PNWHL Championship; Luckies Playing Braves Quesnel's
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TH E CITIZEN , Prince George — Monday, March 13, 1978 —'17 SPORTS STATISTICS IN DETAIL Lo* Angeles S at Rostnn # P E I H o c k e y Los Ang*4e«—Williams. Tay Territories Ontario MOHAWKS PLAYOFF SCORING lor. Wilson; Boston—Sheppard (JAP 2. Johnathan. Cashman. Fark. N Ont. Grant Williams 6 6 12 Ratelle, Middleton. Park. Mil Quebec tirant Evans 5 5 10 ler Pat Keough 3 5 8 Chicago t *t BnfUo S CHILLIWACK. BC ICP) - Dwight Bailey 3 4 7 Chicago—O'Connell. Marks; Standings after two rounds of Dennis Bergeron I * 7 Buffalo—Martin 2. Gare, Korab, the Canadian Junior women's Rick Benningshof 4 1 5 Perreault curling championships: Glen Johnson 3 2 5 SATVRDAY Stan Jensen 2 3 5 RufTalo 2 at NY Inlander* 4 Alberta Darcy Alexander 1 3 4 Buffalo—Luce Smith; NY N B Ken Bueckert 0 3 3 Inlander*—Trot tier, Potvin. BC Brian Back 2 0 2 Bourne, Westfall Saskatchewan Uord Merritt I 1 2 Ronton 3 at Philadelphia A Yukon-N.W.T. (•reg Norhraten 1 0 1 Ronton—Park, Miller; Phil** PEI Gerry McMullen 0 1 1 dHphla—Leach, Kelly, MacL- Ontario Dave Wood 0 1 1 eish. Barber, Saleski, Lapointe. Nova Scotia Chicago 1 at Atlanta 4 Nfld Chicago-Bowman, Alanta — Quebec B a s k e t b a l l Gould. Comeau, Plett. MacMil Manitoba lan SENIOR MfeN’S hASKETHAI.I. Lon Angrlen 3 at Montreal 8 STANDINGS: CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Lo n AngHen—Stemkowski, Standing Sunday after two A EVEN T Dionne, Williams, Montreal — W L P rounds at the Canadian Junior Shutt, Larouche. Cournoyer, men's curling championship- Mo I sons 8 3 16 Nvrop,Wvrop, Lemaire. Team Four S 5 10 Vancouver 3 at PittsburghPittnburgli I W L Team One 4 6 8 Vancouver—Blight, Monahan, Alberta 2 0 Team Three 4 7 8 Newfoundland 2 0 Lever, Pituburgh-Chapman. Nova Scotia I 0 Crforado 4 at Detroit 8 Northern Ontario I 0 NHL Colorado—Van Boxmeer, Walen Conference Manitoba ] 1 Spruce, Paiement. Suzor; De. Ontario | I Norrin Divinion troit—Libett 2. Larson 2. W L T F A P Saskatchewan I 1 McCourt. Territories i l Montreal 49 9 9 297 155 107 Minnenota I at S t Louin I Los Angeles 26 28 13 205 201 65 Prince Edward Island 0 1 Minnenota—Sharpley; S t Quebec 0 1 Detroit 26 29 II 205 224 63 LouU-Currie. Pittsburgh 21 28 17 210 254 59 British Columbia 0 2 Clevrfand 2 at Toronto 8 New Brunswick 0 2 Washington 12 42 12 148 261 36 Clevtl and—Murdoch. Gard Adamn Divinion ner; Toronto—Boutette 2, Wil Boston 43 14 9 271 170 95 liams. Weir, Ellis SASKATOON (CPt - Stand Buffalo 39 14 15 254 179 93 ings Sunday after two rounds of Toronto 38 19 10 237 I8S 86 WHA Ihe Canadian mixed-curling Cleveland 19 40 9 187 279 47 W L T F A P championships' Campbell Conference Winnipeg 44 22 2 333 223 90 W L Patrick Divinion New Eng 35 27 4 265 228 74 Newfoundland 2 0 Islanders 42 14 12 287 173 96 Houston 35 29 4 251 252 74 Saskatchewan 2 0 Phila 39 17 11 261 172 89 Edmonton 32 32 2 262 250 66 British Columbia 2 0 Atlanta 26 25 17 223 221 69 Quebec 31 33 3 283 30S 65 Prince Edward Island 2 0 Hangers 24 31 11 225 225 59 Cinci 29 34 3 243 272 61 Alberta ] | Smjrthe Divinion Birming 29 36 2 237 264 60 Ouebec i i Chicago 26 24 17 184 180 89 Indianap 23 39 4 229 281 50 New Brunswick l 1 Vancouver 18 35 15 203 270 51 Sunday Reault* Ontario i i Colorado 13 36 18 208 263 44 Houston 6 Indianapolis 3 Northern Ontario o 2 CiUzrn photo by Dave MUoe. ’ St Louis 15 41 II 161 251 41 Winnipeg 3 Birmingham 2 Territories o 2 Minnesota 14 44 7 163 258 35 Saturday Remit* Manitoba o 2 About 80 skiers dash across a short open space at the beginning of The Citizen 25 kilometre marathon. *' ^ Sunday Result* Cincinnati 2 Edmonton 0 Nova Scotia 0 2 NY Rangers 8 Washington 2 Indianapolis 4 Houston 2 Philadelphia 6 Colorado 2 Winnipeg 7 Quebec 4 Toronto 7 Pittsburgh I tueaday Game* B a s k e t b a l l Vancouver 4 Detroit 4 Edmonton at Quebec MEN'S BASKETBALL Boston 9 Los Angeles 3 Birmingham at New England Buffalo 5 Chicago 2 NIIA N ice day for lengthy ski Saturday Result* Fantern Conference World Hockey Association Atlantic Divinion Philadelphia 6 Boston 2 scoring leaders after weekend Diane Hapke of Print1*!' NY Islanders 4 Buffalo 2 w L PcLCBI. About 80 skiers, a sm aller Petterson was fastest over games: Philadelphia 46 20 697 - G eorge’s H ickory Wing