The Prince George Citizen - Wednesday, October 19,1994 - 19

H o c k e y NHL DREAMS POSTPONED Rep teams unbeaten Portland’s picks glad to play on northern journeys by TED CLARKE Peterson is glad to have Weimer and by Citizen staff ; Citizen Staff Deadmarsh back, but says they and goalie Scott Two Prince George minor hock­ MINOR HOCKEY The road to a hockey career has led Adam Langkow, who signed with the Winnipeg Jets ey rep teams recorded impressive unbeaten, weekends in Cariboo Deadmarsh and Jason Weimer to a few peaks over the summer, have struggled making the In Dawson Creek. Berg scored Minor Hockey League season- and valleys lately. adjustment to junior hockey again. twice and Martin. Goddard and opening play. After signing healthy contracts and cracking “Most guys coming back from the pros are Kevin Swanson completed' the the rosters of their respective National Hockey The Prince George Savings offence in a 5 -1 win. In the second terrible for the first two weeks — you see it League teams in September, both players Credit Union Bantam Kings swept game, the Kings stormed back every year,” said Hawks coach Brent Peterson. seemed well on their way to fame and fortune. four games from Fort St. John and from a 5-2 second-period deficit “It’s a big letdown for them because they But that was before the NHL locked out its Dawson Creek in a three-day and came away with a 10-5 win. want to get on with their pro careers and make 1 players. northern swing, while the Remco Hudson and three goals a.uj two Instead of Weimer earning his stripes with the big money.” Insulation Midget Kings swept two assists, Wolfenden had two goals the and Deadmarsh lacing Weimer and Deadmarsh have taken out insur­ games from Mackenzie on their and two assists, Berg scored twice up with the Quebec Nordiques, the two got sent ance policies to protect them in case they get first games of the season. and Sprague added a and three back to the ’s Portland injured and can’t play, when and if the NHL sea­ The Bantam Kings beat Fort St. assists. Ken Henderson and Brade 1 Winter Hawks. son gets underway. Neither player is impressed John 12-5 and 8-2, Brandon added singles for the Kings, who Visions of jetsetting to hockey shrines in with the lack of progress in negotiations Babcock and Trent Sprague each have an 8 -1 record so far this sea­ New York, Boston and Montreal were put on between the NHL and the players’ union. scoring twice in the first game and s o n . hold. Instead, Weimer and Deadmarsh have had “It’s tough being locked out,” said Babcock, Sprague and Joel Hudson M eanwhile, in Mackenzie, the each scoring two in the second. to adjust to riding the buses again to such distant Deadmarsh. Midget Kings beat Mackenzie’s Western Hockey League outposts as Prince Opening-game singles came “You prepare yourself as best you can to play NT Air Knights 6-1 and 4 -1. In the George, site of the Hawks’ past two games. from Caleb Martin, Chad Brade, in the league and that’s been taken away from us Opener, Ryan Lakusta scored three Had the lock-out not occurred, each would Derek Wolfenden, Blake Goddard. goals and Chris Rowland, Lee now. I’m not happy with the way things are have made $700,000 in the NHL this year. Ryan McCotter, Scott Anderson, Campbell and Todd Gunderson going now but there’s nothing we can do about Weimer, 18, signed a three-year deal with a base Trav Rebman and Mike Berg, who added singles. salary starting at $500,000 plus a $200,000 sign­ it.” added four assists. In the second In the second game. Clint Fraser ing bonus. The 19-year-old Deadmarsh’s three- “It’s better for me to be playing in Portland game, McCotter and Anderson had a pair while Jason Purych and year deal includes a $400,000 base salary plus a than just sitting around,” said Weimer. “Some each scored once. • Richie Rogers scored singles. ; $300,000 signing bonus. With a salary cap for guys think it will be settled , in December or rookies being discussed, the two are relieved to January and some think it will go all year. have terms of their contracts worked out. Citizen photo by Dave Milne “I have to be prepared to play the whole sea­ “I don’t think