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Nanaimo ranks 21st of 36 cities to fi nd jobs
Down 2-1The Canucks are behind in their playoff series again after a 4-2 loss in Calgary
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Hilton will not use Georgia Park landSPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo city staff say the developer behind the proposed Hilton Hotel project has dropped their request for a long-term lease of Georgia Park.
Instead, the project proposal has been redesigned and will pro-ceed without a lease of the city parkland situated between the city’s seawall and the proposed building site off of Front Street.
A staff report before council Monday notes “considerable” public opposition to a proposed lease of approximately 925 square metres of Georgia Park approved in principle by council last year.
“As a response to this feedback, the proponent has designed the project to ensure that the hotel can be constructed solely within the boundaries of its own prop-erty,” the report says.
A staff recommendation set for Monday’s council meeting would have council rescind approval in principle for a lease and instead direct city staff to amend an existing right-of-way agreement to include $1.5 mil-lion in improvements to the area, including a public walking route extending from the hotel down through the park to the water-front walkway.
Insight Holdings would be required to build and maintain the improvements, which would immediately transfer to city ownership, Nanaimo commun-ity development director Dale Lindsay said. The city would also retain full control and ownership of the park area.
“At the end of the day . . . these would become city-owned park improvements,” Lindsay said.
The $1.5 million in right-of-way improvements would be in addition to the $1.2 million the developer has already contrib-uted to the city for park improve-ments in the area as part of the rezoning process.
Council approved a zoning amendment bylaw for the project last fall.
Insight Holdings representative Darwin Mahlum declined com-ment when reached Friday.
JULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS
As an emergency ser-vices dispatcher for the Nanaimo Com-munications Centre, Steve Brimble has
taken his fair share of crazy and dramatic calls.
However one of the most tragic he ever fielded took place more than 20 years ago while he was working in Moncton, N.B.
It was Thanksgiving weekend in 1989 and a local family hosting their yearly reunion in Cormier village was returning from a hay ride when a logging truck lost its load of logs and jack-knifed while negotiating a turn on the road.
The truck and the logs crashed into the wagon and the two trucks following behind, killing 13 people and injuring 45.
As the closest emergency dis-patcher, it was Brimble who had to take the call and co-ordinate rescue efforts into the remote community.
“Whole families died,” he said.
“And there was only four us in the coms centre taking care of the whole province, so we were immediately overwhelmed.
“We found out when a constable called us over the radio with his voice shaking and said, ‘I need everything you can send me.’ We later found out he had the body of a three-year-old girl laying at his feet.”
With such a lack of resources available, the dispatchers had to think outside the box and think quickly.
“We had to sit there and say, ‘where can we find a cherry picker truck to take logs off off people?’ — and this is Thanksgiving Sunday,” said Brimble. “It was insane.”
It is all just a day in the life of an emergency dispatcher, who provide a vital link between the public and first responders.
Last week marked the emer-gency services dispatcher and
911 awareness week throughout the province.
“They play a very vital role and they often get forgotten about,”
said Sgt. Sheryl Arm-strong of the Nanaimo RCMP.
“We can’t do our job without these people being competent and doing their job.”
Versatility and the ability to think on one’s feet are just a few of the skills necessary to func-tion as an emergency dispatcher.
As an example, Arm-strong cited the shoot-ing at Western Forest Products on April 30 that left two dead.
“The dispatch in that case, the person who got the 911 call, they’re dealing with people who have been shot,” Armstrong said, “so they’re the lifeline for those people.
“Trying to keep them calm as they’re hearing the aftermath.
“Same thing with the person who’s dispatching, they’re con-cerned because they’ve got the (police) members going in. So that’s a file where it shows you just how good we need these people to be.”
It was a case in which Brimble feels proud of the co-ordinated response, where police officers arrived on scene within three minutes of the first 911 call, and had the suspect apprehended within six minutes.
Not all calls are that intense. Brimble said they deal with their fair share of resource-sapping pocket dials from cell phones and the occasional humourous or bizarre request.
“‘My brother double-dog dared me to eat a piece of (poo) and I did it, what should I do?’” was one call, said Brimble with a chuckle.
Another man called and asked if he was within his legal rights to defend himself if a crow attacked him again.
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Pocket dials, humorous requests also daily events
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MONDAY, APRIL 20 8:30 a.m Jack Anderson, founder of Greenplan, a leading sustainable design and green building/consulting firm is the April Parksville Probus Club Speaker. $5 Bayside Quality Inn, 240 Dogwood St., Parksville.
6 p.m. Nanaimo Family History Society monthly meeting. F amily tree discussion groups, FamilySearch.org website. Beban Park Social Centre, rooms 7, 8.
7-9 p.m. Harbor City Newcomers Club for adults new to Nanaimo. Build a social network, gain friends hike, attend pot-lucks, theatre outings, play games and more. Oliver Woods Recreation Centre, 6000 Oliver Rd. [email protected] 250-585-8219.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
10-11 a.m. Kids’ Drop-in & Play Group In partnership with PacificCARE Child Care Resource and Referral, free weekly play groups Woodgrove Centre, near the food court children 5 and younger.
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Irwin Street work parties, at the Irwin Street Garden return. Bring gloves and hand tools if you have them. 256 Needham St. Also Sun-days 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
7-8:30 p.m. Planning Your Final Wishes, a free four part series for end-of-life plan-ning Tuesday evenings, April 14 to May 5. Simmar Madaan: of with Island Law. Brechin United Church, 1998 Este-van Rd.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
3-6 p.m. Island Roots Farmers Market. Support local growers, producers and artisans year-round. Pleasant Valley Hall, 6100 Dumont Rd.
7 p.m. Eastbound Train with Robin Mills, The Distributors, at The Dinghy Dock Pub, 8 Pirates Lane, Protection Island,
Tickets $20 from artists, the pub or at ticketzone.com.
8 p.m. Nanaimo Theatre Group launch of Bus Stop, a comedic drama set in a Kansas snowstorm, at the Bailey Studio, 2373 Rosstown Rd. Tickets $18 and $20 at, nanaimotheatregroup.com or 250-758-7224. Runs nightly through May 9, Sunday matinees 2 p.m.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
5-9 p.m. The Nanaimo Flea Market offers a variety of vendor goods. 1630 East Wellington, Royal Canadian Legion Hall.
7 p.m. A Night of Stand-Up Comedy with Leland Klassen with special guest: Tim
Kerfoot at The Queen’s, 34 Victoria Cres, tickets $20/door, advance $15 at Queen’s, Lucid, Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo or ticket-zone.com.
8 p.m. Kevin Mitchell, Paul Mitchell live at the Longwood Brew Pub, 5775 Turner Rd.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24 7 p.m. Shriners Variety Show 2015 includes magic, illusions, juggling acts, comedy, and more. A portion of all proceeds benefit many Shrine activities. Port Theatre, all seats $20.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lecture: Global
Warming, Climate Policy and the Price of Bread: Dr. Thomas Pedersen, Parksville Community Centre, Garry Oak/Arbutus Room, 132 East Jensen Ave. $10 at the door.
7 p.m. The Port Theatre presents Harry Manx ‘Mysticssippi’ blues man Harry Manx has been called an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. Pre-show chat 6:45 p.m. in Harmac Room. $40, mem-bers $36, students $15, eyeGo, $5.
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lecture Global Warming, Climate Policy and the Price of Bread: Multiple Threads But Just One Tapestry by Dr. Thomas Pedersen, , Garry Oak/Arbutus Room in the Parksville Community Centre, 132 East Jensen Ave. $10 at the door.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
2:30 p.m. Nanaimo Concert Band Spring Concert: includes classical, big band, marches, show tunes and more. All seats $14.
MONDAY, APRIL 27
7 p.m. Nanaimo Search and Rescue panel discussion, presented by Canad-ian Federation of University Women, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Hall, 4235 Departure bay Rd. For information, 250-758-9298.
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
10-11 a.m. Kids’ Drop-in & Play Group. In partnership with PacificCARE Child Care Resource and Referral, free weekly play groups, Woodgrove Centre, near the food court for children 5 and younger.
7 p.m. Ladysmith Camera Club presents “Foren-sic Photography” at Hardwick Hall, High St. at Third Ave. in Ladysmith.
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WHY NANAIMO?A look at why people choose to make the Harbour City home
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Nanaimo ranks 21st of 36 top places to fi nd a jobROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
Nanaimo ranks 21 out of 36 B.C. cities for the best places to find and maintain good jobs in the province, according to a report by the BC Business magazine.
The magazine based its report, called Best Cities to Work in B.C., on a number of criteria, including the average household income of each community, unemployment rates and population growth.
According to the report, the average household income in Nanaimo is $73,800, the popula-tion growth is 4.4 per cent and the unemployment rate is 9.24 per cent.
The top city in the report is Fort. St. John, which has an aver-age household income of $109,700, a population growth of 6.3 per cent and an unemployment rate of 5.9 per cent.
Prince Rupert is ranked last in the report, with an average household income of $75,600, a population growth of minus-1.06 per cent and an unemployment rate of 14.8 per cent.
Vancouver ranked 10th in the report, while Victoria came in at 16.
Sasha Angus, CEO of the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation, said he questions some of the figures in the report, including Nanaimo’s unemploy-ment rate.
Unemployment in the city was at 5.5 per cent in 2013, according to a NEDC report released in November.
Angus also said the report didn’t take into account a num-ber of other factors that favour Nanaimo over other cities in the province, including the cost of living.
“There’s no doubt that aver-age household income in cities like Vancouver is higher than Nanaimo’s, but they are far more expensive to live in,” Angus said.
“Housing prices are a lot more affordable in Nanaimo than cities like Vancouver and Victoria as well. I think these numbers (in the report) have to be taken in context.”
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Brian James and his wife, Sherry, enjoy walking the downtown harbourfront trail. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
Ontario couple had been yearning for the coast
B rian James moved to Nanaimo on Dec. 4, from Huntsville, Ontario, and
was followed by his wife, Sherry, a month later. Brian and Sherry always had an eye on the coast and jumped at the opportunity when it became available. They have both settled in but still like to act like tourists in their own town.
What drew you to Nanaimo?Brian: Even though I had
never stepped foot on B.C, soil before, for the past couple of years, we were living a life of “when we were going to move out here” not “if we were going move out here.”
I would regularly wander all over Nanaimo on Google Maps, had both my local and Nanaimo weather cities on my phone and would listen to 91.7 Coast FM.
Once the Island general man-ager at Vista Radio opportunity came available in our company, I jumped at it and three weeks later, I was on a plane.
Sherry: I arrived on New Year’s Eve. I had never set eyes on our new apartment except for video.
We picked up the keys and sat on the floor of our empty apart-
ment mesmerized by the view. The mountains, the ocean and
green grass. I had just left three feet of snow and -20C weather.
What challenges have you faced?Brian: It pales in comparison
to when I was a child and my father arrived in Canada alone and then brought myself and the rest of my family over from Scot-land. I had a similar challenge of saying goodbye to family in Ontario and then arriving with-out my wife Sherry.
My first home away from home while searching for accommo-dation was with James and the gang at Inn on Long Lake.
They made me feel very wel-come and I thought “Gee, the hospitality industry is super friendly” which it is, but then I discovered it’s the people of Nanaimo.
Sherry: Leaving the security of a job, a house and family was daunting and exhilarating all at the same time. I arrived very tired after packing up a house and life in a matter of weeks and then for the first few weeks I was in recovery mode. It’s an emo-tional journey.
How are you integrating into the community and what do you bring to Nanaimo?
Brian: One thing I have con-sistently done in over 25 years of broadcasting and sales, is to be engaged where I live. My pos-ition takes me all over the Island
and Coast but at the end of the day, I walk the walk and talk the talk of my home. I love The Har-bour City, We live in the Old City near the harbour and we walk wherever and whenever we can and then regularly get out to all of the great shops, parks, attrac-tions, and eateries throughout Nanaimo every week.
Sherry: After 15 years of working for the government in customer service and adminis-tration back in Ontario I brought those skills to the Vista radio team. I made the decision to take risks and not be afraid to fail. I am enjoying every minute and doing what I do best - meeting people. I also joined the DNBIA Marketing Committee.
I’m hoping we can get involved in some charity work. Brian has worked with the Terry Fox foundation and I’ve worked with mental health and addictions. I hope we can meet in the middle and find something that we are both passionate about.
What is the most underrated thing in/about Nanaimo, from your point of view?
Brian: Every town and city I’ve entered on the Island has a unique character and a distinct vibe. I think people forget to stop and appreciate the extraordin-ary gift that Nanaimo is to live in. Everywhere you turn there is a path or a park reminding you to slow down and enjoy what is truly important.
Sherry: The weather. Back east, we paint the west with the same brush — rain, rain, rain. I couldn’t even begin to imagine the diversity here — the fore-cast varies so much. It’s almost impossible to predict.
If you could make one change to Nanaimo, what would it be?
Brian: When I ask people, “what should I do? What do I need to see?” People would try to send me out of town. It would be nice to be able to do a spring-cleaning to remove some old ideas and misconceptions about Nanaimo. I’ve lived many places that have bits and pieces of a vital and diverse community but I guess I’ll just consider myself lucky that I can recognize that Nanaimo has it all.
A highly active sports, arts, lit-erature, theatre, entertainment and recreation community and you don’t have to go more than 15 minutes in any direction to do it.
I’d love to see the average Nanaimoite stop directing people to go elsewhere for their activ-ities and truly commit to being a tourist at home for a while. I’m certain they’ll rediscover why the rest of us walk around with these foolish grins all the time.
Sherry: Stop making compari-sons. Embrace the good and the bad. Every City has its chal-lenges. Think progressive and spread the Nanaimo pride by engaging in your community.
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Life expectancy lower in NanaimoPeople in city are not living as long as others on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, a new study says ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
Statistics from Island Health have confirmed that life expect-ancy in Nanaimo is lower than both the Vancouver Island and provincial average.
The numbers also underline that men fare worse than women across the board in terms of liv-ing longer.
The average life expectancy of men in Nanaimo is 78.5 years compared to women which is 83.
The Island Health average for
men is just below 80 years while the average across B.C. is just above that number.
For women, the average life expectancy for all of Vancouver Island sits at 84 and, similarly to males, the B.C. average is mar-ginally higher.
Ladysmith’s life expectancy is even lower, at 77 for men and 82 for women.
The numbers are more encour-aging for the Qualicum area, where men tend to live until they’re 80, on average.
Life expectancy for women
in Qualicum is above both the Island and provincial average at 85.5 years.
Dr. Paul Hasselback, medical health officer for the central Island, said the lower numbers for Nanaimo and Ladysmith remain a mystery in terms of nailing down a particular cause or number of causes to come to a conclusion.
