European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports oilers gain cup final Philadelphia a Dave Pou Lins goal with Philadelphia two men Short and goalie Pelle Lindbergh third shutout of the playoffs led the flyers to a 30 Victory thursday Over the Quebec Nordques and into the National hockey leagues Stanley cup championship the flyers eliminated the Nordques 42 in their Besto seven semifinal series and reached the top round for the fifth time in the last 11 Philadelphia won the Stanley cup in 1974 and repeated in was swept by Montreal in 1976 and lost to the new York islanders in the flyers defense held the Nordques to 15 which Lindbergh easily Han Philadelphia took a 10 Lead at of the first period when Mark Howes 40foot wrist shot was deflected Between the legs of goal tender Mario Gosselin by Rick the flyers made it 20 at of the second with two men in the penalty Joe Paterson and Brian Propp were off the ice when Poulin intercepted a pass by Mario Marios inside the Quebec Blue Poulin skated in on Gosselin and scored Over the goalies it was the second goal of the playoffs for who missed most of three games because of a knee the flyers boosted their Lead to 30 at on a 40foot goal through the Slot by Doug Crossman that hit the inside of the far Post and glanced past Gosselin into the flyers Rookie coach Mike Keenan admitted the finals was the last place he expected to we really didst know what to expect with a whole new team and new said and we certainly didst expect to be in the but As the season wore on our goals became Keenan said he didst know How his team would respond when the final series against Edmonton opens in Philadelphia tuesday you never know when a Young team is going to we Bend a but we never and that Why were Here our club is built around Strong goal ending and experienced defens Emen and Young for game 2 is set for followed by three games on the the final two if will be played in Phila file photo Edmonton Jari Kerri scores 4 goals Chicago a Jari Kerri of Edmonton says his four goal performance against the Chicago Black Hawks in the Campbell conference finale thursday was memorable for one key that because Edmonton beat Chicago 82 to Advance into the Stanley cup final against after i got my first two 1 knew i was close to the said who registered his third hat trick of the series and fourth of the but a record is Only important if your team he when i got that third goal i really Felt Good inside because no other player in nil history has done he Kerri is one goal Short of Reggie Leach playoff record of 19 goals in one Leach set the Mark for Philadelphia in Kerri opened the scoring at of the first period with a slap shot that went under Chicago goalie Murray Bannerman Wayne who is two Points Short of the Al time playoff Points Mark of 38 he set in assisted on All four of kurd everybody talks about our but see oilers on Page 23 rangers hire Valentine new York up the Las place Texas rangers fired manager Doug Rader thursday and re placed him with Bobby third base coach of the new York who has not managed in the majors or i agreed to a three year contract following a meeting in Houston with rangers Board chairman Eddie Doug Rader president Mike Stone and vice president Tom at Valentine becomes the youngest manager in the big he was to take Over the rangers in Chicago Friday night for the Start of their three game series with the White considered one of the sharpest and most aggressive coaches in Val Entine fulfilled his final duties with the mets by coaching third base in their series finale with the astros thursday night in the the mets have to find another third base coach and More than Likely will bring up Sam manager of Jackson of the Texas raders contract with the rangers runs through they hired him in novem Ber 1983 As their Lith manager in 12 he had been hearing reports of his impending dismissal the past few what can i say he i certainly cant say anything anything All the others didst in very glad to have been Given the Valentine inherited a team with a 923 the worst in the the rang ers lost their sixth straight a 6 5 decision to the and Are games knuckle Baller Charlie Hough is the Only member of the staff with a Complete under a no nonsense the rangers finished third in 1983 and seventh last Valentine originally was considered for the rangers managerial Job in the Winter of 1982 but finished runner up in these Lection process when Rader replaced Don an outstanding Prospect when drafted by the dodgers in Valentine played the infield and Outfield for the mets and compiling a lifetime average in 639 major league his career was All but Over at age 23 when he broke his right leg in two places playing Center Field for the a native of who lives in White Valentine retired As a player in 1979 when he was he was an infield instructor with the padres in 1980 and 1981 before joining the mets As a minor league instructor in the mets offered him the option of managing their Tidewater triple club or serving As coach when Dave Johnson became manager of the mets in Val Entine chose the coaching thinking it gave him a better Opportunity to manage in the dodger manager Tommy Lasorda has always been one of Valentines biggest boosters since he joined the dodgers organization 17 years when the rang ers first communicated with Valentine about their managerial he conferred with the dodger manager told Valentine the Only Job better than managing in the major leagues was playing in Wilson hits it left handed or royals reign Over tribe 71 by the associated press Cleveland Willie Wilson had never hit a Ball out of the Park left handed so he expected a Little ribbing when he returned to the Kansas City royals dugout following his Lead off Home run i was expecting to get it when i got into the but they didst do any thing at said whose Homer started the royals 71 Victory Over the Cleveland then a couple of Guys said it was too bad it was going to rain and it the Start of the game had been delayed for 20 minutes because of wet but the contest was then played straight despite intermittent George Brett followed Wilsons Firstin Ning Homer with a on out Solo giving Kansas City starter Bud Black All the runs he would limited Cleveland to one run on six singles in hurling his first Complete the loss was the tribes fourth in a Wilson led off the game with the line drive into the Brightfield the switch hitter has 18 career but 13 were inside the Park and four others were hit out of the Park Dane Lorg drove a two run double to left in the fifth after Brett had singled and Jorge Orta giving Kansas City a 40 Lead against Cleveland starter Keith Cleveland scored a run in the fifth when Pat Tabler took second on Joe Carters moved to third on Butch be tons double play grounder and came Home on a single by Johnnie Kansas City added three in the in other Al games Yankees 6 rangers 5 new York Dave Winfield drove in the winning run with a base loaded Force out in the ninth inning As new York handed the rangers their sixth straight it was Doug raders last game As Texas Winfields groundnut scored Pinch run Ner Rickey who came into the game after Pinch hitter Ron Hassey opened the ninth with a Henderson moved up on a balk by Dave and a sacrifice two intentional walks preceded Winfields Gam winning twins tigers 5 Minneapolis Tom Brunansky hit a two run Homer in a four run first inning and Kirby Puckett drove in three runs to Lead Minnesota past orioles White sox 1 Chicago Cal Ripken and Eddie Murray hit successive doubles to trigger a two run sixth leading Mike Boddicker Baltimore Over Chicago in a game called after six innings because of Macphail says baseball losses Are million new York a major league baseball club owners lost at least million last and the total could go As High As Lee their chief Laborne said Macphail said the which included data from All but two of the 26 had been delivered to the major league players with whom a new contract is being Nego along with other financial information requested by the players the who never before had made their clubs figures have said they were doing so because the sport is having severe economic and they have asked the Union to be aware of that in the con tract Macphail said that 18 of the 24 teams reporting had operated at a loss last
