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Friday, April 23, 2010 - The Morning Star A27
Sports SPORTS BRIEFS Gagnon gets pair of assists in Texas victory
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Armstrong product Aaron Gagnon pocketed a pair of assists as the Texas Stars slammed the Rockford IceHogs 6-1 in American Hockey League playoff action Wednesday night before 3,232 fans at the Rockford MetroCentre in northern Illinois. Former Kelowna Rocket Jamie Benn earned 2+2 for the Stars. Gagnon assisted on one of Benn’s goals and then combined with Benn to set up Greg Rallo’s second-period powerplay goal. Calgary Hitmen grad Brent Krahn made 27 saves for the shutout. Texas leads the best-of-seven, first-round Calder Cup series 3-0. Viper grad Hunter Bishop picked up two minor penalties in the Hamilton Bulldogs’ 5-4 win over the Manitoba Moose Wednesday night in front of 7,501 fans at the MTS Centre. P.K. Subban and Mike Glumac each scored twice for Hamilton. The Moose, who trail the series 3-1, got three goals from Jordan Schroeder in a 7-2 win Monday night. Viper grad Aaron Volpatti received an instigating minor, fighting major and game misconduct after scrapping Ryan White of the Bulldogs with 3:02 remaining.
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Open house for lawn bowling club May 15 The Vernon Lawn Bowling Club invites everybody to take up the exciting sport by attending a public open house Saturday, May 15 at 10 a.m. at the Polson Park greens. For further details, leave a message, along with your name and telephone number, on the club’s answering machine (250-542-0212) and a member of the executive will get back to you. The club’s website is at www.vernonlawnbowlingclub.com ext
Minor baseball garage sales goes Sunday Vernon Minor Baseball Association is holding a giant garage sale Sunday at the north end of the Village Green Mall parking lot. Sports equipment and yard and household items will be consigned. Call Rick at 558-1488 or Kathy at 307-1557.
Quotable... Alex Burrows of the Canucks, asked if he believes the NHL referees are against Vancouver: “No. Not at all. I hope not. I don’t think so. They’ve got a tough job to do and those were not easy calls. Nobody is against us. Hopefully the calls will start to go our way.”
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Dauphin takes 3-1 series lead over Ice Wolves The Dauphin Kings appear to be over a bad bout of food poisoning. The Manitoba Junior Hockey League regularseason champions, who had several players vomiting on a 800-kilometre bus trip home from La Ronge, Sask. Saturday night, inched a step closer to capturing their second ANAVET Cup with a 5-3 victory Wednesday night over the La Ronge Ice Wolves before 1,528 fans in Dauphin. The Kings, who set a franchise-high 50 wins this season, now hold a 3-1 lead in the best-ofseven series. Game 5 went Thursday night at Dauphin’s Credit Union Place. “We got it done tonight,” Kings’ GM and head coach Marlin Murray told CKDM-Dauphin. “It was a good effort by our guys. We were a bit mentally tired, I suppose, from everything we’ve been through over the last couple of days, but that was no excuse. We battled through that.” The last time the Kings won the ANAVET was back in 1983 when Barry Trotz was their captain. These days Trotz is behind the bench of the Nashville Predators, spending his summers in Vernon. Dauphin, as host, and the Ice Wolves, will both play in the Royal Bank Cup nationals, May 1-9.
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Lukas Petrone, five, (front) tries to get past Dylan McGee, five, in a game of British Bulldog during Soccer Patch action Saturday at MacDonald Park.
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A mild winter allowed the Vernon ANAF Diamondbacks to begin outdoor training in late February. They start stroking dingers and turning doubleplays for real Saturday when they face the expansion Okanagan Major Baseball League Penticton Pirates for a pair at Carmi Field. The Pirates enter the league, 20 years after the last time they had senior men’s baseball in the Peach City. “The Diamondbacks will be pitching by committee on Saturday, as work commitments will limit the options,” said Kyle Anderson. “John McInnis is expected to get the ball in Game 1.” On Sunday, the D-Backs host the Pirates for a doubleheader, starting at 1 p.m. at Marshall Field. “Last year’s team Cy Young, Peter Ortman, will get the start in the home opener,” added Anderson. The Diamondbacks encourage the public to check out the ANAF D-Backs. Admission is free and there will be a concession. Joining Vernon and Penticton in the OMBL are the Kelowna Jays and Kamloops Sun Devils, which are both extensions of the college baseball programs at Okanagan College and Thompson Rivers University respectively. The Trail Orioles will play an exhibition schedule against the OMBL teams. Teams will play a 24-game league schedule with playoffs scheduled for July 23-25, while the provincials are July 30-Aug, 2 in Trail.
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