilbert R 13 18 31 Park R 8 23 31 Lemaire M 10 19 29 Stemkowski R 10 19 29 Wayne Carleton of Toronto Toros scored a goal and added three assists Wednes Wednesday ¬ day night to increase his World Hockey Association points lead to six over Mike 17 28 45 16 23 39 14 20 34 18 15 33 18 15 33 13 20 33 16 16 32 8 24 32 f i 16 - THE CITIZEN Prince George - Thursday December 13 1973 XXyXvvvvvvViVVi -r l Coliseum ice okay Ice conditions at the Prince George Coliseum should be back to normal in a few days Repairing of the faulty com compressor ¬ pressor necessary in freez freezing ¬ ing Ice in the building was completed earlier today by refrigeration mechanic George Perigo and Coliseum crews One compressor had been doing the work of two since the oil pump on the other had failed causing internal scorching of the machine one week ago Monday The ice began to thin prog ressively and Coliseum offi officials ¬ cials had to take steps to slow the process while new parts were flown In from Van Vancouver ¬ couver Some lighting was cut dur during ¬ ing days and flooding between periods of Mohawks and Spruce Kings hockey games was curtailed With some groups giving up their ice time this week vol voluntarily ¬ untarily the ice is expected to be ready for a busy weekend U Vi -r snowmobile parts bolts - tracks plugs - litcs h ar r r rn fi GARTH RIZZUTO 15 OF THE Winnipeg Jets appears to have a sure goal during the second period of a World Hockey Association game Wednesday in Winnipeg against the Houston Aeros However the Jets forward hit the side of the net on his try Houston NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE adelphia The cliche is often reserved for those departing the while were languishing atop the West Division Dwindling attendance M I t t t i W- Philadelphia pro sports nguresauesnoinerenguins scene after they reach their ineffectiveness at home destination prompting the coachs recent WORLD HOCKEY um tire service ltd -2nd dominion and the teams held each K H B won 3 2 A native of Trail Rizzuto is a graduate of the Kelowna Buckaroos of the Okanagan Junior Hoc Hockey ¬ key League and former team mate of Bill Bell and Mike Meehan of Prince George Penguins find home key By Canadian Press But nothing at least very There had to be a time in little has been going right for the recent past when Ken Schinkels Penguins in this Schinkel wondered whether National Hockey League sea he really would rather be sonespeciallyathome Their in Pittsburgh than Phil- Pennsylvania rivals mean- assessment Our kids want to do so well at home that maybe they get uptight But the Penguins who were 3-6-3 at home and winless in six games before Wednesday night suddenly found the winning formula in front of 9000 partisans and trounced the hapless California Gol Golden ¬ den Seals 9 1 Captain Ron Schock and Fight got them rolling By Canadian Press A third period fight ignited the New England Whalers attack for five goals and an 8 6 win over Toronto Toros in a World Hockey Association Hockey statistics National East Division W L T F A P Boston 18 4 3 118 66 39 Montreal 16 7 3 88 70 35 NY Rangers 13 8 8 112 88 34 Toronto 13 11 5 96 82 31 Buffalo 14 11 2 94 86 30 Detroit 9 16 2 79 120 20 Vancouver 6 14 5 59 83 17 NY Islanders 5 14 7 63 85 17 West Division W L T F A P Phila 16 6 4 75 43 36 Chicago 13 5 8 86 48 34 Atlanta 12 9 6 69 70 30 St Louis 11 96 6 71 63 28 Minnesota 7 13 7 77 92 21 Los Angeles 8 15 4 73 89 20 Pittsburgh 8 15 4 73 103 20 California 7 19 2 65 110 16 World East Division W L T F A P N England 17 10 1 109 92 35 Cleveland 13 11 3 89 89 29 Quebec 13 15 3 113 102 29 Toronto 13 15 3 110 105 29 New Jersey 11 16 2 69 102 24 Chicago 11 13 1 83 88 23 West Division Edmonton 17 10 0 92 78 34 Minnesota 15 12 1 107 94 31 Houston 14 9 3 98 80 31 Winnipeg 13 14 3 107 103 29 Los Angeles 12 17 0 88 110 24 Vancouver 10 17 0 86 108 20 fray at Boston Wednesday Night The fight pitted Torontos Jack Gibson against Whaler goalie Al Smith who ended up with minor major and mis misconduct ¬ conduct penalties Two of the five New Eng England ¬ land markers triggered by the battle came from John French giving him four for the night French said it was the fight that changed the game around It got us going as a team and everyone began giving a little extra he said We realized they had beaten us before and we owed them something Hugh Harris Tim Sheery Paul Hurley and Al Karlan der also counted for Whalers Tom Simpson led Toronto with two Greg Trottier Gib Gibson ¬ son Rick Sentes and Wayne Carleton scored a goal each past Brodeur Veteran Jean Guy Gendron answered for other scoreless until Plantcs overtime goal Houston 3 Winnipeg 2 Gord Labossiere Frank Hughes and Mark Howe scored for Houston while Bob Woytowich and Chris Bor deleau scored for Winnipeg Los Angeles 7 Edmonton 2 Don Gordon led the Los Angeles attack with his first two WHA goals while Marc Tardif