Vancouver Conucks goalie Glen Hanlon right drops to ice at New Yorks Madison Square Garden Thursday night in vain effort to stop the puck visibile iust below Hanlon His effort was in Esposito scores hat trick Nordiques take first win By THE CANADIAN PRESS Having threegoal night is not an uncommon experience for Phil Esposito of New York Rangers But having pro monition ot big night is an other matter IIsposito had thoughts about the latter then pulled off the former Iliursday night to lead the Rangers to tiII victory over Vancouver tanucks almost never feel too hot in warmups but Ieaiied over to linemate Don Maloncy and said Gee feel great IIspo sito recalled We can get few goalstoniglit Ihe threegoal twiformance marked the 32nd time in his car reer he has recorded the feat Ile also assisted on the game inner by Anders Hedbeig In other action Quebec Nor liques won their first ever NHI game downing Lolorado Rock ies 51 Boston Bruins edged New York Islanders 32 and Philadelphia Myers defeated Atlanta Flame ti The Rangers reached the net early and often scoring twice in the first two minutes and 20 seconds and building 40 lead by the time 1556 had been played Id like to have those first 10 minutes back said Ianucks coach Ilarry Neale thought they had to guys on the ice the first couple of shifts We couldnt get the puck out of our zone unless there was faceoff at centre ice Ihat happened at 58 seconds after Dave Maloney scored at 220 after Esposilo scored at 851 after Ron Duguay scored and at 1556 after Esposito and rookie Doug Sulliman fed Hed berg Things got so bad for Van couver that Neale ended up benching left winger Ron Sed lbaucr logoal scorer last season forineffectiveness Ilsposilo meanwhile seems as good as ever Stan Sinyl and Thomas iradin scored 56 sec onds apart in the first period and hris ddleifson brought the Tanucks within 43 at 332 of the third In Boston tough guy John Wensink of the Bruins is hoping to change his image Alouettes Riders bottle for first By IIHC sll IRIZSS lhe standings of six teams hang in the balance in anadian Iiootliall action this weekend The Alouettcs will be seeking to maintain their oiiepomt margin over lllawa Rough Riders atop the Eastern tonfeience when they meet loronto Argonauts tied for tlnrd spot ith Hamilton ligerr ats in Montreal on Saturday In the Western Conference second place British tolumbia Lions will try to extend their League one point lead over talgary when they visit the Stanr peders Sunday the Rough Riders and ligertats decide their fate inIIamillon The lone weekend contest with no bearing on the stand ings pits Saskatchewan Rt ughr riders against the Blue Bomb ers IIIII11IIIptg number of changes will be made in the Montreal lineup be cause the cltib traded middle linebacker tarl trennel to Ed monton Eskimos during the week Highly touted totisincau whose position is at middle linebacker ill replace trennel while Villie Hampton moves into tousineaus outside linebacker posit ion The Aloiiet tes also plan to use lim Marshall acquired this week from Saskatchewan at the right cornerback spot that became available when Mou treal dropped ireg nderson Toronto meanwhile is con vtnced it will benefit from the Montreal changes lIII BICITIIR II NtII When you take guy whos been making lot of plays said Argonauts quarterback Tony Adams and replace him with someone who hasnt had To in natural the experience any offence is going to have better opportun ity to be successful Meanwhile the middle of British Columbias defence has been shattered by the loss of left tackle Frank Landy who had surgery on his knee Iues day and right tackle Doug Seyr mour doubtful starter due to sprained ankle But Calgary head coach Jack iotta said the Stampeders must take advantage of op poituitities if they are to be successful Weve got to really Ltllltll tratc on taking the openings that the opposition defence gives us he said adding that he will likely use running backs Willie Burden and James Sykes more in the passing game The ligerats are riding threegame winning streak as they prepare for Ottawa and head coach John Payne plans to field the same lineup including quarterback Tom Clements who suffered foot injury in last Sundays victory over Cal gary Import running back alvin Prince who scored pair of touchdowns for Ottawa last Sunday has been released to make room for import Emmett King who has gained 211 yards in just 36 carries With King in the backfield we feel we have more of long threat said head coach George Hrancalo The Ottawa offence will be led by iiarteiliacl Jimmy Jones replacing the injured tondredge Holloway Although the Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan are both