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12 the oxamlner Tuesday Dec 13 1977 as see it We dont need By SCOTT HASKINS Examiner orts Writer The Russians are coming Russians are coming Each year its the same old story Russian hockey teams invade Canada around Christmas win the games and go home thinking they are the best hockey players in the world No way Were still the best forget who they are playing They beat the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins Big deal Who doesnt beat those teams In 1972 we faced the Russians for the first time and despite their manipulation of the referees Paul Henderson came through with winning goal with only 32 seconds remaining in the series In 1974 the same Russian team beat the World Hockey Association allstars in an eightgame series but there were only tive or six players on the Canadian team who would rate in the top 30 in Canada The Russians are good hockey players no one can dispute that fact They are tremendous skaters and play makers but lack one vital quality pride Canadian hockey players have pride They are used to fighting back When the chips are down Canadians come through with the big play When was the last time you saw the Russian bench empty after an important goal They resemble hockey playing machines showing little or no emotion during the course of game The one fact that really irks me is that some socalled hockey faiis actually feel sorry for the Russians GlY LAFLElR the worlds best Fighting is part of hockey There have been fights since the first game in the late 1800s Russians refuse to drop their stick and gloves stand back and throw punches Instead they resort to speariiig kicking and high sticking Canadians retaliate and end up getting the penalties while the Russians get off free Canadian teams showed their superiority in Super Series 76 The Russians won the majority of the games but not against the top teams The Montreal anadiens tied the Soviet Red Army squad 33 but only because of the tremendous goaltending of ladislav Tretiak The Philadelphia Flyers pounded Red Arr my 11 and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Soviet Wings 126 proving that once you get by Tretiak the Russians are very weak in goal The Russians beat the Rangers Islanders Bruins and the Penguins They were allowed to add three players to each team while anadian teams American cities but Canadian playersl used their regular lineups For the first time in the history of international hockey we were allowed to use our best players in last years Canada Cup and it was really no contest Canada won the title over Czechoslovakia in two straight games The Russians didnt even make the fiital but of Russian hockey The Russians may win the games but fans sometimes The crosscountry skiers have taken to the trails at Molsons Park although the park will not officially open until this weekend The diehard skiers have already been out said Mike Shepherd park events co ordinator those dying to get out Shepherd said many 10 took to the park trai is past weekend but he could not put an accurate number on the number of skiers WORKING The men working at the shack ski centre said it was not too heavily used on Satur day but lot of people were out Sunday Shepherd said Id only be guessing as to the number The trails have been set marked and groomed but the park will open its ski rental this weekend Shepherd said the ski ren tal could have been opened earlier but there was some delay in receiving the 450 pairs of skis and equipment Shepherd said there has been some flaws in the skis and they had to be sent back which further delayed the 0f ficial opening MARKED TRAILS The trails are all marked and groomed and well be beginning this week This time of year there is some trouble with grooming because the snow drifts in or falling snow fills in the grooves Shepherd said Molsons Park has 20 km of groomed trails covering 700 acres There are three trails now marked novice about km in length intermediate km in length and expert which is 10km in length Shepherd said fourth trail should be opening up in the next few weeks RATED TRAIL Well have it rated by people who know about ski ing and it will be chance for people to rate themselves against the experts and the trail Shepherd said The fourth trail will be known as Molstar Nordic and will be 2000 in length skier picks up time card at miliolson Park trails open this weekend MIKE SHEPHERD punches in at time clock uipment charge for an when he leaves He punches adult is $250 and