HOCKEY

19 - Wednesday, March 19, 1986 ~ North Shore News

WV Woives howl into playoffs

THE West Vancouver Wolves of
the Lions Gate Hockey League’s
Atom House division lost their last
league game alter roaring to a
three game undefeated streak.

The streak began with a 2-2 tie
against North Van CSL. at North
Van on Feb. 23.

Alex Cameron scored twice for

the Wolves, while team-mate
Steven Hodges had two assists.

Wolves’ goaltender Chris Begin
made an outstanding recovery in
the game after undergoing a 10-1
massacre at the hands of the North
Shore Winter Club (NSWC) Kings
the week before.

The second game in the Wolves’
Streak was a 4-3 victory over
Hollyburn on March 2.

Cameron again led the Wolves’
offense with had one goal and two
assists.

Josh Russell added a pair of
goals, and Jeff ‘‘Digger’* Orr slip-
pedina single ona solo effort.

Other assists went to Ben Cook
and Shaun Desai.

The Wolves’ first goal was
scored in 15 secords of the first
period setting a league record for

Firefighters douse Canadians

IN THE first round of North
Shore Senior Hockey League sud-
den death play-off action, the
Firefighters fought back from a
2-0 deficit to upset league champi-
on Canadians 6-3.

After Rick Poliquin and Dan
Romaniuk gave the Canadians an
early lead, Ken Francis cut the
margin in half late in the first
period.

Murray Chatwin tied the game
early in the second only to have
Dean Larivee restore the Cana-
dians’ lead.

Fred Baines tied the game before
the period ended with a short-
handed goal that demoralized the
Canadians. A rash of Canadians’
penalties late in the third period
proved their downfall, as Baines
and Francis tallied powerplay goals
less than two minutes apart.

Frank Hawrychuk put the game
out of reach a minute later.

In other play-off action, the

Drillers came from behind with
two late third-period goals by
Brian Wallace and Larry Brown to
edge the Old Crows 4-3.
- Don Langford opened the scor-
ing with a low screen shot early in
the first and Ed Reimer tied the
score late in the period.

Rick Walton put the Drillers
back on top midway through the
second period, and Ron Brown
tied the game later in the period.

Midway through the third

period, Bud Robertson gave the
Crows the lead for the first time.
The Crows weathered a short-
handed situation and were close to
an upset win when Wallace scored
from a scramble.
Two minutes later Brown stole

the puck at the Crows’ blue fine
and beat Crows’ netminder Bill
Swint on a breakaway.

With their best offensive display
of the season the Old Buzzards
dumped the Warriors 5-1.

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fastest goal scored.

But that record was short-lived
as Cameron scored a goal against
the Hollyburn club 14 seconds into
the second match in the home and
home series. The Wolves’ forward
added two more goals and one
assist, while team-mate Stephen
Hodges added a goal and two
assists in the 5-1 victory.

The Wolves finished fifth
overall, which tied them = with
cross-community rivals, West Van
Warriors. Both teams had identical
records of vight wins, 10 losses and
two ties,

The NSWC Kings finished first
jn regular league play and will host
their annual Invitational Tourna-
ment April 7 to 10.

Atoms
explode

THE NORTH VANCOUVER
Atoms A’s hockey team finished first
in their zone and defeated West Van
in the playoffs to advance to the
Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey
Association,

North Vancouver's Atom B
Whites also finished first in their
zone. They defeated Richmond in
the playoffs to advance to the zone
playdowns this weekend at West
Vancouver Rec. Centre.

The North Van Atom B ‘‘Blue”’
team will also play in the zone
playdowns. The Blues finished se-
cond in the league and defeated
Grandview in the playoffs.

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robin zone finals will meet the win-
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