European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. February 8,1s87 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary Duguay a Happy Ranger again first there was Lee Mazzilli Back from his wandering reaching base for the new York mets in their world Seri rallies. Alien there was Phil Mcconkey fresh from his four week exile in Green Bay making three dashing plays in the super bowl Tor the new York giants. Now there is Ron Duguay recently resumed to new York where he once spent Many exciting hours some of them even on the ice. His Nair is still stylishly Long still unprotected by a helmet but he scowl of a Young individualist has been replaced by the frown of a hockey player a husband and a father now flirting with athletic old age big Deal he s 29," says Phil Esposito his former teammate his father figure his former partner in a defunct East Side restaurant and the new York Ranger executive who has brought Duguay Back As part of an impressive flurry of moves i Don t agree with that stuff that a Guy is done at 29," Esposito says. "1 had my Best Yean from 29 to 35. Lell Guys not to read the papers about that stuff. Ronnie s got some Good hockey left in  there was a time when Esposito dropped into a few East Side haunts late at night just to make sure none of the Young Blades needed his shoulder or his car before he would go Home. One of his closest proteges was the big kid from Sudbury Ontario. Ron Duguay is not just any former Ranger who happened to fit a need on the roster. He is the family Puppy who relentlessly padded hundreds of Miles Back through the mazes of Detroit and Pittsburgh. Duguay was the epitome of the Young hangers who lit up All of new York in 1979 when they reached he Stanley cup final. The Roar in Madison Square Garden quivering for the series against the islanders is a sound that has remained trapped under hat mane of Brown Leonine hair. It was a Rush he says. I d have the Shivers in warm ups. The fans in new York Don t just came to have Tun. They arc participants. During the National Anthem i wanted to jump on the ice and Start play ing. I had to hold myself  a few of those Young rangers flickered fast but Duguay tantalized with a 40-goal season in 1981-81, drawing attention with his advertisements for de signer jeans and occasional mentions in the gossip columns he liked girls so he got a bad reputation Esposito says. Lei s not forget that or. War bin walled Guys in the Public Eye. He wanted them Liv ing in new York my wife and i did it. We loved it. Ronnie used to come Over for supper. He was never a big Drinker but it was overstated because he had a Date with Cheryl Tiegs one time or  Esposito is referring to the Sonny Werblin Era when the rangers were encouraged to leave suburban Long Beach n.y., for the varied stimuli of the East Side. There was so much excitement. Maybe 1 took it for granted Duguay says. Sometimes you make your mistakes fast. You re Young but you re cast into the  Duguay never meshed with the new coach in his 40-goal season Herb Brooks with his pattern play and memories of the Gold medal at the 1980 Winter games at Lake Placid. I was t a bad person but i was stubborn Duguay says. There arc not Many things i would change but my relationship with Herb Brooks got me  he was jolted on june 13. 1983. When he was included in a big Trade with Detroit. He says he has never forgotten Craig Patrick the general manager then saying who knows maybe you la be Back  the dream sustained Duguay through seasons of 33, 38 and 25 goats and a subsequent Trade to Pittsburgh. He kept an apartment in Manhattan subletting it to different people some of whom turned out to be less than friends. With a rueful laugh he tells How a recent tenant left with some of my  Robin Duguay and their 2vi-Ycam old daughter Amber Are living in Pittsburgh awaiting the completion of their dream House in Laguna Beach caiif., near her original Home. But Duguay is hoping for a few More Winters in new York and so Are his team mates. We know he can is ill play but we Don t cd pct him to score 40 goals says Don Malancy one of the survivors of the 1979 warn. The main thing is we re getting some of that flair Back. We re not 20 faceless Guys anymore Pierre Larouche who has done some wandering of his own is delighted to have Duguay As a to Cammic for the first time because now they can t just get on me. They can get on Ronnie  like Redford and Newman eventually making a film together Larouche and Duguay played Butch and Sundance last sunday with a nifty pass from Lucky Pierre setting up Duguay s first goal of this comeback. College from Page 21 Kentucky jumped to a 40-35 halftime Lead. At one Point in the half the wildcats led by 12 Points but Alabama narrowed inc margin. Mckey led Alabama with 20 Points followed by Jim Farmer with 16. Following Davender in scoring for Kentucky were Madison with 14 and Chapman with ii. In another saturday game Georgetown 89, a Flinnoia 86 Landover my. Reggie Wil Liams scored 21 Points and keyed a Sec Ond half surge that lifted no. 10 Georgetown to a big East Triumph Over Villanova. The hoyas never trailed in the Sec Ond half but could