Ron Walters Reg Thomas Gary Veneruzzo and J P LeBlanc added singles Len Lunde and Ross Perkins were the only marksmen for the Oilers Jersey 4 Cleveland 2 Cleveland coach Bill Needham was none too happy when referee Bob Sloan penalized Wayne Muloin He Smith recovered well from said Muloin picks up two the fight and with Don Black- cuts alon2 hs head and gets burn serving his penalties tv penalties How can he allowedonlyonegoaltherest the referee be seeing the of the way game if the calls a penalty on New England coach Ron the wron man Ryan said French had only given the Whalers three goals before Wednesdays game but hes 100 per cent hustle Mostly he has just been shoot shooting ¬ ing in bad luck But he broke out with a bang tonight In other Wednesday action Vancouver Blazers edged Quebec Nordiques 2 1 in overtime Houston Aeros strafed Winnipeg Jets 3 2 Los Angeles Sharks devoured Edmonton Oilers 7 2 and Jersey Knights beat Cleve- Walton of Minnesota Fighting land Crusaders 4 2 Saints Carleton now has 17 goals and 28 assists for 45 points while Waltons total Includes 16 goals and 23 assists The leaders GAP Carleton T Walton M Hughes H Harrison E Bcrnier Q Lawson V Climie E Morrison M Connelly M Lund II Tonight the Crusaders meet the Toros in Toronto Vancouver 2 Quebec 1 Rookie Michel Plante gave the hometown Blazers their victory when he grabbed Ed Hatoums reboound and lifted a backhander high into the net over fallen Quebec 23 15 39 goaltender Richard Brodeur 13 25 38 at 330 overtime It was Plantes first professional goal John Migneault of Blazers got the only goal of the first period when he slammed Claude St Saveurs rebound Bantams final here The Prince George Minor Hockey Association will stage the provincial bantam playoffs March 23 29 Seven teams represent representing ¬ ing all areas of the pro province ¬ vince will take part in the round robintournamentat the Kin Centre and Coliseum This will be the first pro provincial ¬ vincial minor hockey final here since 1972 when the Midget Kings lost an excit exciting ¬ ing final to the North Shore Winter Club Cougars from North Van Vancouver ¬ couver veteran Syl Apps scored two goals apiece and the Pen Penguins ¬ guins broke the game open with five secondperiod goals behind Californias jour journeyman ¬ neyman goaltender Bob Champoux filling in for injured regulars Gilles Meloche and Marv Edwards Elsewhere Philadelphia scored twice in the second period at Chicago to salvage a 2 2 tie with the Black Hawks and maintain their two point lead in the West and New York Rangers needed a third period goal from veteran Pete Stemkowskiforal lhomeice tie with Buffalo Sabres The fading Toronto Maple Leafs play the Flames at Atlanta tonight while New York Islanders visit Los Quebec at 853 of the second Angeles Kings Minnesota North Stars are at Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings entertain St Louis Blues Philadelphia 2 Chicago 2 Rick MacLeish and Garry Dornhoefer tallied for the Flyers in the middle period and then the Flyers were forced to hang on as the Hawks went all out in the visitors 11 4 in an effort to pull off the win Len Frig and Dick Red Redmond ¬ mond beat Philadelphia goalie Bernie Parent less than two minutes apart late in the first period to stake Tony Esposito to a twogoal lead But the Hawk netminder was beaten by MacLeishs 11th of the season with Chicago centre Stan Mikita in the penalty box at 508 of the middle period and Dornhoefer flipped his first goal of the season over the Hawk goalie later in the period Buffalo 1 NY Rangers 1 Rangers dominated play for most of the game but were held scoreless by goalie Dave Dryden until Stemkow Stemkowski ¬ ski converted Bruce MacGregors centring pass in the third period Buffalo defenceman Larry Carrier was negligent on the play when his soft pass across ice was picked off by MacGregor who fed Stemkow Stemkowski ¬ ski as the big Ranger centre skated alone in front of Dry Dryden ¬ den Craig Ramsay was the Buf Buffalo ¬ falo scorer from a goal goalmouth ¬ mouth scramble with one sec second ¬ ond remaining in the first period iMtftfaiMtfMiiHiritfHHMUl CARIBOO HOCKEY LEAGUE ACTION SAT DEC 15th 830 PM Mohawks v Williams Lake Stampeders EVENT NO 7 SUNDAY DEC 16th 200 PM Mohawks vs Quesnel Kangaroos EVENT NO 8 Enter the lucky draw for a free trip to Mexico V Bears third again with 6 4 ot win By Ron Allerton Citizen Sports Editor The Mohawks had them 4 2 with just nine minutes to play but left them off the hook And for the first time this into third place in the Cariboo Hockey League In the CHLs other mid midweek ¬ week game the Quesnel Kan Kangaroos ¬ garoos used home ice to demolish the Williams Lake Stampeders 13 3 the Kangaroos with a three point bulge in first place The Mohawks had their chances to win but they missed a lot of scoring chances in what was by far the best game of the season between the two