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Colorado Rockies Joe Contini 16 gets shot for goal past Washington Capital goalie Jim Bedard during the first period of action Wednesday night in Landover MD AP Photo Rockies tie Caps 22 Leafs defeat Rangers By THE CANADIAN PRESS While so many coaches try to explain away bad perform ance with cliche or two and quick change of subject coach Tom McVie of Washington Capitals refuses to pull punches when discussing his clubs problems After Paul Gardners power play goal with two seconds re maining gave Colorado Rockies 33 tie with the Capitals in National Hockey game Wednes day night McVie vented his frmtrations with brutally honest assessment The problem he said is that our hockey club does not know how to start hockey game and play 60 minutes of basic fundamental hockey We havent had game this year when we have had complete control of what was going on Im talking about close to 50 hockey games and we just do not know how to play hockey game when we are ahead by goal Admittedly they much actice at being ahead since Capitals attack is the secondweakest in the National Hockey League Washington has scored 110 times in 47 dont get The first forty years are the toughest By JOHN SHORT ment kickers ATLANTA AP As recently as year ago Atlanta Flames had to borrow money from their players to keep the financiallystrapped National Hockey League franchise alive Prospects are much brighter now thanks in part to rock mu 510 We think we can keep hockey here on longterm basis Bob Kent president of the Flames and the Omni the building which houses the NHL club as well as the National Basketball Association Atlanta games an average of 234 goals contest Only St Louis Blues who have 103 goals in 46 games are worse off offensively TIGER GETS TWO In the only other game Wednesday Dave Williams scored two goals to lead To ronto Maple Leafs to 43 deci sion over New York Rangers It enabled the Leafs to snap fivegame winless streak The Capitals took lead at 838 of the first period when BROWN MOTORS Barrie ltd 437 Dunlop Street West West of Hwy 400 BARRIE 7260112 SALES CLASS MECHANIC REPAIRS ALL MAKES SNOWMOBILE REPAIRS CAR AND TRUCK Rentals and Leasing 7266527 CD to CD CD Hawks said recently Last season the Flames play as chipped in $25000 from their own pay cheques and Georgia businesses purchased $750000 in tickets to keep the franchise alive Were not out of the woods veteran Bill Collins lifted backhander over goalie Michel Plasse It took Colorado 33 sec onds to pull even on goal by Joe Contini and defenceman Dennis Owchar of the Rockies made it 21 at 18 of the middle period Guy Charron tied it for Wash ington with his 20th goal of the year at 1611 and Bill Riley ti ped Gord Lanes shot past Passe 138 later to give the Capitals onegoal lead When you work hard for your money your money should work just as hard for you It will in Royal Trust RRSI You know what it is to put in long hours Hard hours Finally its paying off That makes today the perfect day to consider Royal 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PROFIT The Flames suffered losses reported to be around $900000 in 1977 he said but the building showed profit although he would not reveal how much Kent took over as Omni man ager in December 1975 when the building was losing money while playing host to about 165 events year Under Kent more than 200 events now are scheduled including ice shows ctrcuses rodeos and frequent rock concerts dardized kicking tee probably no more than one inch high for field goal and convert attempts However kickers may get fewer chances for field goals The receiving team after missed field goal attempt that goes for single point from out side the 35yard line would be allowed to scrimmage from the 35yard line or from the point of the last scrimmage Scrimmage now is at the 35 after each single point The rules committee meeting here in conjunction with the coachoftheyear dinner tonight also recommended nalty be assessed against offensive team on infractions committed by the defensive team on convert attempts The proposal says the kicking team could elect to accept penalty even if the convert attempt was successful because penalty would leave the ball on the 212 yard linehalf the distance to the goal linewithin easier reach of twopoint convert run or pass The automatic twopoint penalty against the defending team for pass interference on convert attempt would be eliminated The new penalty would provide another chance from the one vard line The rule committee also agreed to call for penalties aimed at quick movements by quarterbacks attempting to draw an opponent offside The intent will be to sto quarterbacks who attempt to draw the opposition offside moving quickly toward the centre without accepting the ball promptly Other recommended changes On simultaneous possession of loose ball by rival players the ball will go to the team that last had possession instead of the team that last touched it No coach shall be permitted on the playing field at any time including time out for player injury except with per mission of the referee On foul committed after ball has been kicked but before the receiving team has taken possession penalties against the kicking team shall be applied at the point of last scrimmage and against the receiving team at the point possession was gained However if possession were gained in the end zone the nalty would be applied from the receiving teams 10year me ma Rum scum NORTH BARRIE PLAZA Boyiield Si Box 562 Barrie rel 7263232 the examiner Tinnedy Jan 28 1978 15 Mens downhill is up for grabs GARMISCHPATENKIRCHEN West Germany CP The mens downhill at the forthcoming world at ine ski cham ion ships is wideopen affair on the strength recent Worl Cup races Its up for grabs says Ken Read of Calgary He and Steve Podborski of Toronto are rated highly among the downhill coni tenders The final two World Cup downhill races in Kitzbuehel Austria were among the closest ever contested with 20 skiers in the running for gold medal There is no reason why Kenny and Steve cant wm at Garmisch Cdnadian mens coach John Ritchie of Thunder Bay Ont said as the Canadians prepared for the world championships held every four years Both have been skiing extremely well lately as their results and training times at Kitzbuehel and Wengen Switzerland indicate he said The world championships Jan 28 to Feb bring together the elite of the international ski set Wheelchoirs Convalescent Aids OOstomy Supplies Surgical Garments Surgical Stockings Breast forms surgical bras Trained Personnel HARpERS Malina Servic Mi 1285407 123 Pennt St at St Vincent Barrie PORS