the NHL Players’ Association Adam Deadmarsh (left) and Jason Weimer son here.” is going to agree to a salary cap but I’m glad I THE KIDS ARE THERE. would rather be in the NHL, b u t . . . Weimer said none of his Hawks teammates _ signed when I did,” said Weimer, who scored 96 have asked him for a loan, but admits it’s hard to DRIVE WITH CARE! points in 72 games for Portland last year. won just one game this year. comprehend the money he could be making ' ‘‘Getting the contract finished was a big load “A lot of our guys made the pros and are off my chest; now I can just concentrate on gone,” said Hawks’ coach Brent Peterson, who with the Lightning. YOUR LOCAL hockey,” said Deadmarsh, who posted 99 points will have Weimer and Deadmarsh in the Hawks’ “It’s weird — kind of like winning the lot­ POLICE line-up as long as the lockout exists. tery,” he said. last season for the Hawks. Supported by tho Prince George Citizen The Hawks were decimated by graduation “For our sake, we kind of hope there’s a lock­ “You just have to keep your head on straight this year, which left a young team which has out for a long time.” and stay focused.” •NITRO •P.L. •LIMITED •EXCEL *EV0L «SMfl •JOYRIDE 'VISION *RIDE •APOCOLYPSE •HARDWEAR ‘ WAVE RAVE •RUSTY • WHL______Ice-making equipment kills games Citizen news services Broken pipes in the Spokane Coliseum ice-making equipment caused cancellation of at least two Western Hockey League games, a Spokane Chiefs spokesman said Tuesday. Leaky pipes under the coliseum floor forced cancellation of last , Saturday’s game against the Tri- Cities Americans, and a game tonight against the Prince Albert ■»* Raiders also has been cancelled, * • Chiefs spokesman Todd Doolittle J' said. E v{s»lT P° !•* Team officials were told \l Tuesday that the leaks apparently have been fixed, Doolittle said. {* Operation of the pipes will be .... \ ' closely monitored, and a decision likely will be made today whether ‘ * to go ahead with games scheduled >' Friday against the Kamloops >* Blazers and Saturday against the >• Seattle Thunderbirds. 11 Last Saturday’s cancelled game against Tri-Cities has been J rescheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 29, • K l S j p - * J while the Prince Albert game will } be made up later, he said. The 40-year-old Coliseum is due to be demolished at the end of « this season. It will be replaced by * the 12,000-seat Veterans Memorial f Arena, which is under construc- t tion. Meanwhile, in Tuesday’s WHL i action, it was: the Prince George < Cougars 4, Portland Winter Hawks J 0; Tri-Cities 3, Prince Albert { Raiders 2; Medicine Hat Tigers 3, ] Tacoma Rockets 2; and Red Deer * Rebels 3, Lethbridge Hurricanes 2. ■ In Kennewick, Wash., * Daymond Langkow ripped a 40- l foot wrist in the third period ' Tuesday night to give the i Americans their win. Langkow’s goal came on a ,»00'*e1 { quick breakout at 7:47 and the ] puck deflected in off the shoulder J of Prince Albert goalie Tim Basic. Mark Stephan and Boyd Olson \ had given the Americans a 2-0 lead * before Dennis Pederson and Paul Healey scored second period 1 power-play goals to tie the game for the Raiders. ■ In Medicine Hat, Alta., \ Tigers scored a goal each period l i t I for their 3-2 win over Tacoma. The Tigers, who trailed 2-1 after } the first period, improve their win- * loss record to 6-6. The Rockets \ drop to 7-3. Thelaig est board Henry Kuster, Sergei PRINCE GEORGE stores in the • * Klimentiev and Aaron Zarowny CAMP PLAZA \ scored for Medicine Hat. (Next to Wendy’s) w orld ! O ver 3500 v Marty Flichel and Alexandre 1080 Victoria Street boards in stock & Alexeev scored for the Rockets. DISCOUNT SUPERSTORES ready to ride. Trevor Anderson earned the win c in the Medicine Hat net, while 5 6 3 - 8 8 8 9 c Tacoma netminder Todd • KELOWNA 860-3412 • PMNCE GORGE 563-8889. • DOWNTOWN VANCOUVBI683-2433. • VAHCOUVH 8738737, • HCIMM 244-0317. • BURNAIY 430-1999. • SURREY 582-1133. • PORT COQUTIAM 942-3163. I MacDonald was tagged with the • VICTORIA 475-6278 Out of Town Call Toll Free (BC Only) 1-8008634)946 () • SOUTH CALGARY 2534)173. • NORTHWEST CALGARY 289-3720. • LETBHBRDGE 381-2134 \ loss.

J