Three Marks Fall As Gretzky Soars
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THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Thursday. March 18. 1982 — 13 TOP TWO TEAM S PRESSURED BUT SUCCEED Condors cold in opening basketball defeat by DAVE PAULSON Leading 47-36 in the opening minute of the fourth quarter, The Sports Reporter RON ALLERTON Mission turned the ball over six times in a streak of 14 consecu A cold shooting touch was the Duchess Park Condors’ down tive Kelowna points. Citizen SPORTS EDITOR Cente Glenn Ennis led the Kelowna comeback with 26 points, fall Wednesday in their first game at the B.C. high school boys’ S p o r t s 562-2441 while Dave Semper added 10 more. AA basketball final in Vancouver. Argyle centre Mark Marter led his team — rusty after a The Oak Bay Bays, five-time provincial champions, beat two-week layoff after winning the Howe Sound zone — with 29 Duchess Park 69-56 in the tournament’s first game, but the points. game was closer throughout. “Weshouldhave beat them,” continued Foster. “If we’d shot VANCOUVER (CP) — Argyle Pipers and Kelowna Owls For the No. 4 Rams and No. 5 Irish, neither loss could be “Our outside shooting was bad. It hurt us,” said Duchess a little better . ” suffered slightly tarnished reputations and frazzled nerves Oak Bay led only 59-54 in the fourth, before scoring the next termed a big upset. Mount Douglas fell victim to No. 10 New coach Dan Foster. ‘‘We tried to go inside, but it was tough. We Wednesday, but emerged from the opening round of the B.C. Westminster Hyacks 82-74, while the Irish dropped a tough eight points. rebounded well, though.” high school boys AA basketball championship with their title 58-48 decision to the revitalized West Vancouver Highlanders, Oak Bay’s tallest player was six-feet, six-inches, but six-foot, The Condors, who won tournament in their last appearance hopes intact. ranked No. 7. in 1980, play the Notre Dame Jugglers of Vancouver today at four-inch forward Graham Taylor did most of the damage, The first round of the four-day tournament has buried the The Highlanders outscored Vancouver College 18-6 in the scoring 28 points, most from long range. Foster says he missed 2:15 p.m. in an elimination game. hopes of many fine teams in the past — and added two more “Notre Dame is tough. They’re aggressive and they don’t fourth quarter after trailing by as many as 10 points earlier and only two shots through the game. Wednesday when Vancouver College Fighting Irish and Mount got 13 points each from Steve Louie and Paul Kitchener. The Condors started with a zone defence, but switched to a give up. We match up well size-wise.” Douglas Rams of Victoria were upset. Both the top-ranked man-to-man midway through the second with Oak Bay up by Notre Dame, which beat Duchess 88-75 in a January tourna Pipers and No. 2 Owls came close to joining that list. In other first-round games. Abbotsford Panthers got 24 two. ment, was beaten 72-61 Wednesday by the top-ranked Argyle points from Al Barker in a wide-open 80-63 win over Prince “We went to a man-to-man to get ourselves running and to Pipers of North Vancouver. “I don't think we played very well at all,” said Argyle coach Rupert Rainmakers and Killarney Cougars, the youngest of stop this guy (Taylor), but he kept shooting anyway.” The Prince Rupert Rainmakers lost 80-63 to the Abbotsford Bob Molinski after his team defeated Notre Dame Jugglers the 16 teams, got 32 points from centre Terry Saik in disposing Lance Bulmer, who scored seven points, is the tallest Condor Panthers and the Rainmakers play the Kamloops Red Devils 72-61. of Kamloops Red Devils 89-62. at six-three and centre Brad Frenkel is six-two. today. If Duchess and Prince Rupert win today, they meet “The kids had opening-round jitters and hopefully they're Graham Taylor scored 28 points to lead Oak Bay Bays to a Rob Carpenter led Duchess with 15 points, Dan George had Friday at 12:45 p.m. out of our system now,” said a relieved Kelowna coach Jack 69-56 win over Duchess Park Condors of Prince George and No. nine, Phil Foucher six, Orlando Bush five, John Tolkamp four In their only meeting this season, Prince Rupert downed Hoy after the Owls overcame an 11-point deficit in the final 6 Centennial Centaurs got 24 points from Graham Sharpe in a and Jack Berry two. Duchess 95-91 in a December tournament. quarter to defeat Mission Roadrunners 60-52. 