“Looking at the question of life expectancy, there’s no one single answer,” said Hasselback. “(The numbers) aren’t keeping with what we might expect in terms
of socioeconomic status.”Hasselback confirmed that a
higher number of deaths in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith area com-pared to the rest of the Island are caused by severe injury and motor vehicle accidents.
“Another area we seem to have identified is that more elderly women are having a higher mor-tality once they get into their early years of becoming older, around 75,” said Hasselback, who noted more men die younger than that age than they do older in the area.
“We obviously have vital statis-tics in terms of causes of death for individuals.
“We also have more detailed information on things like caus-es of cancer. We then try and look for patterns.”
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It’s hard to overstate the understated reaction from CBC top brass in the face of a damning report on how the public broadcaster
bungled workplace complaints involving Jian Ghomeshi, the fired Q radio show host.
CBC president Hubert Lacroix described the findings by lawyers Janice Rubin and Parisa Nikfar-jam, released on Thursday, as “troubling and disappointing.”
The CBC is “committed to cre-ating a workplace where safety and respect for one another is a fundamental attribute and non-negotiable,” he insisted.
That bland, boilerplate response invites Canadians to wonder whether the CBC gets it, even now, after so much scandal and the severing of ties with top
managers: Executive Director of Radio Chris Boyce and Executive Director of Human Resources Todd Spencer.
Given the nasty secrets the report aired, Lacroix should be more than “disappointed” in his management team. How about ashamed, and furious?
The CBC’s ugliest secret, until Ghomeshi blew himself out of the water, is that it tolerated, even condoned, a radio show host who abused his colleagues.
The CBC’s failure to rein in Ghomeshi showed utter dis-regard for respect and safety in the workplace. And the abuse continued for years.
The report suggests that many, not just two, CBC managers knew about complaints of Gho-meshi’s alleged harassment of
colleagues as early as 2012. “CBC management condoned this behaviour,” it concludes.
Indeed “management’s fail-ure to effectively deal with Mr. Ghomeshi’s behaviour gave him licence to continue.”
The report cited evidence that Ghomeshi was moody, yelled at colleagues, flirted with others, was harshly critical, shared “too much information” about his sex life, played “pranks and cruel jokes,” and gave col-leagues “creepy” back rubs and massages.
While much of this was sheer disrespect, some of it involved sexual harassment, the report found. But his status as a star shielded him.
The report faults CBC for fail-ing to properly respond on “at
least” three occasions to “allega-tions and concerns regarding problematic behaviour.”
“While Mr. Ghomeshi’s star was allowed to rise, his problematic behaviour was left unchecked.”
The Canadian Media Guild, a CBC union, also shared some blame for failing to report to management an allegation of sexual harassment made by a former Q employee.
As a result, a cycle of sickness in the workplace was allowed to continue until last October, when Ghomeshi was fired — not for abusing colleagues, but because of “graphic evidence” that he engaged in activities that caused “physical injury” to a woman outside of the workplace.
Ghomeshi now faces seven counts of sexual assault and one
count of overcoming resistance by choking after women came forward to complain.
He has said he will plead not guilty.
As this grim report shows, the CBC needs to clean up its act. The report makes sensible sug-gestions including the naming of a workplace ombudsman, a confidential hotline to report abuse, better staff training and workplace surveys and spot aud-its. It’s all good.
But attitudes clearly need adjusting. The CBC should start there.
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Remember the playoff jersey rules and please keep those car fl ags hidden away
I s there anything better than playoff hockey?
After months of obsessing over things like the minutes a fourth-liner receives, fans can simply get down to some good old-fashioned emotional cheering as their team chases Lord Stanley’s prized chalice.
In the post-season, even a ter-ribly played 2-1 game can be a “good” one because of the stakes.
And, of course, there’s the potential for a six-overtime, nail-biting classic.
As long as you’re not a fan of the Edmonton Oilers (nice to see the NHL still rewarding them for being the worst-run franchise in all of sport) or the Toronto Maple Leafs, you’ll generally get a chance to experience the post-season fun once in a while.
One positive for the fans of the Oilers and Maple Leafs — at least they’re not among the group that drives around with those silly car flags during the playoffs.
This is my annual grumpy old-man rant.
I get the notion of supporting your team.
Please though, just not with the flags.
The only exception allowed: Fans may purchase an old
beater (I suggest a Ford LTD or a Pontiac Catalina), and adorn it with team colours and whatever assorted paraphernalia they so choose.
Cut the roof off, maybe a door or two missing, whatever.
That, according to the hand-book, is acceptable.
Driving around with the silly flags hanging off your minivan is not.
The other reminder (and again, this comes straight from the handbook): If you are wearing a team jersey that features the name and number of a player younger than you that is not a blood relative, you are a loser.
I’m sorry, that’s just what the handbook says.
If you’re a 45-year-old dude rocking a Sean Monahan jersey and he’s not your kid, nephew or cousin, you are officially a loser.
Throwbacks are completely acceptable.
If you’re that dude as a Can-ucks fan and you want to break out your now-too-snug Dennis Kearns jersey, get after it young fella.
Hero worship is for kids, not grown folks.
Also in the “you are a loser” category? Putting your own name and number on a jersey.
Hey, is that Henrik Sedin? Nope, it’s Bob Smith, office work-er, sporting his “Smith 33” jersey.
Beyond unacceptable are the uber-dullards sporting the “Stud-ly 69” or “Boozer .08” jerseys.
Weak.
Also, face-painting is only acceptable if you are attending a game in person.
If you are wandering around your office with a Bruins logo painted on your face, you are offi-cially a loser. (Not that we’ll have to worry about the Bruins this post-season).
Handbook aside, the playoffs are also a great time to save things in the personal memory bank. My favourite memory as a kid came in 1979.
The Montreal Canadiens were playing those hated Bruins in the now-iconic Game 7 semifinal clash.
However, instead of getting to watch it at home, we had an ele-mentary school production/con-cert thing going on.
My attempts to feign illness were unsuccessful.
I was a narrator of said func-tion, so I was taking part unless a limb went missing. Not hav-ing the stomach to saw off an appendage, I went, knowing I would miss the last part of the game.
My role was basically to intro-duce various performances and then step aside until it was my turn again.
Knowing there was a TV in the library, I quietly slipped away and started watching the game in bits and pieces, zipping back just in time to do my duty.
Then a strange thing happened. At one point, the principal, I guess seeing the glow of the TV, came in to investigate.
“Well, so much for that,” I thought. Note this was back in the day when there was a strap on the wall in the office, so to say I was terrified was an understatement.
However, the hockey gods were on my side.
He just laughed, asked me the score and started watching, too.
After my next narration, I slithered back to the library, only to find about a half-dozen dads taking long bathroom breaks and watching the game.
By the time Yvon Lambert scored in OT, the roar from the library must have scared those left in the half-empty gym.
My most interesting non-Hab memory came in 1994, when the Canucks lost in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to the New York Rangers. Some friends and I had watched the game in down-town Vancouver and we were outside when the yahoos started rioting.
We went back to watch the scenario unfold from an apart-ment balcony, only to be driven inside by tear gas.
It was the one and only time I’ve ever teared up after any loss, and it wasn’t even my team.
Got any playoff memories of your own you’d like to share with myself and/or your fellow readers? Shoot me an email at [email protected],
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NANAIMOREGION MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 | DAILY NEWS | A5
Another busy weekend in Nanaimo
Mackenzie Wang, 8, blows into the french horn at the Vancouver Island Symphony Community Day event Saturday morning. While the Vancouver Island Symphony held its community day, the Nanaimo courthouse was hosting its annual Law Day event. [AARON HINKS PHOTOS/DAILY NEWS]
Monday Morning PictorialSnapshots of the mid-Island
Ryan Chapman, attempts to walk a straight line while wearing a pair of goggles that simulates the effects of alcohol at the Law Day event.
Dispatch work’s multi-tasking under fire gives brain a workout911, From Page A1
One year, on Christmas Eve, an apologetic woman phoned in and asked how to get her pet duck out of the chiimney where it had flown in and gotten stuck.
“I put one through to the ambu-lance one day and I listened in and she said ‘ambulance, how can I help you?’ and the caller
said, ‘I haven’t had a crap in five days, what are you going to do about it?” said Brimble.
Misuse of the service aside, as Brimble prepares to retire this summer, he reflects back on his three decades of service with nothing but fondness.
He started out as a designated employee in a municipality in Northern New Brunswick, where
he got to live out every little boy’s dream and drive everything from giant lawn mowers to fire trucks and snow plows.
However, part of the job was working as a clerk and dispatch-er in a busy detachment.
He found the work interesting and challenging, and realized the intense multi-tasking under fire gave his lively brain the workout
it needed.“That was the place I loved the
most. It was a very tight group and they treated you like family,” said Brimble.
“So I said one day to the staff sergeant, ‘I’d like to do this for a living.’”
Six months later, Brimble joined the force.
“I’m retiring this year and I’ve
loved every minute of it,” he said.Anyone interested in becoming
an emergency services dispatch-er as a career can find out more at www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/recruit-ing-recrutement/rec-eve-cm-mc/bc-eng.htm.
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FROM THE FRONT
Two of the three little pigs point the finger at Sneezy the wolf during a mock trial.
Sneezy the wolf takes the stand after being accused of destroying three homes lived in by the three little pigs at Law Day.
Stephanie Green enjoyed the warm weather by walking a 170-foot slackline.
Evan Watt, 3, plays the clarinet at the Vancouver Island Symphony Community Day Saturday morning.
Davis Gauder, 6, thought he was walking on the line but was actually a foot off to the side at Law Day event.
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Nanaimo girl nearly fi ve years cancer-free
M ary Iatrides turns seven on May 14, and Mary’s parents, Peter and
Tanya, plan to make it a special celebration.
At 14 months, Mary was diag-nosed with a rare form of leuk-emia. This year marks five years cancer free for Mary, which is the point where doctors consider someone cured.
The Iatrides want to thank everyone who helped them through the ordeal, as they ready to can celebrate another birthday.
“We lived in Ronald McDonald House for the better part of eight months,” Iatrides said.
Throughout it all, people self-lessly helped with donations of cash and whatever else they could to support the young family. \ So many helped, the Iatrides are afraid to miss a few people, so they want to issue a blanket thank-you to the entire community.
“They helped in many ways – they did different fundraising events and some people took the time to come and visit us in hospital.”
Several events covered their costs while staying in Vancouver, and “blood donations literally saved my daughter’s life several times.” Now, five years later they still have Mary and “it’s celebra-tion time,” Peter said.
“We’re going to have a super-hero birthday party. Mary is a living example of a super-hero for us.”
Cadet wins scholarship
Victoria Welte the drum major for 205 Nanaimo Air Cadets, Legion Medal of Honour recipi-ent 2014. Silver Duke of Edin-burgh recipient 2014.
Has been awarded the presti-
gious National Air Cadet flying Scholarship. Victoria will be going to CFB Comox June 27 to spend the summer training for her pilots license.
More than 500 cadets apply each year for the 42 spots, and only three spots were awarded to female cadets. Currently, about five per cent of pilots are female.
Drum is a Grade 10 student at Aspengrove school, where she excels academically, and a peer leader and big sister to younger students. Victoria will be quali-fied to pilot an aircraft by herself well before she will be allowed to drive a car.
“It’s pretty spectacular,” said her father, Ken, who is himself a third-generation pilot.
Air Cadets is for youth aged 12 to 19 and meets Thursday at 6 p.m. For more information please call 250-754-0076.
Radiothon raises $32K
There was an outpouring of support from generous donors at the 8th annual Variety Children’s Radiothon in Nanaimo which raised $32,371 for children who have special needs.
Broadcast live from Woodgrove Centre on 102.3 FM The Wave, the funds raised stay in the Nanaimo area to provide funding for the therapies, equipment and emergency support necessary for children who have special needs to meet their challenges.
“Nanaimo and surrounding communities have shown the incredible depth of their compas-sion and concern for their neigh-bours,” said Bernice Scholten, Variety executive director.
“We’re thrilled to celebrate another successful Radiothon fundraiser with our team of supporters who truly believe children who have special needs are champions, and want to give them every opportun-ity to achieve their own little victories.”
Listeners heard inspiring stor-ies of children like Nathan who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth.
Thanks to therapies and equip-ment funded by Variety, Nathan finally took his first step at the age of three; he may one day walk independently.
Along with donors generous support, Variety wishes to thank its Radiothon sponsors 102.3FM The Wave, Woodgrove Centre, Read Jones Christoffersen, Nanaimo Daily News, Phar-masave – Qualicum, Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Con-ference Centre, Snap-on Tools, Telus, Coast Bastion Hotel, Nanaimo Daily News, Kal-Tire, The Bay, and Ramsey Lampman Rhodes LLP.
Dine out for health
It’s an easy fundraiser to take part in —all you have to do is pick up a menu and dine out.
On April 30, some top Vancou-ver Island restaurants take part in Dining Out For Life, AIDS Vancouver Island’s [AVI] annual fundraiser supporting island programs and services for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. For one day, participating restaurants will donate 25 per cent of food sales to AVI.
Now celebrating its tenth year, Dining Out For Life has raised more than $350,000 for programs and services across Vancouver Island.
“We need the support of the community more than ever – the demand for our services con-
tinues to grow and our funding has not kept pace,” said Katrina Jensen, AIDS Vancouver Island executive director.
“We’re closer than ever to get-ting to zero new infections on Vancouver Island and need to stay focused on reaching this goal.”
A complete list of participating restaurants is available at http://avi.org/dineout
Poppies help clinic
Legionnaires made a gift to improve heart health in Nanaimo.
Ken Young and Betty Briand, Royal Canadian Legion Mount Benson Branch #256 members recently presented $3,500 to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation.
The money, raised with poppy sales, is to support the new Car-diac Centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. It’s how Legion members give back to the com-munity, which shows its support during annual, poppy funding drives.
“This is such a worthwhile cause because we are all getting older and our veterans use the hospital,” Young said.
“The Legion works within, and for the community, so this is a perfect beneficiary of our dona-tion,” he sad. “It will help many people.”
Minivan is for charity
Nanaimo real estate agent Gordon Halkett will give a minivan to a local charitable organization.
If your organization is in need of some transportation, email [email protected] with a short description about your registered charity and why you need the van.
An independent panel will choose the winner.
It’s Halkett’s third such dona-tion. Vehicles were previously given to Mid Island Abilities & Independent Living Society and the Nanaimo 7-10 Club Society.
