European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 16, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 21 � frames nip blues f o reach i Calgary Alberta a the Cal Gary flames turned a Fine defensive performance into the first nil Canadian Stanley cup final in 19 years As they eliminated the is Louis blues 2-1 wednesday night in the Sivc nah game of the Campbell conference. Championship. The flames malting their first appear Ance in the final will face the Montreal canadians in Calgary Friday night in the opening game of the series for the Stanley cup. This is a dream come True Veteran Latiny Mcdonald in the final Tor the tint Lime in his 12-year nil career yelled in he Calgary lock room. All you Ever ask is o be Given one shot. Now we have our Chance. We have o make Good Al  Coal by Ai Mclnnis and Colin Palter son stood of Tor the Victory As Calgary to tally dominated the blues Power play. While the flames were overjoyed with their Success the never say Dic blues were naturally disappointed.  lot of Guys Here it was a dream Andretti injured in indy crash by Mike Harris Indianapolis a Mario Andretti continues to fight aft Uphill Battle this month in his quest for a Long sought second Indianapolis 500 Victory. The 1969 indy Winner 46, suffered a Gash on his left foot which required about 20 stitches bruised Knees and another dose of indy frustration when he crashed Early in wednesday s practice session at the Indi Anapolis Muir Speedway. Andretti quickly scrambled from the Lola which had the nose Lorn off and n destroyed right front suspension but his Hopes for a Good Starling spot in the May see andhett1 on Page 25 nil playoffs and the dream just died Center Bernie pc Durko said. It s disheartening. But they just outplayed us. We tried to gel to Guys in but it was impossible. We had trouble just getting to Center to dump the puck  for the Gritty blues there were no More Miracle finishes. Unlike game 6, when they overcame a 5-2 third period deficit to win in overtime the blues could t mount any sustained offence in the final period wednesday night. Their Only goal by Eddy Beers came Al 18 02 on a Power play. But the Power play As it had been throughout the series was ineffective most of the night As the blues converted just one of five chances and Only managed five shots on goal in them. The blues gave us a bigger struggle than i think a lot of people anticipated said Calgary s Joey Mullen an sex Blue but if you knew the players in their locker room you knew they would t  Mclnnis opened the sowing ill t 21 at inc opening period. Palter made in 2-q just 1 42 into the second period. The blues had some scoring chances Early in the  period All created  Goshen Der Mike Vernon wandered far out of his net Hul on those rare Occa Sions the flames  were Able to Block the shots. With a berth in the final once again firmly in their grasp inc flames made sure they did t let it slip away this time. They found the Energy to constantly Oul of Cal the blues and their tenacious Check ing Seldom gave St. Louis any Clear opportunities on Vernon who Only had to face 7 shots. Most of inc final period was played in the is. Louis half of inc ice. The blues who had 19 shots on goal in the third period of game 6, managed Only six in the final period of game 7, All on the Power play. The flames earned their first final berth in the franchise s 13-year history by sweep ing inc Winnipeg jets and upsetting the two time defending Champion Edmonton oilers before beating inc nines. The Only other time the flume who moved from  Calgary in who advanced us fur As inc semifinals was in 19si when they lost 4-2 to the Minnesota North  canadians and Toronto met in the last All Canadian final in 1967, with the Maple Leafs winning the cup in six games. The flames Stark the game w ii inoffensive Oil Nushi Buist. Louis  Rick Wamsley was up to lie task allowing Only Macon pcs Long slap Shol past him in the first period. Patterson s goal came on a Lucky Bounce for the flames. The puck Hii teammate Paul Rinhart s leg and bounced to Patter son who had his shot Ricochet off the stick of is. Louis def Cusuman Bruce Bell and through Wamsley s legs. The sellout olympic saddled me crowd of 16,762 was a Surprise As Cal Gary had been socked in due to a Spring snowstorm that closed the Airport and made travel difficult. Police had recommended that Citi 7.ens not drive due to inc Large number of abandoned vehicles that clogged streets. Fojto a a �g�ifc3ilahbbffli�ss�j&�i Fth pc