Ski* Atlanta 4 Chicago 1 CJ A P New York W inners losers turnout than expected, took all, finishing in 1:24.22. Montreal 5 Los Angeles 3 36 31 537 104 Tardif. Qu 50 76 126 Boston 24 39 381 204 An upset closed the senior men's basketball league A part in The Citizen Caledonia Sheila Fleming was second Club travels to Mont St. Anner Vancouver 3 Pittsburgh I U Nilsson. Wpg 31 82 113 Buffalo Detroit 5 Colorado 4 24 41 369 214 cross-country ski marathon at and Franses Vyse third. Que., this week for the Cana Hull. Wpg 44 61 105 New Jersey 17 52 246 30 4 division at the College of New Caledonia Sunday. Minnesota I St Louis 1 Hedberg. Wpg 55 49 104 Tabor Mountain Sunday. Tom Kurhinen won the dian junior championships be Toronto 5 Cleveland 2 Last place Team One edged league-leading Molsons 82- Cloutier, Que 44 59 103 Cenlrd Division junior boys’ event, with Paul ginning Wednesday. Tonight'* Game Lacroix. llou 29 61 90 San Antonio 41 25 .621 — 78. behind the 31-point effort of Mike Rose. A beautiful clear, mild day Montreal at Minnesota K. Nilsson, Wpg 36 54 90 Washington 35 30 538 5 4 Ron Thorsen scored 24 for Molsons. gave the skiers a spectacular Looker second and David Ftorek. Cln 46 41 87 Atlanta 34 35 . 493 8 4 view of the Rocky Mountains Hapke third. Hapke is part of the B .C .' National Hockey League scor- G Howe. NE 30 49 79 Cleveland 32 35 . 478 9 4 Team Four finished second by stopping Team Three 105- ing leaders after games Sun- Leduc. Ind 33 41 74 New Orleans 33 36 478 94 100, in spite of 41 points by Ryan Collins in a losing cause. and Eaglet Lake area from The junior g irls’ event went junior team and also competed day: Houston 24 45 348 184 higher points of the track. to T a ra Paulson, ahead of for the B.C. seniors in Saulf GAP SUNDAY John Wagner got 27 for the winners. Lafleur, Mil 51 62 113 Indianapolis 3 at Houston fl Western Conference The league has decided on a sudden-death playoff for Skiers covered 25 Lana Paulson and Carolyn Ste. Marie. Ont., earlier this Trottier, NYI 39 65 104 IndJanapdis—Leclerc, Pa- Midwest Divinion kilometres, a distance consid Hapke. month. • Sittler, Tor 42 61 103 rizeau, Driscoll, Houston— Denver 41 26 606 - mat. instead of a best-of-three series. Perreault, Buf 39 44 83 Schella 2. Larway, West. Pre Milwaukee 34 33 507 7 Team Four plays Molsons and Team One meets Team erably longer than most are ston, Lukowlch Chicago 33 35 485 8 4 Potvin, NYI 27 56 83 Three Saturday at 7 and 9 p.m., at CNC. used to doing in one stretch. Lemaire. Mtl 29 53 82 Birmingham—Alley. West- Detroit 31 35 470 9 4 Bossy, NYI 48 31 79 rum; Winnipeg-Hedberg. Sulli Kansas City 26 41 .388 15 The winners play Sunday in the championship game at Senior and veteran skiers Quesnel's Millionaires Indiana 25 42 373 16 McDonald. Tor 40 J5 75 van. Long. 3 p.m. usu ally do 15 kilom etres in O'Reilly, Bos 25 50 75 SATURDAY Pacific Divinion Clarke, Pha 19 56 75 Edmonton 0 at Cincinnati 2 Portland 53 14 .791 - The final regular season B division games are tonight area races, with juniors doing Cincinnati—Gllllgan, Staple Phoenix 42 26 618 114 between five and seven-and- four straight winners Seattle 36 30 545 164 at CNC. with the Hornets playing Northern Sportswear at SUNDAY ton. The Quesnel Millionaires The Millionaires travel to Houston 2 at Indianapolis 4 U s Angeles 36 30 545 164 7 and the Molson Croft Ryders taking on the Lakers at a-half. Washington 2 at NY Ranger* H won their second straight Kitimat this weekend for the* Washington —Riley, Sirois; Houston—Lukowich. Schella, Golden State 32 34 485 20 4 9 p.m. The longer distance didn’t Indianapolis—St Sauveur, La- Sunday Renult* NY Rangers—Esposito 2. Mur Philadelphia 105 Boston 103 stop Lauri Valiaho, one of the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey first round provincial junior B-’ d o c h , Farrish. Newman, rose. Drlcoll, Burgess. Winnipeg 7 at Quebec 4 Detroit 130 New Jersey 125 top area skiers, from taking League championship during playoffs. *.: McEwen. Johnstone, Tkaczuk. Atlanta 98 Milwaukee 93 Colorado 2 at Philadelphia 6 W lnnlprg-K Nilsson 3. Hull. the weekend, as they com Quesnel is the defending* Sullivan, Baird, Moffat; Que Buffalo 96 Portland 90 the veteran men’s class, with Cdorado—Van Boxmeer, Ow- Denver 91 Chicago 95 pleted a final series sweep over B.C.