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The Iatrides family celebrates five years of remission from leukemia next month, when Mary, front, left, turns seven. Picture are Peter, Tanya and Sophia, 2.
Newcastle Island business plan project manager Rhonda Eager sets up displays containing information about the project at the open house Saturday afternoon. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
Plan for Newcastle unveiled on Saturday
AARON HINKS DAILY NEWS
The Snuneymuxw First Nation unveiled its pro-posed plan for Newcastle Island at a public input ses-sion in Maffeo-Sutton Park Saturday afternoon.
The proposed develop-ment plan, which is separ-ated into three phases, is to increase and balance both first nation culture values and other heritage aspects currently on the island.
More than 60 people attended the launch of the open house and dozens trickled in as the day went on to fill out comment cards.
Melvin Good says he’s excited about the plan and believes Newcastle Island should be used as a source of education and a venue
to allow Snuneymuxw First Nation to tell their story.
“I think it’s good to have knowledge out there and express who we are,” Good said. “We have five clans in Nanaimo, we have the eagle, the killer whale, the bear, wolf and beaver, and not that many people know that.”
One of Good’s ideas is to have five totem poles on Newcastle Island, each rep-resenting a clan, situated with a plaque telling the story of each clan.
“It would be nice if the public started to know about us,” Good said. “We have a rich, really rich cul-ture but we’re sort of left in the shade.”
In 2007, the City of Nanaimo, the province and
Idea for a permanent bridge gains mixed reviewsthe SFN signed an agree-ment for all three parties to co-operatively manage the island.
Joy Vikstrom filled out a comment card outlining her disappointment over how the three managing parties maintained the island since the precedent-setting agreement.
“If we can’t maintain what we’ve got there now, how can we trust them to do anything new. They’ve had eight years but they just let it go,” Vikstrom said.
The idea of a permanent bridge to Newcastle Island gained mixed reviews at the public input session.
Good is in favour of the bridge, saying the tourism numbers would quadruple in size and tourists would leave happy, “especially if they had a rich native cul-ture there.”
Tanya Hayes, who visited the open house, disagrees, saying that a bridge would take away from the unique experience of visiting a marine park.
“If you put a bridge to it, it’s no longer a marine park, it’s just an extension of Maffeo-Sutton Park,” Hayes said.
Project manager Rhonda Eager was pleased with the turnout and will look into creating an alternative way to collect more public input.
“I was happy to see the number here, it seemed like a good turnout,” Eager said.
“There’s a lot of interest about what happens on Newcastle Island.”
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Smuggler’s boat sinks off Libya, drowning hundredsSunday sinking could be the Mediterranean Sea’s deadliest known migrant tragedy
FRANCES D’EMILIO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROME — A smuggler’s boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off Libya’s coast as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean’s deadliest known migrant tragedy and intensify-ing pressure on the European Union Sunday to finally meet demands for decisive action.
Survivor accounts of the num-ber aboard varied, with the Ital-ian Coast Guard saying that the capsized boat had a capacity for “hundreds” of people. Italian prosecutors said a Bangladeshi survivor flown to Sicily for treat-ment told them 950 people were aboard, including hundreds who had been locked in the hold by smugglers. Earlier, authorities said a survivor told them 700 migrants were on board.
It was not immediately clear if they were referring to the same survivor, and Premier Matteo Renzi said Italian authorities were “not in a position to con-firm or verify” how many were on board when the boat set out from Libya.
Eighteen ships joined the res-cue effort, but only 28 survivors and 24 bodies had been pulled from the water by nightfall, Renzi said.
These small numbers make more sense if hundreds of people were locked in the hold, because with so much weight down below, “surely the boat would
have sunk,” said Gen. Antonino Iraso, of the Italian Border Police, which has deployed boats in the operation. Prosecutor Gio-vanni Salvi told The Associated Press by phone from the city of Catania that a survivor from Bangladesh described the situa-tion on the fishing boat to pros-ecutors who interviewed him in a
hospital. The man said about 300 people were in the hold, locked in their by the smugglers, when the vessel set out. He said that of the 950 who set out aboard the doomed boat, some 200 were women and several dozen were children. Salvi stressed that there was no confirmation yet of the man’s account and that the investigation was ongoing. Iraso said the sea in the area is too deep for divers, suggesting that the final toll may never be known. The sea off Libya runs as deep as 3 miles (5 kilometres) or more.
“How can it be that we daily are witnessing a tragedy?” asked Renzi, who strategized with his top ministers ahead of Monday’s European Union meeting in Luxembourg, where foreign min-isters scrambled to add stopping the smugglers to their agenda.
Resurgent right-wing political parties have made a rallying cry out of a rising tide of illegal migration. So far this year, 35,000 asylum seekers and migrants have reached Europe and more than 900 are known to have died trying.
An officer looks at a monitor showing the ships navigating the area where the boat believed to be crowded with perhaps as many as 700 migrants capsized in the waters north of Libya. [AP PHOTO]
◆ DES MOINES
‘Beautiful Bulldog’ honour goes to ‘Tank’
The pups came to Iowa from as far away as New Jersey and Ten-nessee in hopes of landing a new nickname: “Beautiful Bulldog.”
They were all defeated by a native son who likes eating snow and watching turtles.
A 2-year-old dog from Des Moines named Tank won the 36th annual Beautiful Bulldog contest Sunday at Drake Univer-sity. The tongue-in-cheek beauty pageant, which featured 50 dogs, is the kickoff event for the Drake Relays track meet.
Judges weren’t looking for beauty though. They wanted to see the slobber, drool and bul-ging, bloodshot eyes synonym-ous with English bulldogs.
◆ VANCOUVER
New provincial law will target fake service dogs
Dogs have long been recognized as man’s best friend, but a new law set to take effect in British Columbia later this year is hoping to ferret out the fraudsters in their midst.
The province’s newly revised Guide Dog and Service Dog Act is widely thought to be among the first in Canada to tackle the sub-ject of service animal impersona-tion, an issue experts say has escalated sharply in recent years.
While there are no available numbers documenting the prob-lem, service dog trainers and owners alike say their circles are increasingly abuzz with anecdotes of people putting official-looking paraphernalia on pet dogs in the hopes that they could then enjoy the same broad access rights as certified service animals.
◆ CAIRO
Egypt court sentences 11 soccer fans to death
An Egyptian court has sen-tenced 11 soccer fans to death in the retrial of over 70 defendants accused in a soccer riot in 2012 that left 74 people dead. Judge Mohammed el-Said said his final ruling for the 11 and the other defendants, including nine police officers, will come on May 30.
HOLOCAUST
Poland wants apology after FBI head’s remarkTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Foreign Ministry urgently sum-moned U.S. Ambassador Stephen Mull on Sunday to “protest and demand an apology,” saying the head of the FBI suggested that Poles were accomplices in the Holocaust. FBI director James Comey made the remarks in an article about the Holocaust that was published by The Wash-ington Post on Thursday. It was
adapted from a speech he gave Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. In the arti-cle, Comey said, “In their minds, the murderers and accomplices of Germany, and Poland, and Hungary, and so many, many other places didn’t do something evil. They convinced themselves it was the right thing to do, the thing they had to do.”
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said Comey’s words were “unacceptable” in Poland.
“To those who are incapable of presenting the historic truth in an honest way, I want to say that Poland was not a perpetrator but a victim of World War II,” Kopacz said. “I would expect full his-torical knowledge from officials who speak on the matter.”
After meeting with Deputy For-eign Minister Leszek Soczewica on Sunday, Mull said he would contact the FBI about the matter. Earlier in the day, Mull said in Polish that Comey’s words were
“wrong, harmful and offensive,” and didn’t reflect the U.S. admin-istration’s views.
The meeting was held shortly after Mull attended ceremonies marking the 72nd anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising against the Nazi Germans, who transported tens of thousands of the residents who remained in the ghetto to their deaths at the Majdanek camp operated by the Germans near the Polish city of Lublin.
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Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz speaks on the Bank of Canada’s decision to hold the overnight rate at 0.75 per cent at a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Oil shock turned federal wish list into watery wineANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — As last autumn’s colours were setting in, veteran Ottawa lobbyist Dan Kelly was confident the spring would prod-uce a federal budget surplus with ample room for announcements.
But following a long winter, the head of the Canadian Federa-tion of Independent Business is approaching Tuesday’s election-year budget with his hopes some-what in check.
“Things were trucking on real-ly well, we were certainly think-ing very positively about some of our requests — some of our tax-reduction requests in particular,” Kelly said in an interview.
“But then, of course, that was before Christmas. So, then when oil prices started to plummet, then a few big question marks started to cloud the otherwise rosy picture.”
Only about six months ago, the Harper government’s surplus kitty for budget day goodies in the 2015-16 fiscal plan was said to have swelled to $6.5 billion, Kelly said.
Cabinet ministers who had waited years for a balanced budget were salivating at the thought of being able to spend money for once.
By October, however, every-thing started to change.
First, the Conservatives unveiled their long-promised family tax-and-benefit package, a grab bag of measures expected to carve $4.6 billion in revenue out of public coffers.
Then, the weeks that followed brought the deep, unexpected plunge in world oil prices, a crash Ottawa has predicted will indirectly chew billions of dol-lars from its bottom line.
Today, the surplus cupboard
is bare and the Conservatives had to scramble to deliver on a long-held pledge critical to their re-election hopes: a balanced 2015-16 budget.
The finance minister has indi-cated the budget’s $3-billion contingency reserve — designed as a cushion against unforesee-able events like natural disas-ters — could be in play. Earlier this month, the government unloaded its remaining shares in General Motors for about $3.26 billion. Last week, the Bank of Canada blamed the oil-price shock for its “zero growth” pro-jection for the first three months of 2015, a stretch governor Ste-phen Poloz has warned will prod-uce economic data that looks “atrocious.”
And those once-hopeful cabinet ministers? They’re waiting to see if there are any budget leftovers for their departments.
MEMORIAL
Statues will pay tribute to soldier-poet McRaeJOHN WARD THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — A century after he scribbled the simple but poign-ant stanzas of “In Flanders Fields,” John McCrae is being honoured with two statues.
One of the larger-than-life bronzes will be installed in Ottawa on May 3, while a duplicate will be unveiled in McCrae’s hometown of Guelph, Ont., later this summer.
The Ottawa statue will be placed at the National Artillery Memorial on Sussex Drive, just east of the downtown core.
For those who think of McCrae as a doctor and a poet, the location might seem an odd choice, but his first calling was as an artilleryman. And his brother gunners want to hon-our that heritage.
Jim Selbie, a retired general who now holds the honorary post of Colonel Commandant of The Royal Regiment of Can-adian Artillery, said McCrae exemplified the concept of the citizen-soldier:
“He had two professions, both of which he had a great com-mitment to, that of a physician
but equally that as a gunner. You still see that today amongst a lot of our reserve officers and I think that’s something to celebrate.”
Mike McKay, a Guelph busi-nessman and a retired reservist lieutenant-colonel, was one of the driving forces behind the statue project.
“I’m the guy that volunteered, and being a soldier I should have known to never volunteer,’ he joked in a recent interview.
McKay helped organized a fundraising project to find the $300,000 for the Guelph statue. A second effort raised about $460,000 for the Ottawa statue.
The Guelph project was cov-ered mainly by private dona-tions, although the Ottawa end was supported by help from National Defence and Veterans Affairs as well as an unexpected $50,000 from the government of Flanders, in Belgium.
The statue itself, by Canad-ian sculptor Ruth Abernethy, shows McCrae sitting on a bro-ken tree trunk, his cap perched on his medical bag in front of him and poppies scattered on the ground.
CBC report signals need for safe workplaces, experts sayLAUREN LA ROSE THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — A damning report detailing CBC management missteps in stopping alleged inappropriate behaviour by for-mer radio host Jian Ghomeshi reinforces the need for safe work environments and mechanisms for employees to freely voice con-cerns, experts say.
The probe by outside investiga-tor Janice Rubin found several of the allegations levelled against Ghomeshi initially went unpun-ished, most of them non-sexual in nature such as chronic late-ness, being “moody and tem-
peramental” and “critical and mean” to co-workers.
The report also included allega-tions that managers who worked with the former “Q” host failed to investigate his behaviour or take steps to stop it, describ-ing any actions they did take as “ineffective, infrequent, and inconsistent.”
Employment lawyer Catherine Milne of a Toronto-based firm, Turnpenney Milne LLP, said a key takeaway for human resources departments is the need for greater proactivity in addressing workplace issues that arise.
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‘Nobody expects it to end like that’Nanaimo Clippers head coach Mike Vandekamp looks back on the franchise’s best season since 2008SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo Clippers couldn’t bear to watch the Penticton Vees hoist the Fred Page Cup Friday night on
home ice.After their best season since
2008, one that saw them finish second overall in the B.C. Hockey League behind the Vees, and to have been up 2-0 in the best-of-seven series only to lose four straight, it was simply too much.
“Everybody’s pretty heart-broken,” said Mike Vandekamp, who has now completed his third season as head coach and gen-eral manager of the Clippers.
“I just told the guys that it was really important for them not to be afraid to lay their hearts on the line in the future.
“When you put your heart into something like that and it doesn’t go your way, sometimes you never want to try again.
“You’re heartbroken, and I told the guys not to afraid to put their hearts on the line again.”
Prior to coming back to Nanaimo up 2-0, the Clippers had been in the midst of a dream season.
They went 37-16-0-5 in the regu-lar season and after two rounds of the playoffs were crowned Island Division champions.
Even in Game 6 of the final, after tieing the game twice in the third period, there were positive vibes flowing through the lineup despite trailing 3-2 in the series, on the brink of elimination in overtime.
“With them scoring a goal and with us bouncing back like that both times, then killing off that penalty at the end of the third period in that solid fashion, there was just such a positive feeling that we were going to win the game,” Vandekamp said. “So for that puck to go in, it was a real shock.
“Nobody expects it to end like that.”
The overtime goal, scored by former Western Hockey League 30-goal scorer Dakota Conroy, who left the Prince Albert Raid-ers midway through the season to join the Vees, marked the end of at least 10 Junior A hockey careers for the Clippers.
Nanaimo product Brendan Tay-lor, the team’s captain and two-year leading scorer, is now off to Union College. Top wingers Jake Jackson, Sheldon Rempal and Devin Brosseau will each join NCAA Div. I teams next year, while Brett Roulston’s eligibil-ity is now exhausted, as is that of No. 1 goaltender Guillaume
Decelles. The top defensive pair of Nic Gushue and Yanni Kaldis are also NCAA-bound.
“That’s junior hockey in a nut-shell,” Vandekamp said. “That’s just the way it works, and it’s unfortunate.