out of playoff contention Winnipeg head coach Ray auch said want to see just who will go out and play like winner even though they know where we are in the standings OPEN HOUSE OCT 20th 2151 SEE THE 80 KAWASAKI SNOWMOBILES FEW 79 MODELS LEFT AT TERRIFIC SAVINGS SPECIALS ON KIDS FOOTWEAR MITIS All CLOTHING ON SALE 22 YEARS or DEPENDABLE SERVICE HIWAY MOTORS RR NO SHANTY BAY 7285693 WE HAVE COMPLETE LINE OF SNOJET PARTS vain and the first period shot by New York Rangers Phil Esposito left went squarely into the cage AP Photo He called me into his office and told me was neglecting the most important part of my game Wensink said knew what he meant He meant wasnt fighting enough wasnt playing the aggressive game was supposed to felt it wasnt fair anrl was very upset Wensink broke open tied game with his goal at 404 of the third period Billy Harris scored the other New York goal while Stan Jona than and Bobby Schmautz scored for the Bruins Wensink who became an en forcer under former coach Don Cherry three years ago now wants to become known as scorer and complete hockey player Wensink took small step in that direction as fired home 25footer early in the third pe nod to give the Bruins the vie tory REPRIMANDEI BY COACH Wensink scored 23 of his 28 goals last season before Christ mas However he recalled getlt ting reprimanded by Cherry sometime in December TORONTO CPI Toronto Blue Jays announced Thursday the hiring Bobby Mattick vet eran scout and player develop ment executive as its 1980 manager for the American League baseball team Mattick 63yearold Iowa native replaces Roy Hartsfield who was let go after three years with the expansion team that suffered through dismal 1979 season with 53 wins and 109 losses scout for more than 30 years after brief career as shortstop with Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds from 1939 to 1942 Mattick was Torontos director of player development the last two years He said his managerial phi Iosophy will be built around pride think that people who have pride are going to give you better performance he said When you go out there day after day there are days when ballplayers go out there and they dont feel like playing youre going to have to kick yourself in the fanny little to get up for it If you have pride youlldoit He said it is time the team stopped thinking about losing and started thinking about winlt ning dont feel our club is an expansion club any more Mattick said think weve got to win and were going to win as many games as we possibly can Were going to make some changes maybe some drastic changes But the whole thing is to establish pride and hard work leilll MAN FOR JOB Pat Gillick vicepresident of baseball operations said the team didnt hire name man ager because after much thought about the present and future development of the Blue Jays we concluded that Bob Mattick was the right man for the job Several names had been men tioned as contenders for the One of the top contenders in division of Satur day nights $14284 Ontario Sires Stakes feature at Barrie Raceway is Linfields Cash twoyearold trotter thats been living up to his name The colt has won more than $41000 in purses this season spot including Joe Altobelli former San Francisco Giants manager Vern Rapp former St Louis Cardinals manager and Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox But the Blue Jays went with man that once was manager with Ogden of the Pioneer League 81 years ago Green rejoins Phils as team manager PHILADELPHIA AP Dallas Green was named man ager of Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday with the intent of fin ishing the job he started as in terim manager when Danny Ozark was fired in August think can do job for the Philadelphia Phillies and think we have enough talent to do the job said Green 45 at press conference called by the National League team to an nounce his oneyear contract Green the Phillies farm di rector went into the dugout for the final month of the season to find out why team favored to win its fourth straight NL East title had dropped to fifth place Under Green the Phillies won 19 and lost II and overtook Chicago Cubs for fourth place in the division but still trailed Pittsburgh Pirates by 14 games There are good baseball players on this team that want to win said Green We won three years in row and that was quite shock to go through what they went through the firing of Danny Ozark the roughness and gruffness of me that they havent been used to for six or seven years That is pretty big blow for our guys to come through but they handled it and they proved they can win Thats really what we were trying to get across to them Paul Owens director