European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Wei Bruecker the stuff of champions slam Bam look out Man.  s Tony Hicks the hunk of Dunk was on the Loose. With 2 01 left in the warriors semifinal against Pitburg tuesday night. Hicks took in upon himself to show who was the add Cal team in the air Force. Hicks a f -Lboi-6, 220-Poundcr, leaped and banged in a How should i describe this Ramma Jamma to Mamma slam. Rough stuff. Hicks Boom spelt doom for both the rim he Bent it for a technical and Pitburg. The Barons got the message they went on to lose by 14.  went on to win the air Force championship of Europe. Hicks is the one who beat us said Pitburg coach George Price. Thai s what the rams Cin rams said after Hicks and the warriors beat them in wednesday s final. How dominant was Hicks he totalled 44 Points and 35 rebounds in the last two games of the tournament. His rebounding presence allowed his team mates carte Blanche to bomb away. His shot blocking stature kept the enemy from driving. No wonder he was voted the Safe tournament s most valuable player. To Tony Don t Glare at me i voted for you too. Other tourney Ripples even Ramstein Forward Ben Kendrick got the message. They re Tough enough he said with a smile after the rams succumbed to we Bruecken. Kendrick s the Guy who scoffed at the warriors even after they went 20-2 in the Continental sports con Ference. He took heat for his remarks but maybe next year hell get the next Jugh. He plans to succeed Bob Abbott As Ramstein coach. Abbott says to s through after one Safe and four Csc titles. And you thought Larry Brown was the Only coach to tip in and out of town. Julio Junsay did exactly that with the warriors. Talk about a Quick score. The 40-year-old tech sergeant arrived at Owci Bruch Ken in december 1984, became head coach last sum Mer won Safe wednesday and was scheduled to Fly state Side thursday. He has a Job waiting at England fab la. I m going to Shower put my bags in the car and i m gone Junto Junsay Junsay said. Perhaps the most poignant moment of the warriors season came in their Victory locker room. Suddenly it was Lime for Junsay to leave. For Good. Sec you Guys later he said. Then again he might never. Bill Schultz had the Best line among the referees. While calling  s 122-88 Slac Croo Over arc Cham common Schultz came to the sewers Lable and said we gotta play the second half you might know Schultz As the rams Cin foot Ball coach. He has won iwo straight Safe lilies As Grid Boss of the rams. He s hardly that Swift As a Basket Ball ref twice his ref partner had to overrule him in close games. Hill Nikon coach Don Fellers ripped the Selec Tion of Schultz Over fellow Csc re from Villigas who has a reputation As a Quick entertaining accurate offi Cial but was banished to alternate status. I have real heartburn with Villigas not being out there said Fellers Whoie olympians won Safe in 1985 with Villegas officiating that tourney and went 1-2 this time. Csc sports chief Norm Hoffman de fended his nomination of Schultz. He s a Good ref Hoffman said. In s not True thai Hicks Dunk attack caused the great Safe blackout. It s also a vicious lie that Price ordered it cd cylime his Barons fell behind. Us. How did it happen then evidently the lights went out in the Pitburg gym four times tuesday and twice wednesday because of an excessive Power surge. During the first blackout i asked Ramstein s a Bott what his strategy was against Alconbury. This is my strategy he replied. After Pitburg lost tuesday s lights out game Price said As bad As we played i d have liked to see them stay  t � Sun in i v1" sprawls after missing the  Trotter stores the All Star game s winning go.1 in overtime. Goalie Andy Moog nil Union made its Point in a Star game by Chris Dahl Hartford Conn. A compensated overtime looming the presi Dent of the National hockey league play ers Union Bryan Trottier. Scored a Point for organized labor and the Wales Confer ence in the nil s All Star a after regulation time expired tuesday nigh the Public address announcer told it 1 5 26 fans at the Hartford  Cen Erha a full 20-Minule overtime period would be played if the game was  de during the first five minute overtime the announcement took the p a  if regular season a serf to live  of overuse they to Down in the records As a tie. When 1 heard about the extra i 20 1 in la was very hot out there and we hoped to end in Early but everyone played Tough the whole Way he said. Three minutes and five seconds into Over time _ or 1 55 before the players faced extra time Trottier took a feed from new York islanders teammate Mike Bossy and out an end to the game Wales conference 4, Campbell conference 3 players association i nil management. We Beard about it Over the Loudspeaker Trottier said. I Don t think anyone was looking Forward to that. If we bad to play another 20 minutes we would have had to have the association look into it. I think everybody appreciated the goal. Earlier in the Day Trottier and the rest of the Union refused to take part in a skills Competition the league had set up for them without consent at a  practice that had been opened to the pub Lic fora is donation. The Union was upset that it had t been asked and members also raised concerns about the possibility of injuries. So instead of players competing against each other to see who was the fastest skater and who had he quickest shot the pub Lic was Given an exhibition of Penally Shols that the Union agreed to in a Compromise. The people who paid $1 each to attend the widely advertised Competition were told the skills Competition could t be held because of technical difficulties. Trottier said in the dressing room after the game that players from six teams including his would be playing again wednesday night without the customary Day of rest following the showcase. A lot of us have games wednesday night and some of us have planes to catch Trottier said. Blues defeat rangers 4-3 with late goal from press dispatches St. Louis Greg Paslawski convened Doug Gilmour s pass into his 20th goal with 2 21 remaining capping a third period rally thai gave the St. Louis blues a 4-3 National hockey league Victory Over the new York rangers wednesday night. Left Wing Eddy Beers celebrated his first game in a St. Louis uniform with a goal and an assist. Beers acquired by St. Louis from the Calgary flames in a six player Deal four nil Roundup nights earlier wiped out new York s 3-2 Edge with his 12th goal just 13 seconds into the final period. Out shot 38-24, St. Louis fell behind when Tomas Sandstrom and Pierre la Rouche scored 92 seconds apart for the rangers in the middy period. Rangers  Tom Laidlaw rifled a 50-foot slap shot off St. Louis goalie Rick Wamsly s skate to give new York a 1-0 Lead at 309 of the first period. Ron Flockhart countered with his 16th goal of the year for the blues at 5 59. St. Louis went ahead 2-1 on Bernie Fiderko s Backhander past John Van Biesbrouck on a feed from Beers Early in the second period. In other nil action Black Haks 3, islanders 2 Chicago Chicago Center Troy Murray scored two goals including his fourth Short handed tally of the season As Chicago edged new York. The islanders losing for the first time in eight games also dropped their first season series 0-2-1 to the Black Hawks since 1973-1974. The islanders had to play without de fun scan Denis Potvin who suffered a Groin injury Early in the second period. Nordic us 3, canadians 2 Quebec John Anderson scored with i-.15 left in the third period to lift Quebec Over Montreal. Anderson scored his 7vh goal from the lip of the goal crease after taking a pass from Peter Stastny and firing a Low shot past  Patrick Roy