for child out when the course in com under 12 years of age rental pleted is $150 Shepherd said these The card is then returned rates are good for half days to one of the ski centre staff GROUPS who will determine the Shepherd said the park skiers handicap and the also has large number of skier will be eligible for groups making use of the special Nordic gold silver or facilities He said special bronze pin rates are given to school 1ROOMEI groups as well as college and Trails are groomed with an university groups He added Alpine groomer which packs adult groups also book time the snow The groomer pulls in advance with minimum another machine which cuts number of 20 skiers makinga four grooves in the snow for group the skis Molsons Park has an out The trails will be open to door skating rink which is the general public from open from am until 10 am to pm Shepherd said pm Shepherd said the ice the rental equipment is was not thick enough yet available on first come For more information on first served basis skiing at the park call If skier has his own 7262700 on weekdays and equipment the trailsare free 7266272 at night or on as well as instruction Rental weekends in registration booth and School Peter Reino is one of seven league teams which will take part in tournament Saturday at Eastview Ex aminer Photo course they had reason They said they left the best players at home Who cares They could have used them except they may have realized Jamie Laws of Barrie Peter Reino of the Simcoe ounty Mens lntcriiicdiatc Basketball League drives fora shot dur ing the clubs practice Monday at Etistview Secondary the other teams would have their best players for change and didnt want to risk losing with packed lineup At the conclusion of the final game in Montreal the Czechs proved they are true sportsmen They stayed through the final presentations waved to the crowd and exchanged sweaters with the Canadian players Do you think the Russians would have done the same gslated this weekend thing The National Hockey League tNHL seems to have the idea that it needs the Russians dont agree There is enough good hockey without having to put up with them Is it absolutely necessary to go through the humiliation of losing to Russian team when we dont use our best players Let them play under our conditions and then see how they do against players like Guy Lafleur Darryl Sittler Bobby Clarke and Larry Robinson The outcome is obvious HERE AND THERE the aged pacer of the year by the Ontario Jockey Club for the second year running The horse was owned by Bob Gamer and Roger Giffen of Minesing until his sale to John Grant of Hornby for $136000 in November Colts could tie Thor nhill for secondplace in the MidOntario Junior Hockey League with win over the Owen Sound Kings tonight Don Taniiahill is making his presence felt with the Barrie Flyers The Flyers play Russian team on Jan and tickets are going fast similar game two years ago was sold out Moscow Selects defeat Broncos LETHBRIDGE IP Moscow Selects built 72 lead mid way through the third period then held off Lethbridge Broncos of the Western Canada Hockey League for 74 exhibition hockey victory Monday night The win gave the Selects record of three wins and one loss on their current Canadian tour The Selects got single goals from Vladimir Erchov Viktor Zhuchok Boris Verigin Viktor Krutov Yury Savtsillo Mihail Alekseenko and Yury1yapkin scoring sensation for the Burgess is tied for most goals 1195 BurgthS the new travel to rillia on Friday to play the Terriers and host Brantford on Saturday at the Barrie Arena at 830 pm Barrie Flyers in the Ontario Senior Hockey League Burgess has scored seven goals in the last four games and it moves the lcftwinger into second place in the teams scoring race and ties him for first place in goals scored Burgess has 14 goals and ties him with Wayne King Burgess has 27 points one behind team leader Bob Wasson Wasson has nine goals and 19 assists Wassons linematc Phil Branston is third with 24 points while Wayne arlcton has moved into fifth place with eight goals and 15 assists Dave lohns the only goalie left in the Flyers camp has goals against average of 38 Johns has played 1233 games and has allowed 54 goals The Flycrs have won seven of 10 home games and four of 11 road games The Flycrs PHIL BRANSION third SCORING RAtE GP Pts PIM Bob Wasson 21 19 28 11 Les Burgess 21 14 13 27 10 Phil Branston 21 12 12 24 Wayne King 21 14 23 22 Wayne Carleton 18 it 15 23 21 Paul Regan 19 16 19 24 Stcchly 19 16 16 Bob Baird 