HOCKEY EXCELS AT NSWC

IT IS no coincidence that the North Shore Winter
Club minor hockey program can list among its
alumni several players such as Curt Fraser of the
Chicago Black Hawks, Greg Tebbutt of the Quebec
Nordiques and Mark Lofthouse of the Washington
Capitals who are currently earning their living in
the National Hockey League.

By JIM JAMIESO.

The excellence of the
hockey program at NSWC
was given .further credence
last Friday night when the
North Vancouver club down-

ed arch-rival Richmond 9-5
to win its own midget A in-
vitational tournament. It was
the Lith time in 21 years that
NSWC had appeared in the
tourney final and the club’s
eighth chamionship, in-
cluding five in the last six

NAMED MOST vailuabie player of the game, North Vancouver bantam ‘B’ goalie, Frank Kirsten is shown stopping one of
29 shots, while team mate Cory Tardiff, right, looks on. In this game the North Van team beat Portland 4-0, but failed to
reach the semi-finals of the North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association’s 10th annual bantam tournament, held at North
Van rec. centre and Karen Magnussen arena last week. Reports on pages B2 and B9.

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years.

While going undefeated in
the tourncy — and outscor-
ing its opposition 35-8 —
NSWC is 35-1-1 overall on
the season and sits atop the
Lower Mainland Zone !
standings.

In the final, some defen-
sive adjustments from coach
John Bartok during the first
period intermission sparked
NSWC to its lop-sided vic-
tory over Richmond.

After carrying most of the
play in the opening 20
minutes, NSWC found itself
down 3-2 due to some defen-
sive miscues that presented
Richmond with a series of
two-on-one breaks — two of
which resulted in goals.

But then Bartok got out
the dressing room chalk-
board.

**Mostly, we just want to

the provincial final last year.
*“They’re so damn fast you
can’t give them any room.

“Also, we keyed on some
of their players better _in the
second and third period. We
that all game
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The adjustments evidently
paid off as John Hunter and
Jeff Lee scored within a span
of 23 seconds in the opening
minute of the second period
to vault NSWC into the lead.
Richmond’s Bruce Kenward
tied the contest at 4-4 just
under three minutes later
with a pretty, short-handed
goal, but Scott Rawson and
Mike Tearle notched markers
in the second half of the
period to give NSWC a 6-4
lead after two stanzas.

Dave Thomlinson, Jeff
Lee and Thomlinson again
scored consecutive goals for
NSWC before the third
period was six minutes old to
turn the contest into a rout.

““They’re a little better
than us right now,”” conceded
Richmond coach Mike
Moore, whose first-place
Zone II club lost twice in ex-
hibition earlier in the season
to NSWC. ‘‘Those two goals
at the start of the second
period changed the focus of
the game.”” N

Other NSWC goals were
scored by Joe Murphy and
Doug McDonald, while Ron
Moree with two goals and
Jeff Crossicy completed the
scoring for-Richmond.

Murphy, the NSWC cap-
tain who was later named

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