sports M ark Allan, sports editor. 562-2441 C itizen F r id a y , A p r il 22, 1983 - 13 Body beautiful Rangers hope luck im proves NEW YORK (AP) - Just one road playoff games prior to losing year ago the New York Islanders here twice. So the Islanders don’t went into Madison Square Garden exactly get intimidated by playing and ended their Patrick Division fi­ away from home. nal series with the New York Rang­ Bob Bourne, the star of the series ers. with two goals and 10 assists, gets a They’ll try to do the same thing special kick out of winning at the tonight in the sixth game of the best- Garden and would like nothing bet­ of-seven National Hockey League ter than to clinch a series against playoff series. But the circum­ the Rangers there for the third stances have changed quite a bit in straight year. 12 months. “ I respect the Ranger players and The three-time Stanley Cup cham­ coaching staff, they’ve done a terrif­ pions won all three games played at ic job,” said Bourne. “ I don’t dislike 'the Garden last year, although they the Rangers. were close. This spring, in the third “ They play under adversity from and fourth games of the series, the 40 years of non-winning hockey on Rangers outplayed the Islanders in their backs. I don’t like their fans. scoring 7-6 and 3-1 victories. The things they shout at you are in­ “We’ve got to do the same things excusable. I ’m from Western Cana­ again,” said Rangers captain Barry da so maybe I ’m a little naive. But I Beck. “ We’ve got to take it to them, don’t hear those things around the score early and pressure them, not league. They’re vulgar and I can’t let them get us running around. understand how they can shout such "We didn’t play our game things. Wednesday (a 7-2 defeat at Nassau “I want to win for our fans Coliseum). We haven’t gone in there against their fans.” and played well. Now, we have to win two straight." They’ve shown they can handle The Rangers play host to the the Islanders at home this series, Islanders at 5 p.m. today on CBC but the champions won nine straight (channel 2, cable 3). Oilers expect Local body builder Jasmine Hobart is toned up for the Central held north of Vernon. Henry Caulker, a winner of the Mr Canada Interior body building championships Saturday at the Civic Cen­ and Mr. North America titles, and his daughter. Justine, runner- tre. Hobart. 21, is one of the favorites in the women’s division . up in the Miss Junior Canada competition, are appearing as Twenty-three competitors from Vancouver to Terrace will be guest builders. Pre-judging is set for 10 a.m. and the final judg­ difficult serieshere for the championships, the first time the event has been ing goes at 8 p.m . Citizen photo by Bnx-k Gablt- EDMONTON (CPI - The Edmon­ have to be prepared extremely ton Oilers say playing the Chicago well." Black Hawks for the National Hock­ During the regular season, the T o p i c s CZECHS SHOCKED 3-1 ey League Campbell Conference Oilers and Hawks tied two games cham pionship may be a lot like and Edmonton scored a convincing playing themselves. 10-4 win the final game at Chicago. d i s c u s s e d “The Hawks are similar to us; “ We were ready for that game they have a lot of speed, smart play­ f o r G a m e s and they came up a little flat," Dionne Canada's triagerman ers. they’re big and they have a Edmonton’s Ken Linseman said of Four main topics will home crowd much like ours," said the late-season victory. "But Chica­ be discussed this week­ DORTMUND, West Germany (CP) — round next week in Munich. Dionne into the clear for a wrist shot be­ Edmonton coach Glen Sather. "It’s go gets their defencemen involved end in Prince George at The little man came through with a big In the only other game Thursday, Fin­ tween goaltender Jiri Kralik’s legs. going to be a tough but great se­ and we have to be careful. the 10th annual general game Thursday night and Team Cana­ land beat Italy 6-2. The winner, a power play effort with ries." “ It’s a big two points,” said Charlie “ In this series (against Calgary), meeting of the Northern da’s stock at the world hockey champion­ Jaroslav Demak sitting in the penalty Edmonton advanced to the Stanley Simmer whose aggressiveness earned that’s how they scored almost all