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Juniors cannot afford to lose By SCOTT ABBOTT The Canadian Press Canada enters weekend play in the Junior World Cup of Hockey tournament today knowing it cannot afford another loss against either Czechoslovakia or Sweden if the club is to qualify for the championship game Tuesday night at Montreal told them all of Canada is riding on their shoulders coach Ernie Puncht McLean of New Westminster Bruins of the Western Canada Hockey League said Friday night This is big showcase for junior hockey in Canada with every league represented Its up to them to do job Canada won its three games in preliminary roundrobin Blue Division to qualify for Division play after which the top two clubs will meet in the title game The Soviet Union handed Canada 32 defeat in Division play Wednesday the host countrys first loss in seven games including exhibitions In Division or consolation round games Friday night the United States beat West Germany 65 at Cornwall Out and Finland whipped Switzerland 91 at Iliill Que Canada has had experience against the Czechoslovakian team it meets at the Forum in Montreal today having beaten the Europeans so in exhibition play and 973 in the preliminary round PLAY SWEDES SUNDAY Canada plays Sweden at Montreal on Sunday while the Bus siaiis face Sweden today and Czechoslovakia on Sunday with the examiner Saturday Dec 31 1917 Vickings dont receive respect from critics DALLAS AP Comedian Rodney Dangerfield has devel oped reputation as being the man who dont get no re spect Minnesota Vikings who play Dallas Cowboys on Sunday for the National Football Leagues National Conference title and berth in their fifth Super Bowl are undergoing similar ex perience with different kind of audience They dont think its so funny read somewhere that for us to take the field against Dal las was like putting straw man in front of forest fire said Chuck Foreman the Vik ings chief offensive weapon Its ridiculous but thats the way people feel about us We arent respected Maybe thats good Jim Marshall the Vikings 40yearold defensive end who has started every official game Morton Stabler will start game ever played by Minnesota in their 18 years of existence acknowledged that the team was carrying the stigma of taking the Super Bowl too casually The Vikings dont like to use the terms but they realize that what they are being accused of is dogging it or choking up in the one big crucial test Our Super Bowl perform ances have been very dis appointing Marshall said But the stigma is unwar ranted We have had to win big games to figure in nine of the last 10 playoffs and to reach the Super Bowl four times more than any other team MATTER OF TIMING Its matter of timing and arithmetic To win the Super both games at Quebec City DENVER AP Denvers to tight end Dave Casper and In concluding act ion today in the DiVision where there is no Bowl ou have to la three Craig Morton has an inflamed wide receivers Cliff Branch and playoff Finland opposes the US at Cornwall to decide first place and Switzerland meets West Germany at Hull McLean was optimistic after his teams practice Friday The kids were sharp and they were moving the puck well and skating McLean said We worked on coming out of our own end and we scriiniiiaged for to minutes If Canadas playoff hopes remain alive heading into the game against Sweden the stars of the WCHL Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior series and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League will be faced with tough assignment against team that plays more of Canadian style McLean said That makes it tougher To assess them its really tough Sweden who tied Czechoslovakia 11 in their opening Division game tednesday was the oiin team to beat the Rus sians by tilt score in preliminary Gold Division play Late rally gives Knights 84 win THE CANADIAN PRESS London Knights rallied with four goals in the third period en route to an 84 win over Ottawa tiTs in Ontario Hockey Associ ation Major Junior play Friday In other games Kitchener Rangers downed Toronto Marl boros til Kingston Canadians and Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds played to 373 tie and Niagara Falls Flyers and Ieterborough Petes tied Play resumes Sunday with London in Peterlmrough and Windsor at Niagara Falls On home ice Jim MacRae scored two goals and three assists and Dino iccarelli had goal and five assists for the Knights Wayne Thompson got two goals for the Knights and others came from Jim Eckhardt Bill Carroll and Frank Nigro liiii Higgins and Sean Simpson each scored twice for the 67s outshot 3327 Goaltender Bob Parent made 37 saves and paced the Rangers totlic win before crowd of II2lt in Kitchener Outshot Litt 32 the Rangers got goals from Jody Gage Paul Rciiihart Brian Schnurr Don Maloncy Doug Sheddon and Tim wijack Glen Duncan and Brian Paton replied for the Marlboros The visiting Canadians came from behind twice to tie the Greyhounds in game marred by ltttttlltltitllltg brawl iii the first period GETS IIStONIHT IS Game iiiiscoiiducts were assessed to five players from each team including Kingston goalie Terry Thompson after the benches cleared during fight between Jeff Mitchell Sault Ste Marie toward and lhoinpsoii at the 13minute mark Sault Ste Marie lcd 43 after 3o minutes but Kingston tied the score lit by the end of two periods Dan Lucas scored twice for the Greyhounds with Dave Wat son Mike Boyd and Brent Jarrett adding the others Kingston goals came from Barry McQuaid whoscored twice Glcn Mctlelland Brad Clements and Mikc rombecn In Niagara Falls Terry Bovairs goal with less than two minutes remaining in the game lifted the Petes to the lie The Flyers led 32 after the first period and 34 entering the third before 1021 spectators Other Peterborough scorers were Steve Larmcr Mike Mcce ker Jeff Brubakcr Brian Drumm Mark Kirton and Keith Acton Niagara Falls which outshot Peterborough HItt got goals from Stan Adams Brian Wood Mark Renaud Bill Root Lou Iranceshctt Brent Armstrong and Paul Thomas scoreboard nhl TIII III IItI 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Dupain