“I was just really saddened for our players, because it’s not about the coach. This has been their journey and they put in a great effort. To see them be that hurt at the end was pretty tough to take.”
The Clippers cupboards, how-ever, are not bare.
They return two 20-goal scor-ers in Nic Carrier and Anthony Rinaldi, just one less than last
year’s total. As well, the entire energy line of Spencer Hewson, Ryan Forbes and Corey Renwick is eligible to return, as are three of the top six defenceman in Ed Hookenson, Ryan Coghlan and Kale Bennett.
Not to mention former regu-lars-turned-afffiliates Sean Buchanan, Jake Wozney and Jakob Severson, the 2014 B.C. Major Midget Hockey League’s goalie of the year.
Owen Hardy, the top 15-year-old prospect in Nanaimo, has also made his pledge to the team for 2015-16.
“We have a great core, and we’ve got a core that has some
experience now, too,” Van-dekamp said.
“That’s going to be the fun part — bringing the group back together with guys who are really hungry to get back to this point again.”
For Vandekamp, it’s all part of bringing the Clippers’ organiz-tion back to the level he and ownership want it to be at, com-peting for the Fred Page Cup every season.
“We’ve got a chance now, as an organization, to build around a foundation that had a chance to win a championship and didn’t quite get there,” Vandekamp said.
“Sometimes the old saying goes that you have to lose one before you can win one, and I think in reality that’s kind of the step that we’re at.
“So we’re going to go back after it.”
Still, difficult decisions remain for the offseason.
The Clippers played this sea-son with 12 19-year-olds, eight of which can return. However, league rules only allow six 20-year-olds on a roster, which means two of them will need to go.
A new league rule also forces teams to carry at least two 16- or 17-year-olds on their active rosters for the entirety of the season. Hardy will take care of one of those spots, but the other is yet to be filled.
“We’ve got some tough deci-sions that we’re going to have to make because we’ve got a little bit of an age jam with our group, going into next year,” Van-dekamp said.
“So it’ll be a work in progress through the offseason, making some decisions involving that.”
The Clippers held their first identification camp in Kamlopps over the weekend, and have one more in Parksville on May 24.
“I think is that the foundation has been set here with the organ-ization shooting for a champion-ship every year and wanting to be at the top every year, and that’s where we wanted to get with this thing.
“I think that we’re there now.”
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Nanaimo Clippers head coach and general manager Mike Vandekamp walks off the ice Friday night after his team lost 3-2 in overtime to the B.C. Hockey League champion Penticton Vees. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]
“I told the guys not to be afraid to put their hearts on the line again.“
Mike Vandekamp, head coach
Canada finishes sixth in Rugby 7s worlds
Canada went off script and paid for it Sunday, finishing a disappoint-ing sixth on home soil in the World Rugby Women’s Seven Series.After going unbeaten Saturday, the Canadians fell out of contention early Sunday in a flat 12-5 quarter-final loss to England. Canadian coach John Tait called it a lesson learned ahead of this summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto.
Raptors GM fined for his obscene language
Masai Ujiri’s colourful language has cost him again. The Raptors general manager has been fined US$35,000 for ‘using obscene language in a public setting’ at a fan rally Saturday before Toronto hosted Washington in Game 1 of a first-round NBA playoff series. The Raptors organization has been fined an additional US$25,000. Ujiri used an expletive when address-ing fans on Saturday.
Furyk birdies twice in playoff to win RBC
Jim Furyk had gone 100 starts with-out winning, a stretch that gnawed at his psyche and challenged his confidence. That all disappeared in uncharacteristic fashion Sunday when he won his first PGA Tour title in five years with birdies on both playoff holes to outlast Kevin Kisner at the RBC Heritage. The typically reserved Furyk dropped his putter and punched the air.
NHL
Canucks blasted 4-2 in Game 3, Flames take 2-1 leadDONNA SPENCER THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY — Sam Bennett scored his first NHL goal in the Calgary Flames’ 4-2 playoff win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.
Defenceman T.J. Brodie contrib-uted a goal and an assist, with Brandon Bollig and Sean Mon-ahan also scoring goals as Cal-gary took a 2-1 lead in Western Conference quarter-final series.
Goaltender Jonas Hiller made 23 saves for the Flames, who were hosts of an NHL playoff game for the first time since April 27, 2009.
Shawn Matthias and Jannick Hansen countered for the Can-ucks, with Eddie Lack stopping 23 shots in the loss.
Game 4 is Tuesday at Sco-tiabank Saddledome before the
series returns to Vancouver for Thursday’s Game 5.
Bennett, 18, scored what turned out to be the eventual winner at 2:14 of the third period when he made it 3-1.
The fourth-overall pick in the last year’s NHL draft scrambled to the net on Joe Colborne’s sharp-angled shot and slipped the rebound by Lack.
It was Bennett’s first game at
Scotiabank Saddledome since he saw action in a pre-season game Oct. 2. He underwent shoulder surgery later that month.
He re-joined the Flames in time to make his NHL debut and record an assist in Calgary’s regular-season finale. Bennett played in both playoff games in Vancouver.
With Canucks defenceman Yannick Weber serving a goal-tender interference penalty and teammate Dan Hamhuis join-ing him in the box for an illegal check to Bennett’s head, Mon-ahan scored his first NHL play-off goal on Calgary’s two-man advantage at 14:36.
Hansen pulled the visitors within two goals with a snap shot that beat Hiller at 17:41.
Calgary opened the best-of-sev-en series with a 2-1 win, but fell
4-1 in Game 2 at Rogers Arena. That second game in Vancouver ended with a line brawl and 132 minutes in penalties assessed.
The animosity re-surfaced in a scoreless second period Sunday with jawing, face-washing and shoving after whistles.
Calgary forward Johnny Gaud-reau skated to the bench in pain after he chopped across the arms by Hamhuis, but continued to play and assisted on Monahan’s goal.
Flames defenceman Kris Rus-sell and Canucks forward Alex Burrows fought with a minute 25 seconds remaining, followed shortly after by a scrap between Calgary’s Michael Ferland and Vancouver’s Kevin Bieksa.
The hosts led 2-1 after the open-ing period on Brodie’s go-ahead goal at 15:02.
Vancouver Canucks goalie Eddie Lack lets in a goal from the Calgary Flames during a playoff game in Calgary on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
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Timbermen rookie looks to make Junior A impact
SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
Alec Molander had a ban-ner year in 2014 with the Nanaimo Timbermen
Intermediate A squad, his final season at that level.
The righty led the team in scoring, posting 35 goals and 26 assists in 17 games last season.
But in 2015, it’s a whole differ-ent game for Molander as he pre-pares for his rookie season in the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League with the Timbermen.
“It’s a lot more competitive and a lot more physical,” Molander said after his team’s 12-8 loss to the top-ranked Nanaimo Senior B T-Men on Saturday night at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
“It’s painful, but it’s a much higher level, so I’m enjoying it.”
In that exhibition loss, Molan-der scored on his first shot of the game, beating veteran Nick Patterson. He later added three assists. Three days earlier, he scored three times in an exhib-ition game in Chemainus against the Victoria Shamrocks as he provided a glimpse of what he will be capable of in his Junior A career in Nanaimo.
“For now, I’m just trying to get a couple goals a game until the bigger guys come back and hopefully log some powerplay minutes,” Molander said.
The Timbermen are a young group, but one that doesn’t lose much from last season.
Top point-getter Corey Shires graduated from Junior A last season, but top goal-scorer Brett Hawrys returns. Fourth-leading scorer Dane Sorensen will also be back for another year, the team announced on Sunday.
And along with Ben Caw-thorne, Molander’s teammate and second-leading scorer with the Intermediate A Timbermen moving up a level, help is on the way. Fellow rookie Connor
Leies also has high expectations after scoring three times against Victoria on Wednesday and con-tributing another five points on Saturday.
Molander is excited about the talent level of the Junior A team.
“It’s really high,” he said. “It’s pretty much the best guys from last year, plus a bunch of good guys who went to play at school, so it’s going to be good.”
The Timbermen, who were one spot in the standings away from
earning a berth in the BCJALL’s four-team playoff last season, open the 2015 schedule on Sun-day on the road against the Coquitlam Adanacs.
The following weekend, they play their home opener in a date with the Delta Islanders at 4:30 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. They hit the road the fol-lowing day to take on the New Westminster Salmonbellies at Queen’s Park Arena.
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Alec Molander led Intermediate squad in scoring last year
CCBC BASEBALL
Shane Rogers of the Nanaimo Pirates makes contact in a B.C. Premier Baseball League game against the Abbotsford Cardinals at Serauxmen Stadium on Sunday afternoon. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
M’s go 1-3 in Kamloops series DAILY NEWS
After leapfrogging the Okanag-an College Coyotes last weekend with a 3-1 series win over them, the Vancouver Island Baseball Institute Mariners find them-selves back in fourth place in the five-team Canadian Collegiate Baseball Conference.
They were dealt that fate over the weekend by going 1-3 in a four-game set with the Coyotes and Thompson Rivers University WolfPack in Kamloops.
The Mariners got off to the weekend on the right foot, how-ever, with a 4-2 win over the Coyotes. Gobind Sall had three hits and an RBI in the win for the Mariners to lead the offence, while Tyson Dyck had two hits and an RBI.
The Mariners were down 2-1 in
the bottom of the ninth inning but drove in three runs to pick up the win. Kris Phillips took the win on the mound for VIBI after just one inning of work, while Austin Gurr was credited with a save.
In their next game, the Marin-ers lost a tight battle with the CCBC-leading WolfPack. Tied 4-4 in the ninth inning, TRU scored four runs to the Mariners’ three to take the win. Gurr took the loss that game after replacing Kenton Schroter.
The Mariners lost both games on Sunday, 10-5 to the WolfPack in the morning and 4-0 to the Coyotes in the afternoon. They are in Kelowna next weekend for another four games.
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Pirates split with Cardinals at homeDAILY NEWS
Through six games in the B.C. Premier Baseball League, the Nanaimo Pirates have yet to string together consecutive wins.
But for the third straight time early in the 2015 season, the Pir-ates bounced back from a loss in the front-half of a double-header to even their record.
The Pirates, who hosted the Abbotsford Cardinals on Sunday in a home-opening two-game series at Serauxmen Stadium, dropped a 7-5 decision in extra innings before coming back to win 8-6 in Game 2.
The Cardinals went 3-0 in last weekend’s season-opening crop of games.
Pirates ace Garrett Goodall took the mound to open the ser-ies Sunday morning and pitched a solid start, giving up three runs on five hits with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Goodall, though, gave up the tieing run in the seventh inning before being relieved by North Rainey.
The Cardinals batters got to Rainey in the top of the eighth inning, an extra, with four runs.
A two-run hit from Matt Skingle pulled the Pirates within two runs of a tie, but that was as
close as they would come.Aaron Page, who had an RBI in
the morning game, stepped in to pitch the afternoon affair.
He gave up two runs in the first inning, and three in the top of the fifth as the Pirates trailed 5-1.
But a two-run performance in the bottom of the fifth, and a five-run inning in the sixth put the Pirates ahead as they held on for an 8-6 win.
Sam Baker pitched the final two innings for the Pirates to pick up the win.
Catcher Cole Warken had two hits in the Nanaimo victory, along with two runs.
In just his second performance of the season — after striking out four times in four at-bats last weekend — Chris Vlaj had an RBI single in the fifth inning, and another in the sixth to lead the Nanaimo offence.
The Pirates finished the week-end with a 4-4 record, in the middle of the pack in the 12-team PBL. They’re at home again this weekend for another four-game set with the Okanagan Athletics with opening pitches at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Nanaimo Junior A Timbermen rookie Alec Molander fakes a shot during an exhibition game Saturday at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]
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A heartbreaking end to the year
Nanaimo Clippers left wing Brett Roulston celebrates his game-tieing goal in the third period of Game 6 of the B.C. Hockey League’s Fred Page Cup finals on Saturday night at Frank Crane Arena. The Clippers gave up a Penticton Vees goal early in overtime, which ended their season. [SCOTT MCKENZIE PHOTOS/DAILY NEWS]
Nanaimo Clippers captain Brendan Taylor, right, shakes hands with the Penticton Vees after Game 6 of the B.C. Hockey League finals. It was Taylor’s final game as a Clipper, as he will now become a student-athlete at Union College.
Sports PictorialClippers vs. Vees in Game 6 of the Fred Page Cup
Nanaimo Clippers left wing Ryan Forbes, left, celebrates a third period goal with Spencer Hewson, right, and Corey Renwick.
Penticton Vees captain Patrick Sexton accepts the Fred Page Cup from B.C. Hockey League commissioner John Grisdale.Nanaimo Clippers centre Corey Renwick gets called back from an altercation by a B.C. Hockey League official.
Nanaimo Clippers right wing Sheldon Rempal stands at centre ice after the series-winning goal in overtime.Nanaimo Clippers head coach Mike Vandekamp shakes hands with Gabe Bast of the Penticton Vees.