of B.C. Winter Games. ship has skyrocketed. box, was set up by defenceman Rick Cup semi-final by beating the Win­ him the selection as Canada’s most valu­ their goals, their defence coming in. A new executive will Alter being outplayed and giving up a Lanz, who flew into the Czechoslovakian nipeg Jets in three games and the able player, despite linemate Dionne’s Chicago’s defencemen shoot the be elected, a new budget goal to Jiri Lala in the first period, the zone and fed Dionne as the Los Angeles Calgary Flames in five. Chicago scoring feat. “ We changed our game puck a lot better than these guys adopted, this year’s hastily-assembled Team Canada gained King centre broke past a defender. A beat the St. Louis Blues in four plan and went at them. (Flames), besides (Paul) Reinhart, Games in Terrace will momentum in the second period and got quick shot beat Kralik at 8:00. games and the Minnesota North “ We played our game instead of letting so we’re going to have to pick them be evaluated and the three goals in the third from Marcel The insurance goal at 13:45 was a de­ Stars in five. Dionne to post a 3-1 victory over previ­ them play theirs. We took the game to flection from the front of the crease of a up." events brief for next Sather’s assessment of the Oiler- them through the second half and the lit­ The Oilers, who ran away with the year’s Games in Prince ously-unbeaten Czechoslovakia. slap shot from the blue line by amateur Hawk similarity was echoed by sev­ tle guy came through. Once Marcel Smythe Division regular season ti­ George will be ap­ Solid work by goaltender Rick Wam- defenceman James Patrick. eral of his players, including centre scored the tying goal early in the third tle, advanced through the first two proved. sley in the opening 20 minutes was a big Dionne called the three-goal perform­ Wayne Gretzky, who had 10 goals period you could see the tide change. It’s rounds of the playoffs by combining More than 40 events factor. After that, aggressive forecheck- ance one of the thrills of his career. and 22 points in the first eight just a great win for us.” their explosive offence with an unu- are being considered ing, diligent backchecking and a stonew­ “ Before coming here. I didn't say too games. Canada outshot Czechoslovakia 30-29 sually-solid defensive effort. and. with a proven yard­ all defence destroyed the criss-cross pat­ much to the players but I felt we could "They’ve got a lot of depth," said stick of 100 competitors terns of the Czechoslovakian attack. after being on the short side of a 13-4 beat the Swedes and the Czechs." he Gretzky. "W e can try to contain per event, the 10th The victory wiped out the bad taste of count in the opening 20 minutes. said. “Tonight, we proved it. (Denis) Savard and (A l) Secord. but The Oilers play host to the annual Games here will an 8-2 defeat Tuesday by the Soviet The addition of left winger John Ander­ “ We’re playing much better. The guys they still have guys like (Tom) Ly- Black Hawks at 5 p.m. Sunday on be the second largest in Union and improved Canada’s record to son. who played a strong game, allowed have some momentum now. It’s very dif­ siak and (Doug) Wilson ... so we CBC (channel 2, cable 3). the history of the North­ 2-2 for fourth place. Canada played Fin­ head coach Dave King to use four lines ficult when you've had a team put to­ ern B.C. competition. land today and a victory would assure and the legs were there in the third peri­ gether in only a short time Tonight we There were more than Canada of a place in the medal round. od when Canada dominated. showed we can move the puck. This is CAN GET EVEN 5,000 competitors in theThe top four teams at the end of round- Dionne’s first goal at 3:02 came on a great. There’s been lots of disappoint­ 1978 Games here, therobin play this weekend enter a playoff breakaway, with a Simmer pass sending ment before but this is a great feeling." second largest gathering Sabres try to forget of participants in a Ca­ nadian sports event next to the 1976 Summer Hartsburg, Reinhart also being added BUFFALO. N Y. (AP) - A loss is the playoffs in three straight games, Olympics in Montreal. the Vancouver Canucks a loss, whether you lose by one goal hit bottom Wednesday.