16 13 38 Jim Thom son 16 Jambo Dancer has been selected Basketball tournament The cntral Georgian Bay Board of Approved Basketball Officials is hosting ait invita tional basketball tournament Saturday at Eastview Secon dary School Labatts Breweries and the Eastview Boys Athletic Association are tosponsors of the event which will attract 14 teams Seven teams from thc Simcoe County Mens lntcriiiediatc Basketball League including and Disposers Pair thcrs Allistoii Maurauders Barrie Pctcr Reino Midland Longhorns Orillia Peter Rcino ln Owen Sound tonight Colts take on Kings Theres no doubt that the Owen Sound Kings are one of the better teams in lllt Ontario Hockey Association Mid Ontario Junior Hockey League btit their problem so far has been proving it Barrie Colts have dominated games against the Kings this season and have picked up four straight wins including seasonropening win in Owcn Sound Colts have chance to con tinue their domination tonight when the two clubs meet in Owen Sound starting at 830 pm Colts are starting to play the way they were expected to and win tonight would move them into secondplace ahead of the Thornhill lhundcrbirds But it wont be easy Kings just finished knocking off first place Oak Ridges 53 and are in mustwin situation if they hope to catch fourtheplact Kl BOB TOFFAN goal Orilliti for the final playoff spot in thc fiveteam lcagiic olts have won three of their and Stayncr McKeans Mistics will take part OTHER TEAMS The other teams include Mariposa Meats of Toronto West York Motors Oweit Sound Port Pinters of Toronto Petcrborough rown Life and thc Newmarkct Stingers last four games and the addi tion of Todd Lalonde and Rick Bowman seems to have spark ed the rest of the team TONIGHT it wont be easy tonight coach Howie Forbes ftilts coach said They just finished knocking off Oak Ridges so we cant take anything for granted It looks like theyre starting to put it all together he said Colts ran into string of in juries earlier in the season with both captain Eric Cummings and Bob Coulson but everyone is healthy and only John Garner will be missing Garner is sitting out the so cond game of twogamc suspension for his art in penalty box fight wit rillias Doug Taylor 1101 Toffan will get his fourth straight start in net for the club He has been standout all season Jagges rink wins title Gaines get underway at 830 am and the championship games are scheduled for 630 pm Each team is assured of two games The first game winners will advance to the champion ship division while the losers will play off for the consolation title The championship team and the finalists will each receive trophy and individual awards fortheircfforts Each game will consist of two 15miniite halves Junior bonspiel slated junior mixed bonspiel will be held at the Barrie Curling Clubon Boxing Day Curlers 19 years of age and under are invited to participate in the one day bonspiel Rinks will be competing for the In surall Insurance Agency trophy and the McDonalds Restaurant trophy Rinks will play three sixend games Registration fee is $28 per rink and will include trophies dinner prizes and dance For more information call Mary Murakami at 7284290 Sandra Bertram centre presents the Bertram Brothers trophy to the Marg Jagges riiik at the Barrie Curling Club Monday The team from left Sui McGoey Sylvia Holt Marg Jagges and Holly llcrniiston defeated tlxc Ivy McWatcrs rink 96 in the deciding game of the ladies section championship The rink of Doris Campbell Leah Neely Marjorie lleydeii and leather Doiinelly won the second schedule title Examiner Photo SkiMolstar is rating not racing slopes Ski Molstar is not racing but rating yourself Ski Molstar is chance for the skier to rate himself against the slopes not racing against other competitors Ski Molstar is held several times year and gives the skier chance to evaluate his own progress in the sport Ski Molstar is for Alpine skieis or downhill skiers and costs $150 to enter the entry fee $1 goes to the Canadian Ski lnstructors Alliance and 50 cents goes to the Canadian Na tional Ski Team The rating is based on the standard time or par for the particular course on which the event is held The participant will receive rating card ex pressed as number and can be anywhere from one expert rating and up Ski Molstar will be held at Horseshoe Valley on Jan and 11 Blue Mountain and Georgian Peaks on Jan 14 Snow Valley and Valley Schuss on Jan 15 Hidden Valley and Mtxmstone on Jan 21 Medonte on Jan 22 Blue Mountain on lan 25 Mt St Louis and