HOCKEYNHL
PlayoffsRound 1, Games 1-4All series best-of-seven
Yesterday’s results (Games 3)NY Islanders 2,Washington 1 (OT) (Islanders lead s 2-1)Chicago 4, Nashville 2 (Chicago leads series 2-1)Montreal 2, Ottawa, 1 (OT) (Montreal leads series 3-0)Calgary 4, Vancouver 2 (Calgary leads series 2-1)
Saturday’s results (Games 2)Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 1 (Series tied 1-1)St. Louis 4, Minnesota 1 (Series tied 1-1)Pittsburgh 4, NY Rangers 3 (Series tied 1-1)Anaheim 2, Winnipeg 1(Anaheim leads series 2-0)
Today’s schedule (Games 3)NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Anaheim at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21 (Game 3)Tampa Bay at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21 (Games 4)Washington at NY Islanders, 4:30 p.m.Nashville at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22 (Games 4)Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m.NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.St. Louis at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.Anaheim at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 23 (Game 4)Tampa Bay at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Thursday, April 23 (Games 5)Chicago at NashvilleCalgary at VancouverNY Islanders at Washington
Friday, April 24 (Games 5)Minnesota at St. LouisOttawa at MontrealWinnipeg at Anaheim
Yesterday at the Saddledome
Flames 4, Canucks 2, First Period1. Calgary, Brandon Bollig (1) (Mason Raymond, T.J. Brodie) 6:352. Vancounver, Matthias (1) (Vrbata) 9:093. Calgary, T.J. Brodie (1) (Schlemko) 15:02Penalties: Bollig Cgy (Cross checking Dorsett) 16:58
Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Jooris Cgy (Goalkeeper Interference on Lack) 5:35; Backlund Cgy (Boarding Hamhuis) 7:58; Edler Van (Interference of Stajan) 8:15; Russell Cgy, Burrows Van (Roughing) 15:39
Third Period4. Calgary, Bennett (1) (Colborne) 2:145. Calgary, Monahan (1) (Gaudreau, Russel) 14:36 (PP)6. counver, Hansen (1) (Horvat, Kenins) 17:41
Penalties: Bieksa Van (Charging Backlund) 4:34; Weber Van (Goalkeeper Interference on Hiller) 13:52; Hamhuis Van (check to the head on Bennett) 14:28; Kris Russell Cgy (Fighting Burrows) 18:35; Burrows Van (Fighting, boarding, instigator) 18:35; Bieksa Van (Fighting Ferland) 18:35; Ferland Cgy (Fighting Bieksa) 18:54; Colborne Cgy (10 Minute Misconduct) 18:54
Shots on goal 1 2 3 T Vancouver 11 6 8 25 Calgary 9 4 14 27
Goaltending summary:Vancouver: Eddie Lack (23/27); Calgary: Jonas Hiller (23/25)
Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Calgary: 0 of 4, Vancouver: 1 of 5
Western Hockey League
PlayoffsAll series best-of- seven*=if necessary
Yesterday’s result (Game 5)Portland 3, Everett 2 (Portland wins series 4-1)
Eastern Conference FinalBest-of-five series
Friday, April 24 (Game 1)Calgary at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25 (Game 2)Calgary at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 28 (Game 3)Brandon at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, April 29 (Game 4*)Brandon at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Western Conference FinalBest-of-five series
Kelowna vs. PortlandSchedule to be determined
Western Canada CupCasman Centre, Fort McMurray, Alberta
TeamsBCHL, Penticton VeesSaskatchewan JHL: Melfort MustangsManitoba JHL: Portage TerriersAlberta JHL: (still playing)Hosts: Fort McMurray Oil Barons
Opening Day, Saturday, April 25Penticton vs. AJHLPortage vs. Fort McMurray
Keystone Cup 2015Western Canadian Junior B ChampionshipCold Lake, Alberta
Round Robin - final standingsTeam W L T Pts GF-ACampbell River 4 1 0 8 23-12N Edmonton 3 1 1 7 20-16Saskatoon 3 2 0 6 19-13Thunder Bay 2 2 1 5 16-14Cold Lake 1 3 1 3 15-14Selkirk 0 4 1 1 6-30
Saturday’s resultsCampbell River 5, Thunder Bay 2North Edmonton 7, Selkirk 1Saskatoon 5, Cold Lake 0Campbell River 6, Selkirk 1Thunder Bay 5, N Edmonton 1
Yesterday’s resultsBronze medal gameSaskatoon 5, Thunder Bay 4
Gold medalCampbell River 6, North Edmonton 3
IIHF Ice Hockey U18World ChampionshipApril 16-26, Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland
StandingsGroup B GP W L Pts GF-ACanada 3 3 0 9 18-9Finland 3 3 0 9 12-3Czech Rep 3 1 2 3 7-10Switzerland 2 0 2 0 2-7Latvia 3 0 3 0 8-18
Group A GP W L Pts GF-ARussia 3 3 0 9 13-3USA 3 2 1 6 17-7Slovakia 3 1 2 3 5-15Sweden 3 1 2 3 12-10Germany 2 0 2 0 1-13
Yesterday’s resultsRussia 4,. Slovakia 2Finland 3, Latvia 1United States 6, Sweden 4Canada 3, Czech Republic 2
Saturday’s resultsSweden 7, Germany 1Canada 4, Switzerland 1
Today’s scheduleSlovakia vs. Germany, 9:45 a.m.Latvia vs. Switzerland, 10:45 a.m.
Tuesday, April 21Germany vs. United States, 5:45 a.m.Finland vs. Canada, 6:45 a.m.Russia vs. Sweden, 9:45 a.m.Switzerland vs. Czech Rep, 10:45 a.m.
Thursday, April 23Quarterfinals (games at 5:45, 7, 9:45 and 11 a.m.)Relegation game, 3:15 a.m.
Friday, April 24Relegation game, 9 a.m.
Saturday, April 25Semifinals, 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Sunday, April 26Relegation game, 3 a.m.Bronze medal, 6 a.m.Gold medal 10 a.m.
American Hockey LeagueFinal standings
y-Division champion x-Made playoffs
Yesterday’s resultsHartford 2, Bridgeport 1Portland 5, Worcester 4Providence 5, Manchester 1Rochester 5, Adirondack 3Toronto 5, Chicago 2W-B/Scranton 5, Lehigh 1
Calder Cup playoffsAll series best-of-fiveWednesday, April 22 (Games 1)Providence at Hartford, 4 p.m.Utica at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Thursday, April 23 (Games 1)Portland at Manchester, 4 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Friday, April 24Hershey at Worcester, 4 p.m.Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 4:05 p.m.Utica at Chicago, 4 p.m.Rockford at Texas, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25Grand Rapids at Toronto, noon
GOLFThis week’s events
PGA TourRBC Heritage, April 16-19Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head, South Carolina. Par 71, 7101 yards. Purse: $5,900,000.
Final LeaderboardGolfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Jim Furyk -z -18 71 64 68 632 Kevin Kisner -18 68 67 67 643 Troy Merritt -16 69 61 69 694 Brendon Todd -15 73 66 63 675 Matt Kuchar -14 68 66 68 686 Sean O’Hair -13 70 67 70 64T7 Louis Oosthuizen -12 69 67 69 67T7 Branden Grace -12 70 67 66 69T9 Morgan Hoffmann -11 68 68 69 68T9 Bo Van Pelt -11 69 68 67 69T11 Blake Adams -10 72 65 71 66T11 Justin Thomas -10 70 67 68 69T11 Jordan Spieth -10 74 62 68 70T11 Brice Garnett -10 72 66 65 71T15 Bryce Molder -9 74 64 70 67T15 Cameron Smith -9 68 73 67 67T15 Luke Donald -9 73 66 66 70T18 John Peterson -8 72 65 71 68T18 Jerry Kelly -8 71 66 70 69T18 Lucas Glover -8 70 67 70 69T18 Matt Every -8 66 70 70 70T18 Jason Kokrak -8 72 70 65 69T18 Russell Knox -8 75 64 67 70T18 Ian Poulter -8 69 70 67 70T18 Brendon de Jonge -8 70 68 67 71T26 Brandt Snedeker -7 77 64 67T26 Carl Pettersson -7 72 69 69T26 Pat Perez -7 69 71 67 70T26 Graeme McDowell -7 66 69 70T26 John Merrick -7 69 65 71From Canada74 Nick Taylor +4 72 69 77 70 z-Won playoff
LPGA TourLotte Championship, April 15-18Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Hawaii. Par 72, 6,383 yards. Purse: $1,800,000.
Final LeaderboardGolfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Sei-Young Kim -z -11 67 67 70 732 Inbee Park -11 67 70 69 713 I.K. Kim -9 65 69 71 74T4 Chella Choi -7 70 68 71 72T4 Hyo-Joo Kim -7 69 73 70 696 Sandra Gal -6 70 72 71 69T7 Shanshan Feng -4 70 73 72 69T7 Cristie Kerr -4 69 76 67 72T7 Mika Miyazato -4 71 71 71 71T7 Jenny Shin -4 68 70 70 76T11 P’nanong Phatlum -3 71 69 74 71T11 Michelle Wie -3 70 69 73 73T13 Minjee Lee -2 72 72 71 71T13 So Yeon Ryu -2 70 74 71 71T13 Alison Walshe -2 74 73 67 72T16 So Young Lee -1 71 69 73 74T16 Belen Mozo -1 73 74 69 71T18 Paula Creamer E 69 69 72 78T18 Tiffany Joh E 70 74 72 72T18 Brittany Lang E 73 70 73 72T18 Xiyu Lin E 69 72 72 75T18 Brittany Lincicome E 73 67 73 75T18 Ai Miyazato E 70 69 71 78T18 Morgan Pressel E 69 72 71 76 z-Won playoffFrom CanadaT70 Alena Sharp +9 73 74 78
Champions TourGreater Gwinnett Championship, April 17-19 (54 holes), TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, Georgia. Par 72, 7,259 yards.Purse: $1,800,000.
Final LeaderboardGolfer Par R1 R2 R31 Olin Browne -12 68 642 Bernhard Langer -11 69 643 Rocco Mediate -9 68 67T4 Jesper Parnevik -7 68 69T4 Stephen Ames Calgary -7 70 67T4 Mark O’Meara -7 68 69T4 Tom Pernice Jr -7 69 68T8 Rod Spittle -6 72 66 St. Catherines, Ont.T8 Tommy Armour III -6 67 71T10 Joe Durant -5 69 70T10 Bart Bryant -5 69 70T10 Miguel A Jimenez -5 69 70T10 Colin Montgomerie-5 71 68T10 Esteban Toledo -5 69 70T15 Tom Byrum -4 69 71T15 Gary Hallberg -4 69 71T15 Sandy Lyle -4 72 68T15 Paul Goydos -4 71 69T15 Doug Rohrbaugh -4 72 68T20 Mike Goodes -3 70 71T20 Ian Woosnam -3 68 73T20 Kirk Triplett -3 70 71T20 Willie Wood -3 72 69T20 Jeff Coston -3 69 72T25 Joey Sindelar -2 68 74T25 Mark Brooks -2 70 72T25 Larry Mize -2 72 70Also from CanadaT59 Jim Rutledge +3 77 70
Web.com TourEl Bosque Mexico Championship, April 16-19, El Bosque Golf Club, Leon. Par 72, 7,701 yards. Purse: $700,000.
Final LeaderboardGolfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Wes Roach -17 67 71 65 68T2 Patton Kizzire -13 67 70 71 67T2 Kevin Tway -13 67 67 70 71T4 Stephan Jaeger -12 68 71 68 69T4 Smylie Kaufman -12 68 69 70 69T6 Luke List -11 67 69 75 66T6 Sung-hoon Kang -11 71 69 68 69T8 Andrew Yun -10 70 74 69 65T8 Charlie Wi -10 70 72 67 69T8 Peter Malnati -10 65 68 75 70T8 Jamie Lovemark -10 73 66 69 70T12 Will Wilcox -9 69 71 73 66T12 Yoshio Yamamoto -9 70 70 70 69T12 Casey Wittenberg -9 65 68 76 70T12 Timothy Madigan -9 71 70 68 70T12 Craig Barlow -9 71 71 67 70T12 Matt Fast -9 69 69 70 71T18 D.H. Lee -8 71 71 71 67T18 Jin Park -8 73 70 69 68T18 Richy Werenski -8 72 70 69 69T18 Darron Stiles -8 70 68 71 71T18 Miguel A Carballo -8 73 67 66 74From CanadaT50 Brad Fritsch -1 71 70 73 73
European TourShenzhen International, April 16-19Genzon Golf Club, Shenzhen, China. Par 72, 7,145 yards. Purse: $3,000,000.
Final LeaderboardGolfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Kiradech Aphibarnrat -z -12 67 69 68 722 Hao-Tong Li -12 71 73 65 673 Tommy Fleetwood -11 70 69 69 69T4 Julien Quesne -10 71 69 73 65T4 Marco Crespi -10 69 70 72 67T4 Wen-yi Huang -10 66 74 70 68T4 David Howell -10 71 70 69 68T4 Y.E. Yang -10 72 71 66 69T4 Tom Lewis -10 72 71 66 69T4 Peter Uihlein -10 67 68 71 72T11 Wade Ormsby -9 73 73 67 66T11 Richie Ramsay -9 72 73 66 68T11 Anthony Wall -9 69 72 69 69T11 Emiliano Grillo -9 71 67 70 71T15 Alvaro Quiros -8 72 71 74 63T15 Gregory Bourdy -8 72 72 70 66T15 Lucas Bjerregaard -8 72 67 74 67T15 Gregory Havret -8 70 68 73 69T15 Ross Fisher -8 69 74 68 69T15 Tyrrell Hatton -8 72 70 69 69T15 Scott Hend -8 70 70 68 72T22 Darren Fichardt -7 68 70 71 72T22 Kristoffer Broberg -7 73 69 67 72T22 Pablo Larrazabal -7 73 69 65 74T25 Michael Hoey -6 74 71 68 69T25 Jorge Campillo -6 72 71 69 70T25 Marcus Fraser -6 72 71 68 71T25 Alexander Levy -6 71 70 69 72 z-Won playoff
BASKETBALLNBAPlayoff scheduleNote: 16 teams, all series best-of-seven
Yesterday’s results (Games 1)(5) Washington 93, (4) Toronto 86 (OT)(1) Golden State 106, (8) New Orleans 99(3) Chicago 103, (6) Milwaukee 91(2) Houston 118, (7) Dallas 108
Today’s schedule (Games 1)(2) Cleveland 113, (7) Boston 100(1) Atlanta 99, (8) Brooklyn 92(5) Memphis 100, (4) Portland 86(6) San Antonio at (3) L.A. Clippers
Monday, April 20 (Games 2)Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m.New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21 (Games 2)Boston at Cleveland, 4 p.m.Washington at Toronto, 5 p.m.Dallas at Houston, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22 (Games 2)Brooklyn at Atlanta, 4 p.m.Portland at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Manchester 50 17 6 3 241 176 109x-Providence 41 26 7 2 209 185 91x-Worcester 41 29 4 2 224 198 88x-Portland 39 28 7 2 203 190 87St. John’s 32 33 9 2 183 235 75
Northeast W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Hartford 43 24 5 4 221 214 95x-Syracuse 41 25 10 0 218 219 92Springfield 38 28 8 2 192 209 86Albany 37 28 5 6 199 201 85Bridgeport 28 40 7 1 213 246 64
East W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Hershey 46 22 5 3 218 181 100x-WB/Scranton 45 24 3 4 212 163 97Binghamton 76 34 34 7 0.500 242 1Lehigh 33 35 7 1 194 237 74Norfolk 27 39 6 4 168 219 64
Western ConferenceNorth W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Utica 47 20 7 2 219 182 103x-Toronto 40 27 9 0 207 203 89Hamilton 34 29 12 1 201 208 81Adirondack 35 33 6 2 233 240 78Rochester 29 41 5 1 209 251 64
Midwest W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Gr’nd Rapids 46 22 6 2 249 185 100x-Rockford 46 23 5 2 222 180 99x-Chicago 40 29 6 1 210 198 87Lake Erie 35 29 8 4 211 240 82Milwaukee 33 28 8 7 206 218 81
West W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-San Antonio 45 23 7 1 248 222 98x-Texas 40 22 13 1 242 216 94x-Okla City 41 27 5 3 224 212 90Charlotte 31 38 6 1 172 231 69Iowa 23 49 2 2 172 245 50
BASEBALLMLB
Yesterday’s resultsAtlanta 5, Toronto 2Detroit 9, Chicago Sox 1NY Mets 7, Miami 6NY Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 3Baltimore 8, Boston 3Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 2Washington 4, Philadelphia 1Minnesota 7, Cleveland 2Houston 4, LA Angels 3Kansas City 4, Oakland 2San Diego 5, Chicago Cubs 2Arizona 5, San Francisco 1LA Dodgers 7, Colorado 0Seattle 11, Texas 10St. Louis 2, Cincinnati 1
Saturday’s resultsPhiladelphia 5, Washington 3Toronto 6, Atlanta 5Chicago Sox 12, Detroit 3Cleveland 4, Minnesota 2St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 2Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego 6Baltimore 4, Boston 1Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 2Houston 4, LA Angels 0NY Mets 5, Miami 4NY Yankees 9, Tampa Bay 0Oakland 5, Kansas City 0San Fran 4, Arizona 1LA Dodgers 6, Colorado 3Seattle 3, Texas 1
Today’s scheduleBaltimore at Boston, 8:05 a.m. Chen (0-0) vs. Masterson (1-0)Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Arrieta (1-1) vs. Burnett (0-1)N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Sabathia (0-2) vs. Simon (2-0)Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 4:20 p.m. DeSclafani (1-0) vs. Peralta (0-1)Cleveland at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Carrasco (1-1) vs. Quintana (1-0)Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Gibson (1-1) vs. Volquez (1-1)San Diego at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Despaigne (1-0) vs. De La Rosa (0-0)Oakland at LA Angels, 7:05 p.m. Graveman (1-1) vs. Shoemaker (2-0)Houston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Peacock (0-1) vs. Iwakuma (0-1)
Braves 5, Blue Jays 2Atlanta Toronto ab r h bi ab r h biMaybin CF 3 0 1 0 Travis 2B 0 0 0 0Callaspo 3B 4 0 0 0 Tolleson 2B 3 0 0 0Markakis RF 4 1 2 0 Donaldson 3B 4 0 0 0Freeman DH 3 2 2 0 Bautista RF 2 1 0 0Johnson 1B 3 2 1 0 En’nacion DH 3 1 1 0Gomes LF 2 0 1 4 Martin C 4 0 1 2Bethancourt C 4 0 0 0 Smoak 1B 3 0 1 0Peterson 2B 4 0 0 0 Pillar LF 4 0 0 0Simmons SS 3 0 1 0 Pompey CF 4 0 1 0Totals 30 5 8 4 Goins SS 3 0 1 0 Totals 30 2 5 2
Atlanta 302 000 000 5 Toronto 000 002 000 2
2B: ATL Freeman, F (3, Norris, Da), Gomes, J (1, Norris, Da); TOR Martin, R (1, Miller, S). GIDP: TOR Encarnacion, Donaldson. S: ATL Maybin. Team Lob: ATL 5; TOR 6. DP: ATL 2 (Simmons, A-Johnson, C, Simmons, A-Peterson, J-Johnson, C); TOR 2 (Martin, R-Travis, Smoak). E: TOR Pompey (1, throw). PICKOFFS: TOR Martin, R (Gomes, J at 2nd base).