clubs from the fans point of view It was also the Bears first victory over Prince George in five games The Mohawks led 1 0 after 20 minutes off a fluky goal by Mel Gushatty The big right winger was trying to centre the puck it hit a skate and Gushatty was just as surprised as Bears into the third period No plan to strike in CFL ueea presiaeni oi ineuana dian Football League Players Association says player demands for more money are negotiable and they are not thinking about striking Reeds statement follows broadcast reports from Cal Calgary ¬ gary that the association will not modify its position and will strike if owners dont agree to pay more money for exhibition game salaries and daily expenses during train training ¬ ing camp Some of the figures men mentioned ¬ tioned are fairly close Reed all star fullback with Saskatchewan Roughriders said in a telephone interview from Saskatoon Tuesday third period outshooting the night But some of them arent We havent finalized all the proposals Theyll be ready by the middle of January The Calgary report quoted an unnamed member of the players association saying the players will not change their demands He said the players want an increase in exhibition pay from 50 a game to 150 next year and 200 in 1975 Increases in daily training camp expense money from 10 a day last year to 17 next year and 20 in 1975 are also being demanded the player said The figures that have been mentioned may change or may not said Reed And we are not saying that its our final offer or anything like that We hope to be able to sit down with the league and talk it over and negotiate every everything ¬ thing We want to avoid a situation where there is a controversy and facts get mis misleading ¬ leading We plan to keep the public informed mmMjwiMwmmLyL lHt m K- V iMRSjf KHOW The Mohawks stormed back with three straight goals to take what appeared to be a safe 4 2 lead into the final nine minutes Mitch Olineck put a 20 foot season the Vanderhoof Bears wrist shot past Lolk at 439 to fans really had a whole lot to holler about in a game with Prince George The Bears fought back from that two goal deficit in Van derhoof Wednesday night to tie the game then defence man Dennis Bergeron blasted a low shot in at 735 to put the Mohawks ahead 3 2 John Beaver McLean from a difficult angle put a beat the Mohawks 6 4 in over- slapshot Into the far side of time and claw their way back the Bears net at 1059 and the Hawks led 4 2 Then Lyle Matthews went to work He got the Bears within one goal at 1314 With Loik on the bench for an extra attacker in the final Quesnels win combined minute Matthews scored at with the Mohawks loss left 1920 to force overtime Fensom who kept the Hawks in thegame with some fine netminding was so unhappy about being scored on the used crossbar to make his big goal stick into a two piece model The tying goal really The only other penalty was a 10 minute misconduct to Hawks rearguard Glen YeU land for his comments to referee Mickey Kelly about a first period cross checking sentence Both goalies had a lot of work with Fensom facing 55 shots and Loik 49 In Quesnel the Kangaroos had a romp against the Stam Stampeders ¬ peders leading 5 1 after 20 minutes 9 1 after 40 and 13 3 when it was time to shower Veteran Hugh Headman had three goals for the win winners ¬ ners including two in the first period George Redl Dave Oakford and Jack Marsh scored twice each with singles coming from Norm Kjemhus Ross Anderson Bob Johnston and Max Helzel John Margetts Marcel Demers and Doug Jones did their best to try to keep the Stamps in the game The Mohawks are now home for their final three sparked the Bears and they games before Christmas owned the 10 minutes extra Saturday night they play time Quesnel in a game they must Neil Campbell last years win to stay close to top spot league scoring champion If the Mohawks can win needed just 103 to give the against the Roos here Satur Bears a 5 4 lead then the day beat the Stampeders CHLs leading goal scorer hereSunday and geta little Dave Mitchell iced thegame help from the Bears they at 711 with the 6 4 goal could be first again by Sun Mitchell Matthews and day night goaltender Allen Loik to see steady defenceman Bob But they have managed just the puck in the net Peacock all logged a lot of ice one win against Quesnel in Elton Gunthergotthe Bears time for the Bears and all five games this season and a a 1 1 tie at 543 of the second were extremely impressive loss to the Roos Saturday period then defenceman Ken The Mohawks didnt play would put the Mohawks on a Clay put a point shot past Ken all that bad a game they long road back for even Fensom in the Mohawks goal just ran into an aroused pack another shot at top spot and the Bears took a 2 1 lead of Bears and missed on too A game against the Bears many of their good 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