‘SIDELINES BOARDERCROSS CHAM- PIONSHIPS... North Vancouver shredder Greg Salmon won the Pro-class compelition at the 1994 Kokanee Boardercross Championships, held recently at Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler. Salmon fought off last year’s champ, Australia’s Mat Gilder, and 33 other competitors lo win the overall title. Boardercross is the newest and wildest event to hit the snowboard scene, resem- bling a cross between motor- cross and roller derby. Six rid- ers per heat race against one another down a specially designed course of banked turns, ruts, washboards, gates and jumps. The concept was introduced 10 the snowboard- ing world at Blackcomb in 1991 by American film-maker Greg Stump for his feature film Groove Requiem in the Key of Ski, spawning a series of events across North “America. GIRLS ROLLER . HOCKEY... A West Vancouver-based team of girls ranging in age from nine to 15 are looking for some in-line competition for friendly scrim- mages (boys or girls). For -more information call the West Vancouver Arena at 926-8621. GYMNASTICS... A number of North Shore gymnasts from Flicka Gymnastics Club will "be travelling to Grande Prairie, Alberta this weekend to com- pete in the Western Canadian Gymnastic Championships. They include: Jennifer Clarke, Amber Dubord, Breanne King, Yuki Sudo, Jennifer Tsakok and Alana Webb. At-the end of the month, Clarke, Sudo, Tsakok and Webb will cross the coun-- try to Prince Edward Island to compete in the Canadian Nationals. All six athletes are coached by F. Toma and Nancy Bilyrolyk. aee r NORTH SHORE GLADIA- TORS... The West Vancouver recreation centre is bringing the format of the television show, American Gladiators, to the North Shore on Saturday, May 7. Doofs open at 7 p.m. The North Shore Gladiator competition will feature youth challenging a complicated obstacle course, complete with mean and lean Gladiators. For $1, participants can compete in the fun event. Pre-registra- tion is advised. For more information call 926-3266. The recreation centre is locat- ed at 780-22nd St., West Vancouver, TENNIS... The climination round for North Shore tennis competitors in this summer’s B.C. Senior Games is taking place at Murdo Fraser courts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 7. The fee per player is $5. Fur details call 986-7445. The Summer Games take place in September in Prince Rupert. NEWS photo Cindy Goodman NORTH SHORE Select Under-19 player Laurent Scaligine headmans the ball up a soggy Kinsmen field during the Safeway Coastal Cup last Sunday. The North Shore team beat the Burnaby Selects in a shootout to win the Ceastal championships by a score of 2-1. The team now waits until the summer to meet the Interior representative to decide the provincial championship. ootout North Shore Selects claim Coastal title FOUR NORTH Shore teams entered the 1994 Canada Safeway Coastal Premier Cup finals at Kinsmen Stadium in North Vancouver last week- end. Two prevailed. Two lost. By A.P. McCredie Sports Reporter In the most exciting game of the fuil slate of weekend games, the North Shore Under-19 Selects beat Burnaby Metro 2-1! in a shootout to claim Coastal bragging rights. - - After playing to‘a scoreless tie in regulation play under rainy skies, both teams tallied goals in the over- lime period to force a champi- onship-deciding shootout that the North Shore won. Matt Judd. scored the overtime marker for the home team. ae The :Selects, coached by Gunther Frey, now wait until July. when they will meet an Interior team in Richmond to decide the provincial championship. The other victorious North Shore squad was the North Vancouver Lions Gate Capilanos, who shutout Point Grey United 2- nil in the Under-13 championship. The team is coached by Ron Hunt." Prior to the Capilanos’ Saturday : * morning game, the North Shore Under-14 Selects lost 2-0 to the North Delta Selects in a game that was much closer than the score reflects. Despite some skilled offensive play by forwards Jamie Dunnett and Suki Kandola in the first half, the North Shore squad failed to convert on some good chances. Delta stormed into the second half, resulting in a deflected corner-. kick beating keeper Giancarlo Martino, who moments earlier had made an acrobatic save on a well- placed header. North Shore fought back, but after having a goal called back due to an offside call, the team seemed to lose their spirit. {n Under-17 action on Saturday, the North Shore Selects lost to Metro-Ford Rangers 4-1. The Selects are coached by John McKenzie. Can fans stomach another Habs’ Cup? VIEW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS PATRICK ROY’S vastric tract notwithstanding, the smart money has to be on the Montreal Canadiens parad- ing down Rue St. Catherine in open-air cars later this spring, Lord Stanley’s Cup comfort- ably nestled beside the goal- keeper and his wife. Oh sure, the Rangers are on a mission. Mark Messier has the old fire in his eyes. But a look at the trend of the fast 30 years — something any punter worth his salt relies on — reveals that the Canadiens should be the odds-on favorite. In those three decades, Montreal has appeared in the finals 14 limes, winning all but vo of those se That's a 40% success rating, by far the best of any professional sports tain in the modern eri. The closest competition in this stu — Edmonton has won five, the Islanders four — are out on the links trying to correct that nagging slice. The Leafs you say? Don't bet the ranch. Toronto has won two Cups since 1964. Once in that year and again three years later. And as any hockey fan west of the Rockies knows, the Canucks have never brought home the vig hardware, although they were the bridesmaids in 1982. But the Vancouver faithful can take comfort in the fact that the Blackhawks have also never won the Cup in the last 30 years, and they’ve appeared no less than four times in the biy dance. One thing about athletic compe- tition, though: there's no such thing as a sure thing STANLEY CUP FINALISTS 1993: Montreal def. L.A. (992: Pittsburgh def. Chicago 1991: Pittsburgh def, Minnesota 1990: Edmonton def. Boston 1989: Calgary def. Montreal 1988: Edmonton def. Boston 1987: Edmonton def. Philly 1986: Montreal def. Calgary 1985: Edmonton def. Philly 1984: Edmonton def, N.Y. Isles 1983: N.Y. Isles def. Edmonton 1982: N.Y. Isles def. Varicouver POST: N.Y. Isles def. Minnesota 1980; N.Y. Isles def. Philly 1979; Mont. def. N.Y. Rangers 1978: Montreal def. Boston 1977; Montreal def. Boston 1976: Montreal def. Philly 1975: Philadelphia def, Buffalo 1974; Philadelphia def. Boston 1973: Montreal def. Chicago 1972: Boston def. N.Y. Rangers 1971; Montreal def. Chicago 1970: Boston def. St. Louis 1969: Montreal def. St. Louis 1968: Montreal def. Si. Louis 1967: Toronto def, Montreal 1966: Montreal def. Detroit 1965: Montreal def. Chicago 1964: Toronto def. Detroit. |