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Huh (i assoft, tMo ears ajo t iirmui' Afflei k s fareei m a different du ei turn and novi tin frtu ulate Afriec k Is a Salt Lake (loldeii F.agli and miles a vi a from that MIL dream " Aflleek, 21 refuses to quibble over wh he is in Salt Lake and not in St Iuis where tile hi eluL has wallowed ill. or near last pine In Ihe Sim the l)l Isloll He s one of the It. tiling plus minus feiisenien in the Central llnt'ki-Leapue and Unities' eo.u h .lack L ails dost rlla-him as one of the most valuable defenseman on our team and m the league " 'M feeling is, thev St Louis) want me to pin) more physically They look at rnv sie iMi and 200 and future should 1m rmifther Hut Ive never plaved the rounh style I was never tauttht to pla rough I was t.iught from the beginning to carry the puck up the lee and It's very difficult to do that Ml the MIL di ' s i 1 didnt have to pla.v that style rough fighting tv pel because Bob Hiassoffi did all the rough stuff on our slult I dont muid taking a guy out of a pla.v. but I'm not the fighting t.v pe that is, I dont go looking for trouble "I have learned so much from Jack (Li ansi. Im just in a different frame of nnnd here I was down mentally in St Imis and now, Jack has me looking at things positively He has so much resKct for your ability and builds confidence by accentuating the good tlungs rather than picking at the flaws lie talks constructively rather than screaming alMiut a deficiency. I think he will coach me right back into the MIL Evans remembers a time when he I I 5wssaatlss1 It 14Tt f Ai.siVi Engles Affleck Climbs Toward NHL l.ll M.irihs hr Salt Lake Tribune 1hursil.iv Cl a! s What is Hrm uliout 24 or J1" Evans queried "Well I was about his age and had plaved three years ill the MIL and then was sent to Saskatoon in the minors for a year But I plaved nn wav huik upstairs and was in the NHL foi 10 years after that ' 1 think Bruce has the tivols to make it hai k up, Evans continued lie has a good attitude about being in Salt Lake lies a steadying influence on the club and he seems to be playing the body more You just know that when he takes IMissession of the puck in our end that liell get the pui k out of the rone " Affleck has changed dramatically since he broke into pro hockev with the Eagles in 1974 as property of the Califionua Golden Seats "Yeah" hi chm kled, "I weighed about 228 ill i amp that season 1 had just gone on a Bruce ffhwk happy go lucky v acation after sigmag a I mv ate months contract and for six Eagles Defensive Stalwart wav to a 20 pound gam " But now . Affleck is qmc k. a trait he obviously honed in the NHL where you n e either quick or end up ill the seats "1 know the NHL is the place to hi but the excitement here in Salt Lake is we move toward a championship is INDIANAPOLIS bid something Ive never experienced 1 PE Oh, we won our division m st Four athletes Louis a couple of years ago, but we w ill represent the United weie below 500 in percentage Eve got States in the annual mine excitement in me this year Cup vv "Believe me, the only thing wrong eight lift mg compet it k m m Liming March with playing in and living in Salt Lake his wife, Cecily, is watching over the rad, the Amateur Athlehome in St Louis) is that it's in the tic Union said Wed nesday wrong league," Affleck noted The Eagle bluelmer, who has four The I S team consists of Stewart Thornburgh. goals and 19 assists, shrugged off the e Charleston, 111 , in the losing streak the club en12 pound dured last week "If we play like we are class, David Jones. Eastman, Ga , at capable of, I dont think well have a whole lot of trouble winning the league 11)5, lkib Giordana. Bet-leand the Adams Cup And, I dont think it ille, N J . and Guy w ill make any difference where we play Cailton. La Place, 111, both in the 220 pound the games (home or awayl We have the div ision best record either way Affleck will be playing in Ins Kith Peter George Honolulu, and Ilar'ey Newgame of the y ear for the Eagles Friday when the Big Birds close out a ton, Daytona Beach. e Fla , are coaches for the homestand at 7. '10 p ni at team the Salt Palace against Fort Worth Sivlli Ski Title AslEN, Colo (AE -Annrm.ti it Miser Itocll of Austria icsumes hoi quest tor anv unprecedented vith m Id Cup ski championship '1 bins dav in a women's giant slalom i an at the But ternulk ski a lea in For i ii l 1 1 st i in hv Ihi ee points, 211, w llll tin ee i vi uts em, lining Mo-e- Krnl ll noil l lost tile lead 1,1st Weekend at Lake Eland N Y when Wenol finished It h in the ilow tihlll race Mnsor-lroel- l won that i an hut she had already accumulated all the downhill points allowed her to-ard the overall crown The w inner of the raee gels 25 points and, under new rules adopted