68-38 rout of L. V. Rogers of Nelson. Three marks fall Ready for next year as Gretzky soars t EDMONTON (CP) - Wayne Gretzky Trimper began fighting in front of the two scored three goals Wednesday night as benches. Players poured out from both Edmonton Oilers dumped Pittsburgh sides to help and receive their own penal Penguins 10-4 in a National Hockey ties. League game before 17,490 fans. Ciccarelli and Trimper went to their Gretzky broke three more records, in respective penalty boxes. Ciccarelli got cluding one of his own. His 87 goals for the one foot in and then came out and beck season is a record for most goals in a oned to Trimper, who came out and con season, including playoffs — breaking tinued the fight. Ciccarelli got an auto the mark of 85 set last season by Mike matic three-game suspension for coming Bossy of New York Islanders when he out of the penalty box first. Both players scored 68 goals in 79 regular-season received triple minors for roughing, dou games and 17 in 18 playoff games. ble misconducts and game misconducts. Gretzky also broke Bossy’s record for In other games it was Edmonton Oilers the most games in which a player has 10 Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Los Angeles scored three or more goals in a single Kings 9 Calgary Flames 4, New York season. Gretzky now has scored three or Rangers 5 Philadelphia Flyers 2, New more goals in 10 games, one more than York Islanders 5 Colorado Rockies 2 and the nine Bossy had last season. Vancouver Canucks 6 Washington Capit als 6. Gretzky also broke his own record for The fight in Bloomington, oversha assists in a season. He now has 110, one dowed a fine performance by Hawer more than the 109 he had last year. chuk, who scored twice as the Jets snap The penalty box — supposedly a place ped Minnesota’s 12-game unbeaten of tranquility where a player can dwell on streak. his ill-timed transgressions — became a Kings 9 Flames 4 battleground on two seperate fronts Bernie Nicholls scored three power- Wednesday night in National Hockey play goals to lead Los Angeles. League action. Lanny McDonald scored his 34th and At the Met Centre in Bloomington, 35th goals of the season for Calgary. Minn., high-scoring Dino Cicarelli of the Rangers 5 Flyers 2 North Stars and Tim Trimper of Win The Rangers moved five points ahead nipeg Jets started a brawl that carried in of Philadelphia in the battle for second and out of the penalty box in a game the place in the Patrick Division. Defence Jets won 3-2. man Reijo Ruotsalainen scored three Meanwhile in Toronto, Wally Weir of goals for New York. Quebec Nordiques and Jim Korn of the Islanders 5 Rockies 2 Maple Leafs escalated two minor The Islanders began another winning roughing penalties into a punchout in the With a target opening of spring 1983, the covered stadium at B.C.Cambie Street Bridge. The B.C. Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps will streak as Anders Kallur had a goal and Place in Vancouver is progressing on schedule. The second tier for be the first tenants. The Lions expect to play all their home games in penalty box as the Leafs earned a 6-3 vic two assists in the first meeting between tory. these teams since New York set an NHL seating in the 60,000-seat structure is in place in the left of this the amphitheatre next year, then the Grey Cup game is there next Ciccarelli earned a three-game sus record of 15 straight victories by beating photograph, which is looking south from downtown. The stadium isNovember. pension because of the fight that pro the Rockies 3-2 Feb. 20. The Islanders had situated on the north shore of False Creek, on the east side of the Citizen photo liy Ilill Fo»lir duced 186 penalty-minutes. lost just once in their last 26 games before During a player change, Ciccarelli and being shut out Saturday in Los Angeles. Handball z i l k i ew il l m is s o n e g a m e LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - Rookie Bob Ron Delorme. But Washington got goals A brawl after a Prince Kings leading playoff statistics, too by Carpenter’s 30th goal of the season George team handball from Bengt Gustafsson, Dennis Maruk by MARK ALLAN League right winger Jeff and 66 assists for 121 points, The Spruce Kings have an with 76 seconds remaining enabled and Mike Gartner to go ahead 3-2, before game Wednesday threatens George head coach Glen an early end to the season. Sports Reporter Zilkie leads with 11 goals has seven goals and 14 advantage in playoff scor Bueckert has decided to Washington Capitals to tie Vancouver Darcy Rota tied it late in the period. and 15 assists for 26 points in points in the playoffs.