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SOS Miller (W, 2-0) 6.0 5 2 2 3 6A McKirahan 0.2 0 0 0 0 1C Martin 1.1 0 0 0 1 2J Grilli 1.0 0 0 0 0 2Toronto IP H R ER BB SOD Norris (L, 1-1) 2.2 6 5 4 2 1M Estrada 1.1 0 0 0 1 2J Francis 3.1 2 0 0 2 3R Osuna 1.2 0 0 0 0 0HBP: Travis (by Miller, S).
Time: 2:41. Att: 44,794.
Mariners 11, Rangers 10Texas Seattle ab r h bi ab r h biMartin CF 6 1 3 1 Jackson CF 5 2 3 2Andrus SS 6 2 1 0 Weeks DH 5 1 1 0Fielder DH 5 1 2 1 Cano 2B 4 2 3 1Beltre 3B 3 2 1 0 Cruz RF 6 2 3 5Choo RF 4 1 1 2 Seager 3B 5 0 3 3Rosales 1B 3 0 1 1 Ruggiano LF 2 0 1 0Moreland 1B 2 0 1 1 Ackley PH-LF 3 0 0 0Odor 2B 5 1 0 2 Zunino C 0 0 0 0Smolinski LF 4 1 2 2 B’quist SS 3 0 1 0Peguero LF 1 0 0 0 Miller PH-SS 2 1 1 0Corporan C 3 1 1 0 Morrison 1B 4 1 1 0Totals 42 10 13 10 Sucre C 3 0 0 0 Smith PH-LF 0 2 0 0 Totals 42 11 17 11
Texas 007 003 000 10 Seattle 203 000 132 11
2B: TEX Corporan (2, Paxton), Andrus (2, Olson), Martin, L (2, Medina); SEA Cano (5, Tolleson). GIDP: SEA Weeks, R. HR: TEX Smolinski (1, 3rd inning off Paxton, 1 on, 2 out); SEA Jackson, A (1, 1st inning off Detwiler, 0 on, 0 out), Cruz, N 2 (8, 1st inning off Detwiler, 0 on, 2 out; 3rd inning off Detwiler, 2 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TEX 10; SEA 12. DP: TEX (Beltre, A-Odor-Moreland). E: SEA Seager (1, fielding), Bloomquist (1, throw).
Texas IP H R ER BB SOR Detwiler 2.1 7 5 5 1 0A Bass 3.2 4 0 0 0 3S Tolleson 1.0 2 1 1 0 2T Scheppers 0.1 0 3 3 3 1K Kela 0.0 0 0 0 1 0N Feliz (L, 0-1) 1.1 4 2 2 2 1Seattle IP H R ER BB SOJ Paxton 2.2 9 7 2 0 1T Olson 2.2 2 3 3 2 3C Smith 0.2 1 0 0 0 0D Leone 2.0 0 0 0 1 1Y Medina (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1HBP: Choo (by Olson).
Time: 3:45. Att: 31,601.
TENNISATPMonte-Carlo Rolex Masters Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Surface: Clay Purse: €3,288,530 (€1=CDN$1.33)
Final - SinglesNovak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
DoublesBob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Fabio Fognini, Italy, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
WTACopa ColsanitasBogota, Colombia. Surface: Clay. Purse: $250,000
FinalTeliana Pereira, Brazil, def. Yaroslava Shvedova (5), Kazakhstan, 7-6 (2), 6-1.
This week’s tournaments
ATPBarcelona Open Banc SabadellBarcelona, Spain. Surface: Clay Purse: €1,993,230 (1 euro=CDN$1.33)
BRD Nastase Tiriac TrophyBucharest, Romania. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405.
WTAPorsche Tennis Grand PrixStuttgart, Germany. Surface: Clay. Purse: $731,000
LACROSSEBC Junior A Lacrosse League
Regular seasonFriday, April 24Langley Thunder vs. Port Coquitlam Saints, noon
Saturday, April 25Burnaby Lakers vs. Delta Islanders, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday April 26Nanaimo Timbermen vs. Coquitlam Adanacs, 2 p.m.New Westminster Salmonbellies vs. Victoria Shamrocks, 5 p.m.Port Coquitlam Saints vs. Burnaby Lakers, 7 p.m.
National Lacrosse LeagueWest W L GB Pct GF GAy-Edmonton 11 5 - .688 212 155x-Colorado 9 8 2.5 .529 202 205Calgary 6 11 5.5 .353 198 204Vancouver 5 11 6 .313 189 234
East W L GB Pct GF GAx-Toronto 13 4 - .765 220 178x-Rochester 11 5 1.5 .688 179 154Buffalo 8 7 4 .533 179 180Minnesota 5 11 7.5 .313 160 198New England 4 10 7.5 .286 154 185
Friday’s resultsToronto 15, New England 12Colorado 11, Rochester 10
Saturday’s resultsCalgary 10, Minnesota 6Edmonton 13, Colorado 12Rochester 13, Vancouver 9
Saturday, April 25Vancouver at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m.New England at Rochester, 4:30 p.m.Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Sunday, April 26Buffalo at New England, 3 p.m.
AUTO RACINGNASCARFood City 500Yesterday at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee. 500 laps, 266.5 milesLap length: .533 miles
Final results, with winnings(Start position in parentheses)1. (1) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $212,9612. (28) Jim. Johnson, Chev, $170,0113. (23) Jeff Gordon, Chev, $160,8614. (25) R Stenhouse Jr., Ford, $125,4755. (18) Ryan Newman, Chev, $135,2756. (21) Tony Stewart, Chev, $131,1297. (14) Kyle Larson, Chev, $133,4238. (15) Justin Allgaier, Chev, $126,7239. (26) Danica Patrick, Chev, $107,36510. (12) Austin Dillon, Chev, $136,35111. (9) Paul Menard, Chev, $106,34012. (37) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, $131,77313. (30) Aric Almirola, Ford, $134,17614. (10) J McMurray, Chev, $126,83115. (7) Kurt Busch, Chev, $112,17516. (13) Dale Jr., Chev, $112,30017. (24) Brett Moffitt, Toyota124,86418. (32) David Gilliland, Ford, $120,53319. (39) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, $121,99520. (40) Alex Bowman, Chev, $110,03321. (22) DiBenedetto, Toyota, $103,70822. (19) Mic McDowell, Ford, $91,87523. (36) Michael Annett, Chev, $91,70024. (3) Carl Edwards, Toyota, $91,82525. (38) Chris Buescher, Ford, $91,325
Race StatisticsAvg Speed of Winner: 74.997 mphTime of Race: 3 hours, 37:54Margin of Victory: 0.287 secondsCaution Flags: 11 for 117 lapsLead Changes: 21 among 6 drivers
Formula OneGrand Prix of BahrainSunday, April 19International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain, 5.411 kilometres
1. Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 1 hour, 35 minutes, 5.809 seconds, 57 laps.2. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 1:35:09.189, 57.3. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 1:35:11.842, 57.4. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 1:35:48.766, 57.5. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 1:35:49.798, 57.6. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 1:36:07.560, 57.7. Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 1:36:30.572, 57.8. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 1:35:07.373, 56.9. Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 1:35:14.579, 56.10. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 1:35:20.685, 56.
SOCCERMLS
Yesterday’s resultsNew England 2, Philadelphia 1Portland 1, NY City FC 0
Saturday’s resultsChicago at Montreal, postponedHouston 1, DC United 1Orlando 0 Columbus 3Seattle 3, Colorado 1Vancouver 1, Salt Lake 0Dallas 3, Toronto 2Sporting KC 1, Los Angeles 2
Friday, April 24NY City FC at Chicago, 5 p.m.Dallas at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 25Philadelphia at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.Salt Lake at New England, 4:30 p.m.Sporting KC at Houston, 5:30 p.m.DC United at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.Montreal at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 26Toronto at Orlando, 4 p.m.Portland at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.
Islanders 2 Capitals 1 (OT)First PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Glencross Wsh (Unsports-manlike Conduct) 3:36, de Haan Nyi (Tripping) 8:07
Second Period1. New York, Okposo (2) (Bailey, Visnovsky) 12:37Penalties: Kennedy Nyi (Hooking) 2:12, Orpik Wsh (Interference) 4:35, Brouwer Wsh (Tripping) 12:51, Strait Nyi (High-sticking) 18:40
Third Period2. Washington, Backstrom (2) (Ward, Green) 13:54
Overtime3. New York, Tavares (1) (Leddy, Kulemin) 0:15
Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT TWashington 5 8 12 0 25New York 16 17 7 2 42
Goaltending summary:Washington: Holtby (40/42), New York: Halak (24/25)
Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Washington: 0 of 3, New York: 0 of 3
Att: 16,170
Blackhawks 4 Predators 2First Period1. Chicago, Desjardins (1) (Oduya, Hossa) 14:482. Nashville, Ribeiro (1) (Smith) 15:19Penalties: Timonen Chi (Holding) 0:53, Hossa Chi (Hooking) 17:54
Second Period3. Chicago, Toews (2) (Keith, Hossa) 0:364. Nashville, Ekholm (1) (Smith, Ellis) 0:585. Chicago, Saad (1) 3:386. Chicago, Seabrook (1) (Shaw, Toews) 12:41Penalties: Bickell Chi (Roughing) 6:40, Gaustad Nsh (Roughing) 6:40
Third PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Gaustad Nsh (High-stick-ing) 6:36, Ribeiro Nsh (Holding) 19:17
Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd TNashville 11 17 9 37Chicago 14 10 6 30
Goaltending summary:Nashville: Rinne (26/30), Chicago: Darling (35/37)
Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Nashville: 0 of 2, Chicago: 0 of 2
Att: 22,020
UEFA Champions League
QuarterfinalsReturn leg (All games at 12:45 p.m.)Tuesday, April 21Barcelona vs. Paris St. Germain (Barcelona leads, 3-1)Bayern Munich vs. FC Porto (FC Porto leads, 3-1)
Wednesday, April 22Monaco vs. Juventus (Juventus leads, 1-0)Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid (Game 1 tied, 0-0)
English FA Cup - SemifinalsYesterday’s resultReading 1, Arsenal 2
Yesterday’s resultAston Villa 2, Liverpool 1
FA Cup Final, May 30Aston Villa vs. Arsenal
English Premier LeaguePosition/Club W D L GF GA Pts1 Chelsea 23 7 2 65 26 762 Arsenal 20 6 6 63 32 663 Man United 19 8 6 59 31 654 Man City 19 7 7 67 34 645 Liverpool 17 6 9 47 36 576 Tot Hotspur 17 6 10 53 47 577 Southampton 17 5 11 45 24 568 Swansea 13 8 12 38 42 479 Stoke City 13 7 13 38 41 4610 West Ham 11 10 12 42 42 4311 Crystal Pal 11 9 13 42 45 4212 Everton 10 11 12 41 43 4113 West Brom 9 9 15 32 464 3614 Newcastle 9 8 16 34 540 3515 Aston Villa 8 8 17 24 451 3216 Sunderland 5 14 13 25 483 2917 Hull City 6 10 16 29 456 2818 Leicester 7 7 18 34 517 2819 Q.P. Rangers 7 5 21 38 591 2620 Burnley 5 11 17 26 515 26
Yesterday’s resultsManchester City 2, West Ham 0Newcastle 1, Spurs 3
Saturday’s resultsCrystal Palace 0, West Brom 2Everton 1, Burnley 0Leicester 2, Swansea 0Stoke 2, Southampton 1Chelsea 1, Manchester United 0
Saturday, April 25Southampton vs. Spurs, 4:45 a.m.Burnley vs. Leicester, 7 a.m.Crystal Palace vs. Hull, 7 a.m.Newcastle vs. Swansea, 7 a.m.QPR vs. West Ham, 7 a.m.