antralus Itth 728476I In Your Home or at our plant FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY YES we clean velvet furniture SIMCOE CARPET Established 948 Cleveland Baron Dennis Mariik centre tries to maneuver the puck into the Toronto Maple Leaf goal but to no avail Defending for the Maple Leafs are goalie Mike Palniateer Ron Ellis scores two Leafs shut out Barons THE CANADIAN PRESS Colorado Rockies pulled their goaltender and forward Paul Gardner scored with 39 seconds left on the clock to lift the Rockies to 22 tie with Van couver Cinucks in National Hockey League play Friday In other games Toronto Maple Leafs blanked Cleveland Barons 50 and Washington Capitals tied New York Rangers 33 In Vancouver Rockies goalie Doug Favell was pulled from his net in favor of sixth at tacker and Gardner scored his 35th goal of the season as the final seconds ticked awav Gardners goal after defen sive lapse by the Canucks Jack Mcllhargcy kept Colorado five points behind secondplace Vancouver in the Smythe Division With the Rockies flooding the Vancouver zone McIlhargey lost the puck in his feet behind the net and Colorados Wilf Paicment pounced on it shov ing it in front where Gardner was waiting to jam it behind goalie urt Ridlcy IIIII IIOI Gary Croteau had opened the scoring for the Rockies with powerplay goal in the second period before Don Lever netted pair of goals for Vancouver and Randy Carlyle right At the end of the first period Fri day night the Canadian team led 30 AP Laserphoto raising his season total to nine His first came while Vancouver enjoyed twoman advantage The Caiiucks had most of the good scoring chances despite being outshot 3422 and it was Favells goaltcnding perform ance that kept the Rockies close Defenccma Barry Beck Colorados top draft choice had two assists to put his season point total at 30 second to Mike Bossy of New York Islanders among Nlll rookies Bossy has points while Becks t5 goals lead NHL defciiceiueii At Richlield Ohio Ron Ellis SCOICI two goals and Darryl Sittler and Borjc Saliniiig each Sobchuk leads Oilers to 85 win over Racers HyTIIE CANADIAN PRESS Friday proved to be quite night for Dennis Sobchuk Playing in his first game for Edmonton Oilers and retur ning to active duty after lengthy injury Sobchuk scored three goals to help his new team to an it World Ilockcy Association win over In dianapolis Racers In other games New England Whalers dumped Birmingham Bulls 62 and Cincinnati Sti ngcrs fought Houston Acros to 55 draw Sohchuk 23 scored two of his goals in six seconds tying league record and helping lllr ers move to thirdplace tie with the idle Quebec Nordiqucs After finishing toth in league scoring last season with it goals and 52 assists Sobcliuk was struggling with Cincinnati this year before being dis patched to Edmonton two weeks ago in exchange for Butch Dcadinarsh He had only five goals and nine assists in 23 games with the St iiigcrs OIIOIIIIZlI To make matters worse ten doiiitis of the wrist had kept him out of action for several weeks Julia Widiiig Bill Flett Blair MacDonald Brett allighen and Ron hipixrfield scored the other goals for Edmonton which outshot the visitors 4T2tt Kevin Morrison netted pair for the Racers winless in their last It games Rosaire Paie iiicnt Blaine Stoughton and Bill kildsworthy got the others Orillia Terriers down Spitfires DRILLIA Ont 7Pi Ken Clarke and Rob Street each scored two goals to pace rillia Terriers to 34 win over Windv sor Spitfires in an exhibit ion hockey game Friday The game was the first exhibition play between the Ontario Hockey Association Senior league Major Iunior league and the asstxiations olin Wood and orby Adams were the other scorers for ri llia representing the Senior league Adams scored into an empty net at 1954 of the third period Russians down Alexanders 6l BRANIFORI Ont YPt IractortTheljabinsk of the So viet Union defeated Brantford Alexanders tit Friday night to record its third consecutive victory over Ontario Hockey Asso ciation Senior teams The Russians led to after one period and held 41 advantage entering the third They outshot Brantford 3127 before crowd of 2209 Cowboys place on allpro team NEW YORK Ari Five Dallas Cowboys four cacti from Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins and rushing and scoring leader Walter Payton of Chicago Bears have been selected to the 1977 National Football League all pro team by the Professional Football Writers of America it was announced to lay Payton who topped the NFL in ground gaining with 1852 yards and in scoring with oi points on to touchdowns was unanimous selection It marked the second consecutive year he has been chosen to the team YEAR HUDAC NEW HOME WARRANTY PROGRAM WARRANTY UN NEW HOMES INCLUDING CUNDUMINIUMS Purchasers should buy ONLY from Registered Builder and be assured of Deposit and downpayment protection Correction of defects and deficiencies during first year Protection against major structural defects for years Mediation in disputes Check with your boitder 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scored on an angled shot to tie the score at Lobanov scored another goal at 808 Boris Alexandrov as sisted on both scores Although the Jets played bet tu than in the first game the Russians dominated the action taking 10 lead on goal by Vasily Pervukhin at 1240 of the first period Dave Kryskows shot slammed into the Russian goal at 1330 of the third period to make it 42 after Geniiady Tsy gankov scored for the Soviet Ilnion at 1126 We played better game than we lid yesterday said Jets coach Larry Hillmaii But he said there is broad gap between his and the Soviet Na tional team We will field our best lay cis in the final match butt is is an exhibition series In RUSH foryour PRINTING or Photo Copies Try At Instant Printing l2 Clapperton St Across from Cancillas 7373902 Open till 630 pm assisted on three as Torontos Mike Palmateer shut out the Barons The Maple Leafs took 30 lead in the first period on goals by Dave Williams Ellis and Er rol Thompson all set up by Sit tler and after 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