The Prince George Citizen - Monday, May 13,1991 - 15 Penguins prepare Kearns burns for Ice Storm wars former mates (CP) — Opera­ Pittsburgh missed the playoffs by BILL SEYMOUR ganized. tion Ice Storm has entered the seven times in the previous eight Citizen Staff “I just like to get the ball and ultimate theatre of NHL opera­years, including last season. Mick Kearns left his calling card go like hell.” tions. Lemieux, , Phil with his former teammates Sunday Labatt’s coach Orlando Mauro Bench general Bob Johnson Bourque and are sur­ as Labatt’s Honda-North said Keams is a valuable addition and arevivors. Team sport 2-0 in North Cariboo to his team since Graham West preparing the “I’ve been waiting a long time Senior Soccer. ended a decade of play with for battle against the Minnesota for this and I’m going to enjoy It was the first time the skinny Labatt’s last year to coach rival North Stars, who have hefty it,” said Lemieux, drafted in outside left, who played two sea­Remco. Keams speedy response weapons of their own, in the1984 to lead the team to glory sons with Teamsport, faced offon the field keeps everyone on final beginning here but until now never supplied with against his former club. Kearns’ their toes, he said. Wednesday. enough competent foot soldiers. pierced Teamsport’s defence just Team sport’s player-coach Terry Operation Desert Storm, the “It’s a great feeling to finally be two minutes into the second halfWilson blamed a slow response successful military campaign in on a winning team.” and connected on a shot against from his club for the loss. the Middle East earlier this year, Loney has seen four head Clarke Jamison for Labatt’s second “In the first half we weren't in inspired some Penguins fans to coaches and three general of the game. fast enough,” said Wilson. “We hang an Operation Ice Storm sign managers since joining the team The goal was typical Keams as let them play the ball. in the on Saturday in ’84. he jumped from the pack and “In the second half we created a night when their heroes defeated “There were years when you’d drove through on his own. Ironi­few chances but they use the ball the Bruins 5-3 to win thewonder if it’d ever get better,” cally it reflected the dogmatic style slightly better than we did." Wales Conference championship. said Loney. “But the last two or of play he learned with Teamsport. Remco 0Croatia 0 three years, everything started “We just kept pushing forward After losing the first two coming together.” and forward all the time,” said the Goalie Dina Mastroianni of games to Boston, Johnson’s 25-year-old former Dubliner. Croatia and Remco’s Ivan Brkicti troops rolled over the Bruins fourSaid Bourque: “This makes it In other games Sunday, it was: both registered in the straight. It was quick and deci­ all worth it There were nights Remco 0, Prince George Croatia- scoreless match. sive. here when there’d be 6,000 Quesnel 4 Kickers 0 people in the stands — and half Fred Walls and Sons 0 and City Ian Brown, Kerry Gray, Fausto “After the second game in of them had bags over their Furniture defeated the Kickers 4-0 Mauro and Art Renaud each Boston (a 5-4 overtime loss) heads, we when the coach wouldn’t in Quesne. scored for Quesnel. Brown’s goa thought we could win the ser­ talk to the players and when it Mario Lemieux greets after scoring the fifth goal. In the recreation division Sun­ day, it was: GGST6 , Green Ma­ came on a penalty shot. ies,” said right winger Mark was down to the minors, back up, GGST 6 Green Machine 0 Recchi, who scored the winning down to the minors.” . “ It was almost hockey a club that’s playing well,” chine 0; Avco 2, SgL O’Flaherty’s goal at 15:40 of the third period blessing. ” said Boston forward Dave Chris­2 and Steamer’s 1, United 1. Ranjet Ranu and Joga Sandhi in the series clincher. “We out­ In front of more than 16,100 tian. “It should be a great final.” Ian Patton opened scoring forboth scored twice with singles noisy supporters Saturday, in­Larry Murphy and Phil Labatt’s with a goal six minutes from George Kaweesi and Jesse played them then came back Bourque scored before the sec­ gets a Sandhu. Malkeet Gill earned the home and we were confident we cluding an Elvis impersonator crack at a fifth championship after the opening whistle. Keeper and two gentlemen leading ond period ended and Gordie Glenn Foerster earned his second shutout. could take them.. . . cheers in tails and tophats pre­ Roberts, with his first goal of thering. He won four with the New Steamer’s 1 United 1 “We’re going to keep going at playoffs, gave Pittsburgh a 3-2York Islanders and is back in the shutout in as many games. tending to be penguins, Pitts­ final