not Clinch the Triumph until Dwayne Bryant made a pair of free throw with two seconds left to give Georgetown a three Point Adan Lac. Ten seconds earlier Bryant made a free throw to give Georgetown an 87-83 Lead. Doug West responded with a three Point Field goal with two seconds remaining to pull the wildcats within a Point but vhf Nova had to foul Bryant. A shot at the Buzzer from past mid court by the wildcats Rodney Taylor sailed Over the backboard. It was the hoyas fifth straight game decided by three Points or less. Volta no a s last live games have been decided by four Points or less. Perry Mcdonald scored 19 Points for inc hoyas. Who improved to 16-4 Over All and 6-4 in the big East. Vilinova. Which got 23 Points from West and 22 from Mark Plansky. Fell to12-10 and 5-6. In Friday action Vanderbilt 60, notre Dame 56 Nashville Terra. Reserve Cen Ter Randy Neff hit three free throws in the final 15 seconds to lift Vanderbilt to a Don conference Victory Over Noire Williams blasts Bosses after Kings loss to jets Georgetown s Reggie Williams. 21 Points is. Villanova Dame. Nets free throws blunted a final min Ute Irish comeback that saw notre Dame trim a 57-50 Vanderbilt Lead to 57-56 with 16 seconds to play. Notre Dame 13-6, had an Opportunity to tie the contest at the 16-Sccond Mark but Forward Donald Royal failed to con Vert a free throw after pulling the Irish to within one Point on a follow shot. Naff put Vandy up s8-56 with 15 seconds remaining by hitting the front end of a one and one Opportunity then Fol Lowed a notre Dame turnover with two free throws with three seconds left. Vanderbill 14-9, snapped a four game notre Dame win Streak that included a 60-58 Victory Over then lop ranked North Carolina last sunday. St. John s 65, Boston College 50 Boston senior Wilfie Glass scored 25 Points and Mark Jackson added 23 As 9lh-Rankcd St. John s rolled to a big East Victory Over Boston College. Junior Tyrone Scott led the eagles with 12 Points Sophomore Dana Barros added 10. St. John s raised its record to 6-4 Overall and 7-4 in conference play. Bos ton College dropped to 9-12 and 2-9. Winnipeg Manitoba up los Angeles Forward Dave Tiger Williams a feared fighter during his 13-year National hockey league career look a swing at the Kings management Friday night. The Kings lost 6-1 to the Winnipeg jets for their fourth straight loss. Los an Geles fell to 4-6-2 under new coach Mike Murphy who replaced Pat Quinn. Quinn was expelled from the league after accepting Money in a future contract with the Vancouver canucks. Twenty Days ago i thought we had the right kind of Guys. The Guys liked and admired Pat and Mike has t changed much Williams said. But of late the team s been in the tank. Pat was one of the Best coaches i Ever had but we can t dwell on this. We be got games to win. If anything the Kings management let me Down. They called Pat s Bluff and he gave it to them. As a business decision owner or. Jerry Buss and general manager Rogie a Chon should have had him locked up. I think they gave him the Freedom think ing we weren t going to do that Well and they were going to Gas  Paul Maclean collected a goal and two assists and Rookie goaltender Pokey Rcd Dick stopped 21 shots allowing Only a goal to Kings Rookie Jimmy Carson in the third Pend. The Kings who have scored a league leading 70 Power play goals this season were Only i of 6 against the league s third Best penalty killing unit. We got on them Early and did t let them gel organized Winnipeg s Ron Wilson said Reddick posted his second straight Victory after being sidelined 29 Days with a sprained ankle and improved to 16-12 i this season. Roland Melanson stopped 25 shots in the Kings net. "1 Don t want to take anything away from the jets because they played an sex Nhi Roundup Eeli ent game but besides goal Lender rot lie Mclanson our Guys left their Heads and feel Back in the hotel Wil Liams said in Montreal last saturday we had one line going. In Quebec City sunday it was a line and a half. We went to to Ronto wednesday and two lines look the night off. Tonight we had one goalie who showed up. If it was t for Octan son the score would have been 16-1." whaler 5, capital 2 Landover my. Sylvain tur icon and John Anderson scored to Point ahead of Montreal in the Adams. Mike Gartner and Larry Murphy scored for Washington. Red wings 6, North stars 4 Detroit Gerard Gallant scored two Power Pfay goals and Steve a Zertan collected a goal and three assists to help improve Detroit s record Over Minnesota this season to 4-0-1. Oilers 3, islanders 3 Edmonton Alberta Ken Luciler blasted a 50-foot slap shot through the legs of  Grant Fuhr with 6 58 my in the third period to lift new York into a tic with Edmonton. The islanders out Shol the oilers 6-0 in the overtime but neither team had a serious scaring Opportunity. Blues canucks 2 Vancouver British Columbia Jocelyn Lemieux stole the puck from Vancouver  Frank Caprice and scored Al 7 41 of inc third period to lift St. Louis to the tic. Moc Lemay and John Leblanc scored for the canucks and Herb Raglan also connected for the blues. The goal was Leblanc s first in the National hockey league