Bethany on Jan 28 Snow Valley and Dagmar on Jan 29 Honey Pot oti Feb Blue Mountain and Mansfield on Feb sler Bluffs and Talisman on Feb Blue Moun lain and Bethany on Feb Calcdon and Mt St Louis on Feb 11 Honey Pot and Caper Valley on Feb 12 Talisman and Moonstone on Feb 15 Bethany and Georgian Peaks on Feb 18 King Valley and Devils Elbow on Feb 25 Blue Mountain and Moonstone on Rangers win 130 Al Elliott paced Ivy Rangers to 130 victory over Cookstown in the Simcoe Meiis Broomball League on Sunday Elliott is the leagues leading scorer and led first place Ivy to their 11th consecutive win In other games played se cond place Molsons Brewery tied fourth place Queens Hotel 33 third place Thornton blank ed fifth place Simcoe Homets 30 and sixth place Shoppers Drug Mart defeated eighth place Elmvalc by default Elliott scored six goals in the Rangers win while Dave Schandlen added four Glen Hitchin chipped in with two goals for the perennial league champions and John Watson scored one Earl Elliott registered the shutout Roy Wilson scored twice for Queens while Bob Bauxall Queens while Bob Bauxall Brian Schneider and Fred Fritz scored for Molson Paul St Clair registered the shutout for Thornton in their 30 win over Simcoe Hornets Ken Saunders led the offensive at tack with two goals while Kelvin Parker added the third goal Georgian Peaks on March 11 Hidden Valley and Mansfield 25 March Horseshoe Valley and on March 16 and Devils Elbow and Horseshoe Valley on March sports shorts Red Devils keep winning games Red Devils rolled to their ninth straight win by pounding MDG 120 in Simcoe County Mens Broomball League game on the weekend In the other game the Innisfil Misfits downed Hill Refrigeration 61 Gary Helmkay led the Red Devils attack with five goals Jack Robbins had three Al Elliott had two and Rod Pilon and Greg Profit had one each Bob Drake picked up the shutout Brian Watson and Fred Tiffin each scored two goals to lead Innisfil to the win Keith White and Harold Gould scored singles Mike Ren nick scored the lone goal for Hill Refrigeration Ellis Atoms pound Richmond John Ellis Construction Minor Atoms continued their domination of the York Simcoe Minor Hockey League by pounding Richmond Hill 91 Sunday in Richmond Hill The win was the clubs ninth in 12 starts Richmond Hill opened the scoring at the 130 mark of the first period but after that it was all Barrie as they came back with three goals in the first period to take control of the game Keith Cyr was the top man for Barrie with three goals and one assist Cory Kirk had two goals and Darcy Taylor Mar ty Parker Stephen Day and Mark DAmbrosio had single markers Parker Robbie Jermey and David Priest each had two assists for the winners Scott Forde and Day had singles Greg Salter was the winning goaltender Bobcats defeat Oro twice Douglas Mercury Bobcats scored backtoback victories over 0m in York Simcoe Minor Hockey League play on the weekend Saturday Barrie won 83 in Cm and Sunday the club recorded 60 shutout Gerry Druinmond recorded the shutout in the second game Don Coulsoii was the clubs top marksman on the weekend as he scored four goals and added three assists Stan Crockford had three goals and one assist while Ken Walden and Ted Fairbank had two goals each Glenn Dusome Rob Shaw and Tim Cox had three assists each The backtoback wins kept the club in firstplace in the YSMHL with record of 12 wins and no losses Lions Novices split two games Barrie Lions Club Novices split pair of weekend games in the York Simcoe Minor Hockey League Saturday the club dropped 52 decision to Bolton but on Sunday it rebounded to pound Unionville 61 Barrie took 10 lead after the first period of the game against Bolton but trailed 21 heading into the final frame Darren Rumble had both goals for Barrie while Joey Lynch recorded hattrick for the winners It was the first time this season Bolton managed to beat the Barrie squad Earlier in the season Barrie posted 21 and 32 wins Sunday in Unionville it was different story as Barrie um ed ahead 10 after the first period and held 31 lead leading into the final frame Once again it was Darren Rumble who led the way He scored two goals for the second straight game Wayne Nelson Jeff Oldfield John Robinson and Mike McCann had the other Barrie goals Todd Quinn Donnie Monteith Scott Laurin Brett Waugh Nelson and Oldfield had assists Barrie outshot the home team 317 as Bob Gray and John McPherson had an eas time picking up the shutout The win raised the ubs season record to 11 wins and two losses