B.C. Premier LeagueTeam W L Pct GBAbbotsford 3 0 1.000 -North Delta 2 0 1.000 .5Langley 7 1 0.875 1.5Okanagan 6 2 0.750 .5Vic Eagles 5 3 0.625 .5North Shore 3 2 0.600 1Nanaimo 2 2 0.500 1.5Vic Mariners 1 3 0.250 2.5White Rock 1 5 0.167 3.5Parksville 1 5 0.167 3.5Whalley 1 6 0.143 4Coquitlam 0 3 0.000 3
Saturday’s resultsNorth Delta 2, Whalley 0Abbotsford 3, Parksville 0Okanagan 2, White Rock 0Langley 11, Victoria Eagles 2Langley 2, Victoria Eagles 1Vic Mariners 10, North Shore 0North Delta 12, Whalley 7Abbotsford 4, Parksville 3North Shore 12, Vic Mariners 7White Rock 4, Okanagan 3
Yesterday’s resultsLangley 6, Coquitlam 3Victoria Eagles 2, North Shore 1Abbotsford 7, Nanaimo 5Okanagan 4, White Rock 2Parksville 4, Victoria Mariners 3Victoria Eagles 7, North Shore 6Okanagan 12, White Rock 4Nanaimo 8, Abbotsford 6Langley 10, Coquitlam 6Victoria Mariners 11, Parksville 6
Tuesday, April 21White Rock at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.Langley at Whalley, 7 p.m.
Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GANY Red Bulls 11 5 3 0 2 9 4DC United 11 6 3 1 2 6 5N. England 11 7 3 2 2 6 7Columbus 8 6 2 2 2 8 5Orlando 8 7 2 3 2 6 8Chicago 6 5 2 3 0 5 7NY City FC 6 7 1 3 3 5 6Philadelphia 6 8 1 4 3 9 13Toronto 3 5 1 4 0 8 11Montreal 2 4 0 2 2 2 6
Western LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GAVancouver 16 8 5 2 1 10 7Dallas 13 7 4 2 1 10 10Los Angeles 11 7 3 2 2 8 7Seattle 10 6 3 2 1 9 5San Jose 9 7 3 4 0 7 9Houston 9 7 2 2 3 6 4Salt Lake 9 6 2 1 3 6 5Portland 9 7 2 2 3 7 7Sporting KC 9 7 2 2 3 7 8Colorado 6 6 1 2 3 5 5
Canadiens 2, Senators 1 (OT)First Period1. Ottawa, MacArthur (2) (Karlsson, Stone) 11:28Penalties: MacArthur Ott (Hooking Devante Smith-Pelly) 16:44
Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Eller Mtl (Tripping Milan Michalek) 0:36, Gryba Ott (Holding Brendan Gallagher) 3:54, Turris Ott (Holding Tomas Plekanec) 13:42
Third Period2. Montreal, Weise (1) (Prust, Mitchell) 14:13Penalties: Plekanec Mtl (Roughing Marc Methot) 0:27, Methot Ott (Rough-ing Tomas Plekanec) 0:27, Michalek Ott (Tripping Tom Gilbert) 8:51, Pacioretty Mtl (Holding Eric Gryba) 8:59, Borow-iecki Ott (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 16:18
First Overtime3. Montreal, Weise (2) (Emelin, Mitchell) 8:47Penalties: Lazar Ott (Boarding Alexei Emelin) 6:13
Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT TMontreal 9 19 12 9 49Ottawa 12 6 9 7 34
Goaltending summary:Montreal: Price (33/34), Ottawa: Anderson (47/49)
Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Montreal: 0 of 6, Ottawa: 0 of 2
Att: 20,500
Orioles 8, Red Sox 3Baltimore Boston ab r h bi ab r h biCabrera SS 5 1 1 0 Holt 2B 5 1 1 0Paredes DH 5 3 3 0 Betts CF 4 0 0 0Jones CF 5 1 4 5 Ortiz DH 1 1 0 0Davis 1B 5 1 1 0 Nava PH-DH 2 0 0 0Young LF 4 0 0 0 Ramirez LF 4 1 2 3Lough RF 0 0 0 0 Napoli 1B 4 0 1 0Snider RF-LF 5 0 1 1 Sandoval 3B 3 0 1 0Machado 3B 4 0 2 1 Victorino RF 3 0 1 0Flaherty 2B 4 1 2 1 Bogaerts SS 4 0 0 0Joseph C 2 1 1 0 Leon C 3 0 0 0Totals 39 8 15 8 Totals 33 3 6 3
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Orioles 8, Red Sox 3 (Cont’d)
Baltimore 210 023 000 8 Boston 300 000 000 3
SB: BAL Machado, M (2, 2nd base off Porcello/Leon, S). HR: BAL Jones, Ad (5, 1st inning off Porcello, 1 on, 1 out), Flaherty (2, 2nd inning off Porcello, 0 on, 2 out); BOS Ramirez, H (5, 1st inning off Gonzalez, M, 2 on, 1 out). 2B: BAL Davis, C (4, Porcello), Jones, Ad (3, Porcello), Flaherty (1, Breslow); BOS Sandoval (1, Gausman). GIDP: BAL Cabrera, E, Flaherty. Team Lob: BAL 9; BOS 7. DP: BOS 2 (Porcello-Leon, S-Napoli, Bogaerts-Holt, B-Napoli). E: BAL Cabrera, E (1, throw).
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOGonzalez (W, 2-1) 5.0 5 3 3 4 5R Hunter 2.0 0 0 0 0 1K Gausman 2.0 1 0 0 0 1Boston IP H R ER BB SOF Porcello (L, 1-2) 5.0 12 8 8 3 6C Breslow 3.0 2 0 0 0 3E Mujica 1.0 1 0 0 0 0HBP: Joseph (by Porcello).
Time: 3:14. Att: 37,761.
American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkBaltimore 7 5 .583 - W2Boston 7 5 .583 - L2NY Yankees 6 6 .500 1.0 W3Tampa Bay 6 7 .462 1.5 L3Toronto 6 7 .462 1.5 L1Central W L PCT GB StrkDetroit 10 2 .833 - W1Kansas City 9 3 .750 1.0 W1Minnesota 5 7 .417 5.0 W1Chicago Sox 4 7 .364 5.5 L1Cleveland 4 7 .364 5.5 L1West W L PCT GB StrkHouston 6 6 .500 - W2Oakland 6 7 .462 0.5 L1LA Angels 5 7 .417 1.0 L2Seattle 5 7 .417 1.0 W2Texas 5 8 .385 1.5 L2
National LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkNY Mets 10 3 .769 - W8Atlanta 8 4 .667 1.5 W1Washington 6 7 .462 4.0 W1Philadelphia 4 9 .308 6.0 L1Miami 3 10 .231 7.0 L4Central W L PCT GB StrkSt. Louis 8 3 .727 - W5Chicago Cubs 6 5 .545 2.0 L1Pittsburgh 6 6 .500 2.5 W3Cincinnati 5 7 .417 3.5 L4Milwaukee 2 10 .167 6.5 L5West W L PCT GB StrkLA Dodgers 9 3 .750 - W7San Diego 8 5 .615 1.5 W1Colorado 7 5 .583 2.0 L3Arizona 7 6 .538 2.5 W1San Francisco 4 10 .286 6.0 L1
SCOREBOARD
Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise celebrates his goal against the Ottawa Senators n Ottawa on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
B4 | DAILY NEWS | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 SPORTS
Weise scores twice, Habs drop SenatorsBILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Dale Weise has not lost the flare for the dramatics he first showed in last year’s NHL playoffs.
The physical winger scored the tying goal late in regulation time and then potted the winner 8:47 into overtime to give the Montreal Cana-diens a stranglehold on their first-round playoff series with a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Sen-ators Sunday night.
“Any time you score a winner like that it’s pretty special,” said Weise. “I got pretty excited about that first one, too, that was a big goal. I just felt like we were pressuring and pressuring and we needed a good bounce like that to put the puck in the net. And thank goodness it was me.”
Montreal leads the best-of-seven Eastern Con-ference playoff series 3-0 and can finish it off in Game 4 Wednesday night at the Canadian Tire Centre.
Weise skated in on the left side and beat Craig Anderson with a shot inside the near post for the winning goal. The 20,500 fans screamed for a whistle on what appeared to be a hand pass by Brandon Prust on the play, but replays showed the puck went off the glass and not Prust.
It wasn’t a playoff first for the Winnipeg prod-uct, who scored an overtime winner in the open-ing game of the first round last year against Tampa Bay.
“I don’t know if you can call me (clutch) yet, I thought I had some good chances early in the series and just couldn’t put them in — a couple of 2-on-1’s and hit posts,” said Weise. “I don’t know what it is, just every game gets so intense, you’re so focused.”
Weise had tied it with 5:47 left in regulation time for Montreal as he found an open side amid a wild scramble in front of Craig Anderson’s net.
Clarke MacArthur scored in the first for Ottawa, which has struck first in all three games of the series.
B5 | DAILY NEWS | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 DIVERSIONS
HI AND LOIS
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
BLONDIE
BABY BLUES
BC
ARCTIC CIRCLE
CRANKSHAFT
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
WORD FIND
CROSSWORD
CRYPTOQUOTE
BRIDGE
SOLUTION: THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Risky Business Dealer: North N-S vulnerable
NORTH ♠A10 ♥K1054 ♦Q96543 ♣A
WEST EAST ♠K84 ♠QJ953 ♥QJ93 ♥A87 ♦K10 ♦A82 ♣10843 ♣Q2
SOUTH ♠762 ♥62 ♦J7 ♣KJ9765
W N E S 1♦ 1♠ Pass 2♠ Pass Pass 3♣ All Pass Opening Lead: ♠4
E ast won the jack of spades to return a trump for dummy’s ace. South was
fortunate to finish down three, N-S -300.
South’s resolve to bid three clubs received the result that it deserved. At unfavorable vul-nerability and a semi- balanced hand, he should go quietly by defending the spade partscore.
East will have no difficulty in recording nine tricks but -140 will be infinitely superior to the actual result. N-S own an eight-card diamond fit but the three-level will be too high. The defense will play two rounds of trump early restricting declarer to seven tricks where a result of minus 200 will not be much of an improvement.
E-W can actually win nine tricks at NT because of the lock-age in clubs. Declarer wins the diamond lead with the king to advance the queen of hearts. North’s play is irrelevant but declarer switches to spades driv-ing out the ace.
North returns the diamond queen dislodging the ace but the run of the spade winners will exert huge pressure on North who will be compelled to discard diamond winners in order to retain a heart guard. A minor suit exit throws him on play where he must play a heart at trick twelve presenting declarer with a ninth trick.
However, there was no chance that E-W would land in NT after this sequence. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.
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NHL PLAYOFFS
B6 | DAILY NEWS | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 SPORTS
Chicago Blackhawks centre Jonathan Toews, right, looks to pass against Nashville Predators centre Calle Jarnkrok as goalie Pekka Rinne, left, looks on. during Game 3 of an NHL Western Conference hockey playoff series. [AP PHOTO]
Blackhawks ride top line to a 4-2 win, 2-1 series lead JAY COHEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Marian Hossa was everywhere. Jonathan Toews powered Chicago to a big second period, and Brandon Saad had a key play for the Blackhawks.
Chicago’s skilled top line found plenty of room to roam with Shea Weber out with an injury.
Toews had a goal and an assist, Hossa had two assists in a daz-zling performance, and the Blackhawks beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Sunday for a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. Toews, Saad and Brent Seabrook scored in the second to help Chicago earn its 20th win in its last 24 home playoff games. Scott Darling made 35 saves and Andrew Desjardins got his third career playoff goal in the first as the Blackhawks bounced back after Friday night’s 6-2 loss in Nashville.
“We’ve been here a while and went pretty deep the past two years,” Saad said. “We know what we need to do. At the same time, after Game 2, we know we needed to be better. I think every-one brought it tonight.”
Mike Ribeiro and Mattias Ekholm scored for Nashville, and Pekka Rinne had 26 saves.
The Predators were without Weber and forward Mike Fisher,
who were sidelined by lower-body injuries. Fisher is day to day, but Weber did not travel with the team to Chicago and the star defenceman likely will be out for Game 4 on Tuesday night as well.
“Obviously, Shea’s a big pres-ence and we’re going to miss him on our back end,” said Roman Josi, who usually plays with Weber on Nashville’s top defen-sive pairing. “But I thought we played a pretty good game and it could have gone the other way, too.”
Darling, a native of the Chicago suburb of Lemont, was solid in his first post-season start after Corey Crawford was ineffective in the first two games of the series. The rookie also replaced Crawford in Game 1 and made 42 stops as the Blackhawks ral-lied for a 4-3 victory in double overtime.
“The guys have been unbeliev-able and really helped me out today,” Darling said.
Coach Joel Quenneville did not announce his goaltender for Game 4, but talked as if Darling would get another start.
“We’ll talk about it, but cer-tainly he did everything he could to put himself back in the net,” Quenneville said. “I thought he was rock solid today.”
The Predators’ convincing vic-tory in Game 2 led Quenneville to try a different look for the Blackhawks’ first home game of the playoffs. Darling was in goal, and forwards Antoine Ver-mette and Desjardins entered the lineup after they were healthy scratches for the first two games.
Chicago acquired Vermette and Desjardins in a pair of trades right before the deadline, but the veterans had struggled with the Blackhawks. Given another chance in the playoffs, Desjar-dins responded with his best game since the March 2 trade with San Jose. Desjardins’ first playoff goal in three years gave Chicago a 1-0 lead at 14:48 of the first. He also keyed a long stretch in the Nashville zone in the sec-ond that Seabrook finished with a hard wrist shot from the high slot, making it 4-2 with 7:19 left in the period.
“I was kind of waiting, ready,” Desjardins said. “Been working hard. I was just working hard, and fortunate to get in the game tonight.”
Weber left in the second period of Game 2 after he was checked into the boards by Saad. In addi-tion to his responsibilities on Nashville’s top defensive pairing, the captain is a key part of the Predators’ special teams.
Tavares wins it in OT as Isles beat CapitalsARTHUR STAPLE NEWSDAY
NEW YORK — This group of Islanders has spent the season setting their own standard, eras-ing the unhappy memories of recent seasons bit by bit, game by game.
