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NS Winter Club Flames settle for split in semi-finals

THE NORTH Shore Winter Club
Flames had to setthe for a split in
its best-of-five semi-final series
with the Grandview Steelers over
the weekend, winning the series
opener 4-3 in overtime and then
dropping a 6-4 decision.

At the Winter Club Feb. 20, it
was a goal by Justin George two
minutes and 58 seconds into over-
time that lifted the Flames to their
4-3 victory over the Steelers in the
first game of the series.

Throughout most of the game,
the Flames dominated the play,
but were unable to capitalize on
many good scoring opportunities
and were only one for 12 on the
power play.

In the first period, while out-
shooting the Steelers 15-5, the
Flames’ only scoring came at the
12:36 mark with Ken Savage scor-
ing from Kelly Lawrence and
Wade Bartok for a 1-0 lead after
one period.

Grandview hit the scoreboard
with the equalizer just past the
three-minute mark of the middle
frame, but the Flames took com-
mand again with two goals in just
under three minutes.

At 5:18, Lawrence triggered a
Dan Payne pass for a 2-! Jead and
then the Flames added their only
power-play marker at 8:51 as
Payne picked up goaltender Gary
Knight's pass at mid-ice and fed it
to Mario Abella, who took it in for
the score.

With just over four minutes re-

Special
Olympics
hampered

WEATHER PROBLEMS
hampered the running of the Se-
cond Annual B.C. Special Olym-
pics Winter Championships held at
Seymour Ski Country recently.

-With too much snow on the
course, the meet was scaled down
to giant slalom and downhill
events.

Sixteen Special Olympics
downhill Skiers, under the direc-
tion of Seymour's Al White, par-
ticipated in the meet -held during
the organization’s activities, which
also included cross-country skiing
and snowshocing at Cypress. ~

Top performances turned in by
members “of the North Shore’s
Seymour Ski Busters came from
Warren Callin and Steven Seminuk
who were first and third, respec-
tively, in the ‘giant slalom advanced
division. Cal Brandolini was se-
cond in giant slalom novice divi-
sion; Iver Gunderson was first in
downhill advance division; Lor-
raine McLatchie and Joe Barker
were second and third, respective-
ly, in downhill novice division.

. Sixteen of B.C.’s best will head
for Edmunston, N.B., for the
first-ever Special Olympics Winter
Games March 6 to 11.

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muatining in the period, the Steelers
scored again, cutting the Planes’
fead to 3-2,

The Steeler goal that would send
the game into overtime came at the
end of a Flame power play with
only 54% minutes remaining in the
game.

The penalized Grandview player
teturned to the ice at the end of his
penalty and picked up a clearing
pass at the centre fine and went in
all alone for the scere.

Over the three periods plus over-
time, the Flames outshot the
Steclers 39-26.

In the Flames’ 6-4 loss at
Grandview Feb, 21, the Flames got
off to a fast start, connecting on
two power-play opportunities —
the first at 3:50 by Lawrence from
Ray Stonchouse and Payne and
then one by George from Savage
and Lawrence six minutes later for
a 2-0 lead.

The two teams traded power-

play goals in the second frame, the
Steelers scoring first just one
minute into the period and the
Flataes countering with one of
their own midway when Steve
Harris scored on a shot from the
point with Lawrence and Kevin
Buhr drawing the assists.

But just over a minute later, the
Steelers pulled to within a goal
again to close out the scoring in
the period trailing 3-2,

After the teams traded goals ear-

ly in the final frame —- Grandview
scoring on the power play at 1:01
and Payne countering from Scott
Higginson 30 seconds later — the
Steelers added three unanswered
goals, the last one into an empty
net with 11 seconds remaining, for
the 6-4 final.

The third game in the series con-
tinues at the North Shore Winter
Club Feb. 27 at 8:45 p.m. The
fourth game is the following night
at Grandview at 8 p.m.

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