tlus , 1 w are pointsto 25th season, awarded plaee four-gam- down v RADIA STEEL-BELTE- D CAVALLINO FACTORY BLEMS eni i has looii strong this season in the giant slalom, hut she had her a best results early victory Dec. 12 at Italy, and a second on Dec 18 at A'al 1 $ Pian-cavall- d'lsere. Frame Wenel has (0 of a possible 75 points tow ard the overall itow ii in giant slalom Moser Proell, meanwhile, has not shown good form in the giant slalom tills season Her best finish was third on Feb 6 at Berchtesgaden, West Germany. She has 16 giant slalom points One of America's top five-gam- Wler Ers NMSU Friday Wildcats: More Positive Attitude threats "They stayid in their zone and we stayed m ours." d said Mattos. "It was such a game .Afterwards, we didnt even feel like we had play ed It was like a scrimmage. Mattos explained that the Wildcats can't plav down to a slower pace and be very effective. Theyd like to run more this game, and if they run at all as well as they did in their two easy wins over Montana and Northern Arizona in last weekends Big Sky Conference tournament, they should be in good shiijx. And with NMSUs height deficiency, the Wildcats might find it opportunistic to play their slow line-uwilh both Mattos and Ben Howland in at guard, since they worked so well together against NAU. in Weber's awful 39 Howland, who shot a percent shooting night against NMSU the first time, likes the draw Weber got this time, as he and Moore head toward the end of their collegiate careers. The Wildcats would play Arkansas Sunday in Lawrence if they beat NMSU Friday. SIZE 155R13 BLACKWALLi is Cindy Nelson of Lutsen, Minn , currently ranked fifth overall with only three points in giant slalom She got those when she finished eighth at A'al d'lsere. slow-pace- PLUS $1 65 to $2 10 Quantities Limited In Some Sizes F E T EEL BELTED RADIAL Christa Kinshofer of Germany is the current womens giant slalom leader. She has won three World Cup giant slaloms this season for 75 points. West p, first-roun- Balance! defending champion 11. mm Ylenil of I.ioch-- t 5 All-Bi- Computer Spin Moser Eroell who won of the sei en ilow tihlll i .lies on tin W in LI Cup lour this season Hails Friendship Lex Hemphill Tribune Sixirts Writer OGDEN Last year, they were like kids on then-firs- t to Tills year, they plan to do Disneyland trip some winning The WcIkt State Wildcats headed for Lawrence. Kan , early Thursday morning for Friday nights NCAA first round game with New Mexico State with an attitude entirely different from the one they took to Eugene, Ore , last March after w inning the Big Sky Conference title. "Last year, we were just happy to Ik there, said David Johnson, one of three Weber juniors to have g bon named Sky this week This year, we w ant to w in "We were overmatched last year," pointed out seven-foote- r Richard Smith, remembering that d Webers opponent was awesome Arkansas, which went on to finish third in the nation. The Wildcats know they wont be overmatched this time. They ve already played New Mexico State once and lost. in the finals of the Tournament. They've been watching films of that game over the last two days, and they think they can figure out how to reverse that outcome. "We got our shots in that game, but they just . didn't fall, said Bruce Collins, who shot just against NMSU in Oklahoma City. Collins and the other Wildcats fully expect to see a one again from the Aggies. For one thing, NMSU since doesn't have the size to match up 6 2 Cy rus Cormier might be lost at one forward try ing to go against either 7 Kurt Moore or the 8 Johnson And other teams have alw ays had trouble matching up against a 5 guard like Collins The Aggies would have to go with 3 Greg Webb on Collins if they went man. "1 think theyll play a zone again." said Smith, taller than NMSUs two tallest who's a half-foSlab Jones and Robert C.unn "They'd players, have rouble playing man, because Jones and Gunn aren't the most intense players Speaking of intensity, captain Mark Mattes' doesn't think the Wildcats had a great dose of it in the first garni against NMSU, with the meager crowd of .000 people for a championship game not doing much to inspire anybody . 2 s x lie-fo- re By 2 FRONT END ALIGNMENT A'lH'll Four Namtl , STORE MANAGERS WEEKEND SPECIAL M WHITEWALLS blems Factoryfiresfone Temperatures at 70 Series Aspen were near 50 deWedgrees at nnd-da- y nesday, but although the snow was a little wet, it appeared to be holding up for the womens race. Steel-Belte- d - RADIAL V-- 1 TIRES 63-5- 8, man-for-ma- n, 6-- 6-- Plus $2.74 to $3.63 FET 6-- ODD'S'N END'S WBA PLAYOFF GAME 6-- KIDS NITE All Kids 16 & & Old Tire QUANTITIES LIMITED HURRY! BLEMISH TIRE CLEARANCE Under FREE 6-- 7 1 7:30 P.M. 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