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team lost a_heart-
breaking overtime
decision 81-71 in a
sudden death playoff
encounter: with
Vancouver Community
College Falcons Friday
night, and as a result,
the Falcons now move
on to represent B.C.
and the Totem Con-

-. ference in the Western

. ACTION WAS FAST and farious Monday night as the Maple Ridge Chiefs came on
Dlayelis at North Vew Rec Centre, (hea Sati het en ee rst game of thelr Metro
playoffs at North Van Rec Centre. (Ian Smith photo)

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Capilano College
Blues mens basketball

Canadian Cham- ran out of gas as the Falcons
won it going awa a 81-71
pionships. __. Count. going y byas

In control and in the lead
for the entire game, the
Blues were ahead 65-63 with
18 seconds left when a Cap
player inadvertantly stepped
over the centre line to turn
over the ball to VCC on the
over and back call. VCC
drew a foul and with eight
seconds left on the clock tied
the game from the foul line.

In overtime, a disap-
pointed Blues squad simply

The physically bigger
Falcons, who are currently
rank number 4 in the
country, were harassed and
kept off balance all night by
the Blies who full court
pressed for the entire game.
The press, which enabled
the Blues to build their lead
to as much as 14 points at
one stage of the game, was
equally responsible for their
fatigue in the overtime
period.

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The West Van
Rockets’ got off to a

ai ‘flying playoff start with |

an win: over. the |

‘‘Po€o ‘Blazers in the.

first. game of the Metro.
League finals Sunday at
West Van Arena.

‘It was a good solid team
effort from: start to finish and
for the Rockets one of those
rare games where they
maintained the lead. for.

picked up Wilson's pass at
centre ice and with some
fancy stickhandling worked
‘his way right in for ‘West
"Van's fourth goal.

With five minutes left in

‘the period the Blazers took

advantage of some casual

play by the Rockets to notch .
——-—— their secorid goal and cut the
Rockets’ lead to 4-2. But two

minutes later Chatfield
produced what proved to be
the game winner when he
stole the. puck outside his

almost the entire game.

The Rockets’ first goal at
i 7:47 of the first period came

own blue line and with a
good burst of speed and
dogged determination
worked his way in on goal,
sliding the puck under the

¥ | on the power play only
: 1 seconds after the start of the .

- PoCo penalty as lim Buhr
got the. draw back to BAl

| Reid. who handcuffed the
- PoCo~ goaltender with ‘a

_ bullet shot from the slot.

_PoCo tied it up less than a
minute later but Al Wilson
put the Rockets back in the

lead three minutes later with ©
Craig Harmon and Ernie ‘

Kostner drawing assists.

And from then on the

Rockets were never headed.
With four minutes left in the
period, Buhr was on the
PoCo doorstep to bang in the
relay from Brian Chatfield
and Reld to extend the
Rockets’ lead 3-1 heading
into the second period.

Eight minutes into the
second frame Kostner added
another marker when he

PoCo goaltender for the
Rockets’ fifth goal and a 5-2
lead.

f

A’ minute _ later -PoCo

_added their third goal to end

scoring in the period with

the Rockets out in front 5-3. _

; From the start of the third
period, in an attempt to get
something going, the Blazers

applied pressuré from the

opening face-off, “only to
have the Rockets break
loose and at 1:58 Harmon.

‘notched the insurance goal.

from Kostner and Reid fora -
6-3 West Van lead. Thirteen |
seconds later Kostner put

- the Rackets out in front 7-3

assisted by Wilson and Reid
to! further deflate the

Blazers’ hopes. |

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