for the first time since ’84. Adjusting to the ‘touch ball’ Joel Wiseman opened scoring it We want to win so bad. We’re burgh fell behind 2-0. Boston got lead at 10:08 of the third. Don style of play Labatt’s fosters two is minutes after the whistle for going to do anything it takes togoals from Cam Neely and KenSweeney tied it again, but Mark “This is absolutely fantastic,” something new to Keams. The Steamer’s. United’s Chad Hender­ win.” Hodge to silence the crowd, butRecchi’s goal at 15:40 on a great he said. “I’m going to jump at former telephone worker said it’s ason replied for the tie. Boston coach the goals merely served as apass from Roberts, and the opportunity, like everybody change from the European style of Avco 2 Sgt. O’Flaherty’s 2 called the Penguins “one of thewakeup call for the Penguins. Lemieux’s empty-nctter with 28 else in this room. game he grew up with. Ken Liedl and Derek Thompson most talented teams in hockey. I “That actually gave us some seconds left, ended Boston’s sea­ “The excitement of playing for “I’m not used to it,” Keams scored for Avco. Al Gains and wouldn’t be surprised to see them spark because we didn’t have son. the Stanley Cup is what hockey said, describing Labatt’s. “They Vohar Sanniboos scored for SgL go all the way.” anything going,” said “We got beat by a goodis all about.” like to take their time and get or­ O’Flaherty’s. North Stars needed victories to get fans backOlympic team falters the 79th minute by El Salvador’s By REG CURREN at the Met Centre in Bloomington? You bet.before Game 4 last week. SAN SALVADOR (CP) — Ca­ “You can do all the other stuff, like tryingnada’s Olympic soccer hopes Jose Escobar snapped a 1-1 tie and Canadian Press The North Stars have been nearly in­ suffered a setback Sunday when gave the home team the victory. Nothing draws a crowd like a winner — vincible on home ice, racking up a 19-2-2 re­to give away the money during the regular cord since Jan. 17, including four wins over season, they can do all that. But when it gets the national team dropped a 3-1 Mark Watson of Vancouver inter- it’s a cruel fact about professional sports that down to winning, nothing substitutes.” decision to El Salvador. efered with Escobar and he was the red-hot know a thelot defending Stanley Cup champion Edmon­ The loss drops Canada’s record awarded a penalty kick despite Ca­ about. ton Oilers. Stormin’ Norman — North Stars owner in CONCACAF Group B third nada’s protests. A mediocre team that drew an average of Minnesota clinched the Campbell Confer­Norm Green — helped out, offered another round qualifying to 1-1. CONCA­ ■In Reno, Nev. Doug Muirhead 7,838 disinterested fans in the NHL regular ence with a 3-2 win Friday night in Game 5 beer-guzzling fan as a cool drizzle whipped CAF is the confederation of North scored three goals in one game as season has averaged 14,670 crazies during itsin . The North Stars will face theacross the parking lot. It wasn’t much of a and Central American and Carib­ the Vancouver86 ers won both fairy-tale mn toward the Stanley Cup. Penguins on Wednesday in Pittsburgh. The night for an outdoor party, but these fansbean soccer associations. their games Sunday at an inter­ This is a crowd’s crowd — loud, some­Penguins ousted Boston in six games with didn’t a mind. Canada will now have to win itsnational soccer tournament times boorish, partisan and always having 5-3 a win Saturday. “ I’ve talked to (Green); he’s real pleasant last two third-round matches — The six-team tournament con­ ball. The crowd starts roaring before the “It all boils down to: you’ll take a with win­ the fans,” said Eric Anderson, who has next Sunday 19 in Trinidad and tinues Wednesday in San Fran­ national anthem and continues unabated until ner,” says longtime North Stars fan Tracy followedBi­ the North Stars for years. Aug. 31 at Vancouver against El cisco. the final whistle blows. shop, who joined hundreds of other rowdies “They (the Minnesota fans) are great,” Salvador — to guarantee a spot in Does it have an affect on the teams playingoutside the arena at pre-game tailgate parties Muckier said after a 5-1 loss in Game 4. the fourth-round. The 86ers beat Mexico Selects A disputed penalty kick goal in 9-0 and edged San Francisco 1-0. Mem orial Cup start surprises QUEBEC (CP) — The nalisL ing language. Memorial Cup produced a number The biggest surprise of that Boos rained down on the Grey­ Drop Into Sears of surprises over the weekend. game was the officiating of referee hounds when they skated out for Not everything went according Michel Lemieux, a veteran of thethe warmup Saturday but the to the expectations of manyQuebec Major Junior Hockey crowd seemed more sympathetic hockey observers, most notably League the who lost control in theSunday. Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, second period. He ended up hand­ That was ironic because the AUTO CENTRE champs of the Ontario Hockey ing out 206 penalty minutes. Colisee was filled with hockey fa­ League, losing back-to-back Quebec league champion Chi­ natics from the Saguenay region of games. coutimi and Spokane, which is co­Quebec, an area which is a hotbed Few people thought the Grey­owned by George Brett of base­of French nationalism. hounds would open the round- ball’s Kansas City Royals, are in About 20 buses of fans from the robin tournament by losing 4-2 onfirst with 1-0 records. They play region,200 kilometres north of the Saturday to the Drummondville the tournament’s next game provincial capital, were at the Voltigeurs, the only non-champion Tuesday and in what could be agame and they made their presence club in the major junior hockey preview of the Cup final. known. And while they booed the championship. Drummondville is third at 1-1 singing of O Canada, they were The Greyhounds bounced back while Sault Ste. Marie needs to polite towards the Ontario cham­ Sunday with a solid effort against win its next game, Wednesday pions. the Chicoutimi Sagueneens but against Spokane, to have any hope. still losL 2-1. Another surprise was the mixed All night, the Chicoutimi fans The Spokane Chiefs of the greeting offered to the Grey­chanted in unison and in English: , who arehounds. Go Sags Go. And most of their trying to become the first Ameri­ Saturday’s game at Le Colisee signs read: Go Sags Go. can-based club to win the Cup, was the first Quebec appearance hardly looked like champions Sun­by a Sault Ste. Marie team since Chicoutimi plays Spokane at day in a 7-3 triumph over Dnim- its municipal government declared 4:30 p.m. Tuesday on TSN mondville, the Quebec league fi- English as the city’s official work­(cable 16). Jensen powers winners Cahoon Yellow head Mack defeated Mr. G 19-4 Sunday in Prince George takes fifth men’s slo-pitch play at Kenworth S p o rts And have your car professionally aligned Field. in squash Dan Jensen went four-for-four for as long as you own your car (Twice Yearly) with four runs-batted-in for Yello- with Teamsports including a home Will Cahoon of Prince George whead with teammate Ken Peder­ run. finished fifth overall Sunday at the son earning three RBIs in five trips Canadian junior squash champion­ Field kills games ships in Pickering, Ont. to the plate. A Spruce City Men’s Fastball In other make-up games Sunday, Association doubleheader between Cahoon, 13, fell 3-0 to B.C. 2 WHEEL THRUST ALIGNMENT it was: Western Staging 13, Video the Quesnel Rangers and the Lad teammate David Tumer-Meadows Pop 11 and Yellow head Mack 19, Construction Bulls was postponed in Friday’s quarter-finals. It was Mr. G 4 his first loss at the championships. Don Pearse pitched the victory Sunday. 99 for Yellowhead, allowing eight Spruce City spokesman Nino Cahoon said the highlight of the hits. Fabbro said early today thetournament was Thursday when he 8 9 Quesnel games were put off be­ defeated third-seed Eric Zarcmba Joe Rea went three-for-four forcause a field wasn’t available. No of Kingston, Ont. Mr. G with Norm McFaddan rescheduled date has yet been con­ pitching the loss. firmed. “I was pumped up for it,” Brad MacDonald and Blain Cahoon said early today. “I knew 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT Buehler both slammed home runs Stacy ends droughthe was seeded third and it was for Western in three trips at bat. CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — going to be a good game.” Western earned four runs in the Hollis Stacy ended a six-year Following Friday’s loss to seventh for the victory. victory drought Sunday with threeTumer-Meadows Cahoon played Larry Ostanek homered farconsecutive back-nine birdies that the consolation side and finished Videowith Hans Mifick pitching carried her to a one-shot triumph fifth. Tumer-Meadows finished the loss. at the Crestar-Farm Fresh women’s third overall and B.C. teammate Tom Ferris went three-for-three golf tournament. Viktor Berg of Vancouver was with a home run as Ironhorse Stacy’s 3-under-par 69 and 6- fourth. edged Teamsport-Runner’s World under 282 total were good enough 9-8. Ironhorse scored five runs to in overtake Tammie Green, Elaine Top seed Douglas Parent of Al­ the fourth and two in the seventh Crosby and Patty Sheehan, who bertaall won the boys’ 14-and- for the win. faltered over the last six holes. younger division. your m oney's w orth... and m ore I Nels Erickson went four-for-four Stacy won $60,000. i