| Show mi igr- -i liVnn W ili "W The Salt Lake Tribune Lumberjacks Hand Salt Lake 3rd Straight Loss : Special to The Tribune ’ We really didn’t play very well that entire period” assessed Egle Coach Wayne Thomas “We weren't terrible but we weren’t the aggressors We let them take it to us and pretty soon it was bang bang bang” To their credit the Eagles didn’t fold here and they actually went on to play a pretty decent game against the defending Turner Cup champs Bobby Francis got Salt Lake on the board at 226 of the second period on the power play when he deflected a Mike Velucci shot to cut the deficit to - ' MUSKEGON Mich Friday night in Flint it was a miserable e stretch m the third peri- od that sent the Golden Eagles crash- ing to defeat Saturday night it was 65 deadly Seconds in the first that doomed the ' Big Birds as the Muskegon Lumber up three goals in that span ‘ jacks rang on the way to a victory here at ' Walker Sports Arena Moral of story? Hockey is a game And the Eagles are learning the hard way This most recent lesson plummet ed the Birds to their third loss in a row and their sixth defeat in the last seven starts The Eagles are now (33 points) for the season and for the first time they’ve fallen fallen below the 500 mark eight-minut- 3 IHL Faceoff Tonight ot Hi KTKK-A- Saginaw civic Center 5 pm and KNKK-A(800) — The Eastern Division-loopin- g Generals (who lost to Kalamazoo 4 SatIn their lost six outings urday) hove gone and could well be the league's best team on home Ice with a unbeatable Thev're nearly Civic Center record this season posses four ot Hie IHL's top ten scorers ond lead the league In y power play conversions (245 percent) and killing ( 158) You cant get much beHer thon scorer that The Generals ore led by Jett Pyle Cenerolt Clone ‘3nEtQii-- nmnn3®i Generols: Records — Eogles: Season Series — Generals lead Gener- fit Hie Nets — Eogles: Grant Blair (6-or Rick Knlckl (4-ols: Darren Pang (12-1- i Salt Lake's Alignment when Callander pushed a rebound shot through at 6 46 But the Eagles answered at 727 when Ken Filbey notched his third goal of the season and again at 13:32 when Doug Morrison notched No 23 on the year to g make it a “We showed some character and I think showed some signs of putting the doldrums behind us” said Thomas of the effort "There's a tendency to feel scrry for yourself when things are going bad but the guys regrouped and showed some poise” nail-bitin- GUARANTEED) LOWEST PRICES The Lumberjacks stumbled twice on line changes in the final period and the latter miscue resulted in a bench penalty at 1855 for too many men on the ice Eagle defenseman Steve Harrison got two good shots off via draw passes in that span but Muskegon netminder Jeff Cooper held on and preserved the Muskegon victory 2-- 3-- 0 Uith Purchase of Four Tires Vi PRICE ALIGNMENT U IT II TWO TIHE PURCHASE (Moil Domestic A Import Passenger Cars Only) NTW Guarantees to Beat any fire Price on the Same or Similar Stocking Items in the Metro Area whether it be Retail Wholesale or Wholesale Club price steelTradials!forTamerican1cars By John Gutman Tribune Sports Writer LOGAN — For Utah State guard Kevin Nixon was good ochna fall to P19570SR13 P18570SR14 P19570SR14 P20570SR14 P21570SR14 P22570SR14 P22570SR15 P23570SR15 P25570SR11 R17570SR13 P18570SR13 6-- 6 “They (USU are good shooters but some of the shots they made were incredible” said McCarthy now 9 I enough The junior playmaker played al- most flawlessly here Saturday after- -' noon as the Aggies handily defeated ! the Aggies of New Mexico State m the opening PCAA game for both three-pointe- teams ‘ Nixon shot 8 for 8 from the field making his only shot from the three- point line and added five rebounds and seven assists to cap a 20 point outing “I need to work on my free throws ' That’s where I fell short today” said the point guard whose sole “flaw” was missing three of six from the line Nixon and his teammates picked apart New Mexico State Coach Neil McCarthy's match-u- p zone hitting 58 percent of their field goal attempts Sophomore guard Reid Newey had 22 points on shooting Newey bombed for five for 10 of his total "This was Kevin Nixon’s day” said USU Coach Rod Tueller “He controlled the tempo and helped us domi-- ' nate the game” Newey regained his shooting touch to post his best point total since the loss to BYU in Logan when he had 23 “We found the holes in their zone and I was open at the top of the key a lot today" said Newey Tueller and his players were surprised McCarthy stuck with his zone defense "No one should zone us at home” ‘said Tueller "We didn’t have any trouble getting our shots” Utah State never dominated the ’ game The Aggies came up with the big plays when they needed them and kept NMS trailing by as little as four points and as many as 11 in the sec- ond half NMS guard Kenny Travis had 18 points m a reserve role for the 13 Bfi8 14 DRTR78 14 P15680RI3 1PI6575R13 I PI6580RU - I AH7B 13 BH78 13 Cro 13 I 14 GR78 15 HR JR 78 1b 5 LR - 13 BR7814 Afi7B CR78-1- 14 6095 COCtSTCO 40 000 Mila NTW I66SR13 175SR14 186SR14 186SR14 Non-Radi- 2 Steel s Whitewall-Tubeles- Whitewall-Tubeles- REPLACES SIZE PRICE f P20575D14 P21 57501 4 P2157SDI5 P22575D15 P23575D15 PREMIUM J P20575R14 P21575R15 P225775R15 P23575R15 32 M 3299 34 99 39 99 42 99 FRONT WHEEL ALIGNMENT 1 $-- J SftC'ttlM'Oni I enter cimfetf M888CI pM tttl pit QUAMumo HttS a § 188 EtMrlR t mansrUciis'trs lSSSI’ Bf8tmt i MMI Mon Htr t M HBW 87888 ouamntiio t nmiH m wu$ Most AlMrtCM computire Reservation Line ’ kn TvSia V f—r SAVE TIME Call In Advance Mileage7 Warranties HkIiik IMV M f9 frM 4m 8881 rl AtltMHt RtllM n4 Ml Mct Mounting On Mgs! 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