In front of an electric crowd Sunday afternoon for the first home playoff game this spring, John Tavares and his team put their mark on another achieve-ment to grab the series lead again.
Tavares scored his first of the playoffs 15 seconds into overtime, his first career playoff OT goal, to give the Isles a 2-1 win and a 2-1 lead over the Capitals. It was the Isles’ first playoff OT win in 22 years, and their first 2-1 series lead in a postseason in 22 years. They are halfway to their first playoff series win in 22 years.
“I’m sitting on the bench ready for my first shift of OT and it was over,” Matt Martin said. “Johnny took it upon himself. It was a matter of time before he got one.”
And it was the biggest one of a Game 3 the Islanders man-handled for long stretches. Right off the overtime faceoff, Tavares pulled the puck back to Johnny Boychuk, who rifled a long shot in on Braden Holtby.
John Carlson tried to send the puck up the wall but Nick Leddy cut it off. Nikolay Kulemin deflected Leddy’s shot on Holtby, who played give and go with Brooks Orpik and tried to push the puck to his right. Tavares beat Carlson to the puck and chipped a shot from a sharp angle behind Holtby, who had made 40 saves in his return to the net after missing Game 2 with an illness.
“You just don’t take any play, any shift for granted,” said Tav-ares, whose line was opposite Alex Ovechkin’s line most of the day. Ovechkin attempted 14 shots, nine of which were blocked, and he was held off the score sheet for the second time in the three games.
Sunday began with a fired-up Coliseum crowd of 16,170 and an Islanders team that matched its fans’ intensity. The Isles had the first 10 shots on goal, returning to the possession and shoot-first style that they had used much of the season and in a forceful Game 1 win in Washington.
Holtby stood strong through 32-
plus minutes of scoreless hockey, beaten only when Lubomir Visnovsky’s slapper from the left point banked off Kyle Okposo’s knee and in at 12:37 of the second.
The crowd reached a frenzy then; it went even more frenzied as the second period horn sound-ed thanks to Boychuk’s superb effort to sweep the puck off Ovechkin’s stick on a Caps power play, defusing a scoring chance for Washington’s best player.
“I didn’t think it could be any louder than it was two years ago when we played Pittsburgh,” Jack Capuano said, “but it was.”
The comparisons to that 2013 playoff series unfortunately came back up with 6:06 to play, when Nicklas Backstrom snapped a wrist shot through a crowd off the crossbar and past Jaroslav Halak. The Isles held a 33-13 shot edge through two periods and it was 36-21 inside of 10 minutes to go, but the Caps pushed hard.
Capuano used his timeout prior to a defensive-zone faceoff that Backstrom won. Ovechkin was on the ice, but Boychuk was not because of a previous icing and the Caps controlling the puck; Ovechkin was parked in Halak’s line of vision as Backstrom’s shot sailed by. So as two of the three home playoff games did two years ago, Sunday’s went to overtime. The Isles lost Games 3 and 6 on home ice in overtime in 2013; they didn’t even give any-one in the building the chance to worry it might happen again.
“We wanted this one bad,” Okposo said.
“It gets us one closer,” said Tav-ares, who had four shots on goal and nearly scored in the final minute of the first period, poking a rebound through Holtby’s pa ds and inches wide of the net.
TAVARES
DIVERSIONS/ENTERTAINMENT MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 | DAILY NEWS | B7
Dear Annie: For many years, I have heard about the dangers of second-hand smoke. I am a non-smoker, but was married to a smoker for 13 years and have asthma.
Now that pot is being legalized in some states, including where I live, what are the dangers of sec-ond-hand pot smoke? I haven’t heard a word about it. Are the states just looking for additional tax revenue and keeping it out of the news?
– Concerned Breather in Oregon
Dear Breather: According to the American Lung Associa-tion, inhaling smoke is harmful whether it’s from cigarettes, pot or burning wood. Marijuana smoke contains many of the
same toxins, irritants and car-cinogens as tobacco smoke, and pot smokers generally inhale it for a longer period of time. Sec-ond-hand marijuana smoke con-tains the same ingredients.
How dangerous is it to non-smokers?
A 2014 study found that blood-vessel function in lab rats dropped by 70 percent after 30 minutes of exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke and hadn’t returned to normal even after 40 minutes.
And the rats suffered the same effects even if the pot contained no THC. So, you might not get a “contact high,” but with con-tinued exposure, you could suffer impaired lung and blood-vessel function.
Marijuana is much stronger today than it was 40 years ago. More studies need to be done, obviously, but if you are regu-larly exposed to smoke of any kind, you are likely to develop a problem. Steer clear.
Dear Annie: I am responding to “B” about unsolicited phone calls. I recently fell victim to
such a scam. I purchased a life-time repair contract for my com-puter. A month later, I received a call saying they were going out of business and needed to return my money. I foolishly let them gain control of my computer, where they claim to have acci-dentally “deposited” an amount greater than what they owed me. They then said I needed to send a MoneyGram for the overpayment.
I had the person on my cell-phone when I went to a Money-Gram location. The woman there told me to hang up and informed me that it was a scam. I then went to my bank and was able to protect my account. I also report-ed it to the police.
On my way to the bank, I received 17 calls from the scam-mer asking why I hadn’t sent the money. The specialist at the bank told him to stop calling. It was too late to reverse the charges on my credit card for the original contract, but the bank canceled that card and issued a new one. Here is how I stopped these calls:
1. I blocked the numbers they were calling from on my cell-
phone and my home phone. 2. I set “call rejection” on my
home phone so if anyone called from a “private” or “unknown” number, they would be required to unblock their number and call back.
I hope others learn from my experience.
– A Lesson Well Learned
Dear Lesson: Thank you for sharing. We received a great many letters with examples of how these unscrupulous people work and will print more in future columns. Stay tuned.
Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Land-ers column.
Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Cre-ators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, Calif., 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.cre-ators.com.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your instincts serve you well.
Be aware of your limitations in a situation, and don’t push bound-aries. By the midafternoon, you could become more inquisitive. Allow your imagination to fill any gaps and come up with ideas. Tonight: Have a long-overdue chat.TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Use the morning to the max. You know what you want, and others will respond once you decide to go for it. A matter sur-rounding your home life will take a turn, most likely for the better. Open up to possibilities that someone else offers. Tonight: Put your best foot forward.GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
You could feel a bit off in the morning, but by late afternoon, your energy surges. Keep nega-tivity on the back burner, and you will be able to accomplish a lot more. Pressure could build in
a relationship, which will force to head in a new direction. Tonight: Demand the stage.CANCER (June 21-July 22)
You might believe that you are on the right path and could become a little careless. You could get tripped up over a detail you have overlooked. Avoid being too exacting in what you do. You might feel as if you are being confronted over nothing. Tonight: Get some extra zzz’s.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
You might decide to change your focus and head in a new direction. Complete what you have started, and by the end of the day, good news will greet you. Whether you are in a meet-ing or at a planned get-together, you end up with friends. Tonight: Find a good excuse to celebrate.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Encourage yourself to take in the big picture, especially if you feel triggered. You might want to approach a situation dif-ferently. Others look to you for guidance and suggestions. Know
the importance of being a role model. Tonight: Pressure builds.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Let your sensitive and caring side emerge. You might be more tired than you realize, which will affect your words and actions. Go for a walk and/or recharge your batteries by going to the gym.
You will feel much better as a result. Tonight: Detach and relax, then decide.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Step back and acknowledge what is happening around you. Defer to someone else, and make sure that he or she is willing to carry the ball.
Clearly, you feel as if you have your hands full. You need to be more dominant in other areas for now. Tonight: Handle money with care.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You might be very put off by someone’s words, and your expression will say it all. Be willing to approach a matter dif-ferently for your sake, and try to resolve a hassle. Accept the
fact that you can’t change other people. Tonight: Try not to shut down.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
You might want to have a dis-cussion about what you expect from someone. Otherwise, this person most likely will let you down because of your high expectations, which he or she is unaware of. Use your creativity for solutions. Tonight: Clear out an errand first. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
You might be more reluctant than you realize. Deal with a per-sonal matter first. A partner or loved one could be challenging, and it might force you to rethink your stance.
Your childlike side emerges when dealing with a heavy mat-ter. Tonight: Act as if it’s not Monday night.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Express your thoughts with the expectation of being heard. Your attitude most likely will provoke the response you desire. Honor a change, and be willing to move
away from a loved one who could be too challenging at the moment. Tonight: Head home. Keep it calm.
YOUR BIRTHDAY (April 20)This year you encourage your-
self to take risks. Your creativity and ability to understand helps you get past problems far more easily than in the recent past. Others often note this ability and will seek you out to brainstorm with you.
You’ll discover what a fun and meaningful year this could be. If you are single, someone of inter-est could enter your life some-time after mid-August. If you are attached, accept your sweetie as he or she is, and things will go smoothly. Make the most of the good moments. GEMINI knows how to encourage you to shop. Be careful!
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Kathy Mitchell & Marcy SugarAnnie’s Mailbox
Second-hand smoke is dangerous Pete Rose will be TV analystTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Pete Rose is get-ting closer to the game as he awaits a ruling on his reinstate-ment request.
Fox Sports said Saturday that it was hiring the Major League Baseball career hits leader as a special guest analyst.
Rose agreed to the lifetime ban in August 1989 after an MLB investigation concluded he bet on the Reds to win while manag-ing the team.
Shortly after new Commis-sioner Rob Manfred took over in January, Rose applied for reinstatement.
Rose will appear on pregame and postgame shows on Fox along with studios programming on Fox Sports 1.
In 24 seasons in the majors, Rose had 4,256 hits and won three World Series titles.
He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year and the 1973 NL Most Valuable Player.
A 17-time All-Star, Rose made the team at five different positions.
B8 | DAILY NEWS | MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015 SPORTS
HOCKEY
Canada moves to 2-0 at Under-18 tourneyTHE CANADIAN PRESS
ZUG, Switzerland — After watching his team struggle through the first period against the Czech Republic, Canada coach Tim Hunter felt his top players could still come through.
They didn’t let him down.Anthony Beauvillier scored
his second goal of the game on a third-period power play and Zachary Sawchenko made 43 saves as Canada beat the Czech Republic 3-2 Sunday at the world under-18 hockey championship.
Beauvillier and linemate Mathew Barzal, who assisted on both goals, played a huge role inCanada’s win despite strug-gling defensively early in the game.
“We weren’t competing really hard in the first period, that’s why they had 20 shots,” Hunter said. “We started to compete harder as we went along and I said in the third, ’You just got to dig in, be a little harder in the corners for pucks,’ and we did we got some results. We drew a pen-alty and our power play came up big, and that line was minus-2.
“You’ve got to keep giving skilled players the opportunity to make a difference and they did. They were urgent and they got the job done.”
The Czechs dominated early in the game, but Sawchenko kept Canada in it by making some big saves. That came as no surprise to Hunter, who coaches Sawchenko’s junior team, the Western Hockey League’s Moose Jaw Warriors.
“We got the lead and we kept the lead. Sawzy had to make a few saves and he’s calm and cool back there and I’m used to seeing him,” Hunter said.
NBA PLAYOFFS
Lowry vows better performanceToronto Raptors all-star point guard fouled out of Game 1 after tough showingLORI EWING THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Kyle Lowry leaned on the microphone podium, and with the sleeve of his T-shirt wiped the sweat from his eyebrow.
The Toronto Raptors didn’t practice Sunday, instead holding a team video session. And when the players piled out, Lowry head-ed upstairs to the practice court to work on his shooting.
The Raptors point guard had one of the worst games of his season in Saturday’s 93-86 over-time loss to Washington, and those who know him best say that won’t happen again.
“I have no doubt hat Kyle Lowry will come back and play at a level that he’s played at and has made him successful,” said coach Dwane Casey.
“That’s who he is, he’s a guy who plays better with a chip on his shoulder, he’s been doubted all his life since junior high school so I think he’ll bounce back.
“I don’t think shooting is where you rate him, I think making win-ning plays, defensive plays, draw and kick, not turning the ball over, those are the winning plays that he’s excellent at.”
Lowry had just seven points on 2-for-10 shooting, plus four assists and three turnovers, and fouled out of the game with 2:36 left in regulation — the picture of the dejected point guard sitting alone on the bench, head in hands, said everything.
“Super difficult,” he said, on sit-ting out the end of the game.
“Just fouling out in general and not being able to be myself and help my teammates was definite-ly more frustrating than I wanted it to be. But that’s Game 1. You learn from your mistakes and you get better.
“That’s what the playoffs is about — adjustments.”
Wizards guard Bradley Beal mockingly waved goodbye to Lowry when the whistle blew on his sixth foul.
“I would have done the same thing,” Lowry said. “You get one
of the best players off of the floor, you should be happy about it.”
Lowry, DeMar DeRozan and Lou Williams — the team’s best scoring options — combined for a dreadful 12-46.
“I don’t think that’s going to happen (again),” Lowry said. “It’s something that happens once in a while, it happened to be in the playoffs and it sucks, because it’s more magnified, but, I think guys are going to keep taking the same shots and make (the) shots.”
Greivis Vasquez took over at the point after Lowry fouled out and his three-pointer with 26 seconds left in regulation sent the game to overtime. Vasquez also believes the all-star point guard will be a different player come Tuesday’s Game 2.
“I’m not going to be shocked if
Kyle came and had an unbeliev-able game on Tuesday. He knows how much we need him,” Vasquez said. “I feel like we need to have a short memory. He needs to have a short memory. He needs to come to play and on Tuesday, and have fun — that’s the main thing. It’s not pressure. We all need to relax. We just have got to play our game.”
While the Raptors’ shooting was uncharacteristically poor, their rebounding was about par for the season. The Wizards outhustled Toronto on the offensive glass especially, grabbing 19 offensive boards to the Raptors’ 10. Patrick Patterson said it was the lopsided rebounding performance was glaringly obvious in Sunday’s video session.
“(It was) not being physical
enough with the bigs but also the guards as well, getting free looks at long rebounds, the ones that we couldn’t corral in the paint, the ones that bounce around the free throw line,” said Patterson, who was solid off the bench with 10 points and five rebounds.
“I think it’s just always physical-ity, the guy’s on the perimeter, then you have to keep him from getting to the paint, and getting the ball first.
“But a lot of it was (Saturday) night just us turning our heads and looking at the ball and look-ing at the rim rather than worry-ing about our man not getting the ball.”
The Raptors dropped a seven-point decision to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 last season, before taking the Nets to seven games.
Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry sits on the bench after fouling out of the game against the Washington Wizards during Game 1 of the playoffs Toronto on Saturday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
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