of player personnel said he re ceived 15 applications but never interviewed anyone outside the club World series cities back to football By HA1 BOLK The Associated Press Now that the World Series is history fans in Baltimore and Pittsburgh can begin con centrating on the Colts and Steelers instead of the Orioles and Pirates Its good thing Their foot ball teams are in need of some serious attention The Colts have won only once in seven starts but things could get better this week with Bert Jones expected to return to ac tion The Steelers have given up an average of 20 points game and he holds the Ontario Sires Stakes speed record of 205 for his age group Bred at Linfields Farms in Alton hes owned by Carl Medwid of Shelburne and driven by trainer Kerry Davies DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS OUGLAS DOUGLAS 00 trucks Phone 7285558 FINA Vf IAU IA ILA BLE gt U5 gt gt U5 gt gt V1 in gt gt gt U5 ov PREMISES Frday Oct 19 pm Saturday Oct 20 1O am to pm BRING YOUR CAMERA For years the cougar has been identified with Mercury as The Sign of The Cat Now Douglas Lincoln Mercury Simcoe Countys most progressive automobile dealership gives you this opportunity to see live cougars an infant an adult The public is invited So dont miss this entertainment also would like you to see our Mercury Cougars other fine Ford automobiles LIXE COUGARS AT DOUGLAS 08pm LINCOLN MERCURY SALES LTD II ESSA RD IARRIE How you get here is your business How you leave is ours OUGLAS DOUGL DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS DOUGLAS educational event We CI VI lt 00 the same as Baltimore and hardly the credentials of Super Bowl contender The Pro Picker preoccupied by baseball continued with midseason blahs posting an record last week The seasons log is 6334 for 649 The Picks Buffalo 28 Baltimore 17 Its time for the Bills highpowered offence to start pouring out points again Pittsburgh 20 Denver Ill Monday nightl Want to bet the Steelers dont make 10 turn overs this week San Diego 24 Los Angeles 21 Upset Special The Rams have too many key players licking wounds Oakland NY Jets 14 Kenny Stabler should have picnic NY Giants 24 Kansas ity 20 The recovery continues under Dr Phil Simms and defence that has found purpose at last Tampa Bay ireen Bay 10 chance for the Bucs to put things back together against the inconsistent Packers leveland It incinnati Iii If they dont play giveaway the way the Steelers did the Browns should handle the Ben gals Philadelphia 20 Washington I7 Wilbert Montgomery Har old Carmichael Co are legiti mate NFC East contenders New England 27 Miami 17 The home field is major edge for the Pats The Dolphins miss the Orange Bowl when they hit the road Dallas I7 St Louis The Cardinals always play the Cow boys tough But without Jim Hart to worry about the Dallas defence should prevail hicago to Minnesota Two punchless teams Give the edge to Walter Payton and venge ful Alan Page New Orleans 30 Detroit 11 The Lions are heat up and the Saints can put points on the scoreboard Just ask Tampa Bay Atlanta 28 San Francisco 10 Can the Falcons defence be as bad as Oakland made it look Maybe but the 49ers is worse Houston 34 Seattle Earl Campbell simply wears down defences autobaus 60 Hrview Rd 7370100 the examiner Friday Oct 191979 97 New Toronto Blue Jays manager Bobby Mattick holds up his shirt after it was announced Thursday that he would be replacing Roy Hartsfield as manager of the American League baseball team The 63yearold iowa native takes over team which had the worst record in maior league baseball this past season CP Photo hock Washington at Pittsburgh ey Ins Angeles at Boston Vancouver at Toronto Winnipeg a1 olotado Ml Buffalo at St Louis WALES ONFEREH Sunthn tanies Ilfil Pittsburgh at NY Rangers L05 Ann Nfls Montreal at Philadelphia Plus aiicouer at Buffalo Monrm Quebec at hieago mm Minnesota at FAIIIIUIII on Hartford III Adams Division Buffalo iii 11 Minnesota it 12 Boston III Toronto 14 III Quebec II TIIF vllll IRISS CAMPBELL CONFERENCE MHI Patrick nhision Northern li ISIIIII Phila 101716 Rang Nova Scot ll It Washinglon III 20 ml Aunnm 19 Adirond Islanders ii 11 Wm Smylhe Diyision 597 ll hicago ll Vancouver 17 I7 Southern Duision 31 Laws 12 15 Rochester ll Ill it wlnmpug Hershey ti Edmnnmn New Haven ll 11 It Colorado IIW fl ï¬ns Syracuse ii ii Thursday NY Rangers Vancouver Boston NY Islanders Atlanta at Philadelphia Quebec at Colorado Tonights flames Toronto at Washington Los Angeles at Hartford Minnesota at Winnipeg Quebec at Edmonton Saturday Games NY Rangers at Montreal Hartford at NY Islanders Philadelphia at Detroit Chicago at Atlanta Thursday 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