Editor: ANDY FRASER

A STUDY IN CONCENTRATION, Bryan Boyko bs seen here just an instant before he serves the ball. Playing out of
the Lions Gate club, Boyko was just one of the many North Shore entries in the B.C. lennis tournament held at the

club last weekend. (Terry Peters photo)

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Playoff hopes
kept alive

WV Rockets split pair

After putting their backs
to the wall with a 5-4 loss to
the Chiefs at Maple Ridge on
Saturday night, the Rockets
kept their playoff hopes alive
with a spirited 6-3 win over
the North Van Mountaineers
Sunday at West Van Arena.

In Sunday's action the
Rockets held a commanding
edge in territorial play in the
first two periods, out-
shooting the Mountaineers
33-13 while building up a 5-1
lead. :

But it took the Rockets
fourteen minutes into the
first period before they were
able to get their first goal by
Mountaineer netminder
Chris Kozak. And Danny
Griffiths got that one from
the face-off in the Moun-
taineer zone, tapping in
Barry Penman’s shot from
the point coming on the
draw from Jim Buhr. Then
just before the period ended
the Rockets made it 2-0 on

Buhr’s deflection from Rex
Biedier.

Late in the second period
the West Van team stretched
their lead to three when Jeff
Durrant scored six seconds
into a Rocket power play on
the relay from Dave Harvey
and Penman. The Rockets
then managed two more
before the period ended,
with Penman scoring from
Dan Corrigan, and Durrant
connecting with his second
of the game on Harvey's
rebound.

Ross Wheatley got the
Mountaineers on the
scoreboard at the 18:27
mark of the period, leaving
the Rockets in front 5-1
going into the third.

The Mountaineers came
on strong in the final frame,
picking up goais by Don
McEown and Cliff Johnston,
with the Rockets’ lone

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