European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday March 3,1988 Gretzky Breaks career assist Mark by the awk aled press Edmonton. Alhona Wayne Grezky got his record breaking  assist and Esa Tikkanen helped set up three goals tuesday night pacing the Edmonton oilers to a 5-3 nil Victory Over lie los Angela Kings. Gretzky s record Point breaking the assist Mark or 1,049 set by Gordie Howe till Roundup came at 12 44 of the opening period. As usual ii was longtime Lin mate Jari Kerri who put the puck in the net. Tim sky was positioned la the Side of los Angeles goalie Roland Melanson and fed a Short pass in front to Kerri whose Quick shot gave Mclanson no Chance. The record assist came in arc Luzky s 681th game in his ninth season. It took Howe 1.767 games Over 26 nil seasons to get 1,049 assists. Arc Luzky had scored his 36th goal of the season no. 579 of his career just is seconds before setting up Kerri. Kerri had two goals with Charlie Hudd Yand Craig Simpson also scoring ased Monton pulled within one Point of first place Calgary in he smythe division. Los Angeles got two goals from heroic Nicholls his 26th and 27th, and one from Jimmy Carson. When or Tiky erased Howe s Mark air Force basketball Appolo Wayne Antiky. Passes Gordie Howe the game was hailed Tor n series of presentations a trophy from the nil a Gold Slick from his teammates a $50,000 Bond from inc oilers and a Telephone message from Howe piped Over inc col Iscum Loudspeaker. Arc Luzky who turned 27 on Jan. 26, now holds or shares 45 nil records. In other games tuesday night pc quins 8, North stats 3 Pittsburgh Mario a Amicus scored twice for a Cam record 56 goals and Paul Coffey had a goal and three assists As Pittsburgh ended a Siv game losing Streak with a Victory Over Minnesota. A Miciu s first goal his 200lh in the nil highlighted n spree of three goals inthe first 4 minutes against Minnesota goalie Don Beaupre including la Mioux s Jill and one by . Olympian Kevin Ste Vens making his professional debut. Lemieux in his fourth season added a Power play goal on a rebound at 14 27 of the final period breaking the record of s5 goals by Rick Schoe in 1980-81. Capitals Devil 3 Landover my. Bob Gould scored the first two goals of the game 16 seconds apart Early in the second period and Mike Gartner added his 40th of the season As Washington Defeated new Jer sey. Gould scored his firs goal at 3 18 by taking advantage of n mistake by new Jer sey goalie Bob Sauvi. Sauve skated to the right Wing Fae Colt Circle to Clear a Loose puck but tits pass off inc boards went to Gould near inc Point and he scored into the empty net for his ninth goal of the season. Sixteen seconds later. Gould deflected Kevin Hatcher s san Pashol from the right Point to make it 2-0. Blunders 1, blues 0 Uniondale .  Denis Potvin and Tsirias Jonsson scored third period goals and Veteran goalie Billy Smith recorded his 2 isl careers clout by stopping 30 shots As new York Defeated St.  a Lars 4, Ibrao Detroit Sieve a iceman scored his 50th goal before leaving the game with a knee injury and Glen Hanlo mad 1 9 Svarcs As Detroit beat Buffalo to snap a four game losing Streak. Flym 7, Ctm Clu 3 Vancouver British Columbia Rcd hol Rick Tocchet scored three limes and Ron he Lall turned in a Brilliant Goat lending display As the Philadelphia flyers ran their winning Streak to five games with a Victory Over Vancouver. Heilala turned Back the canucks Lime and again in the second and third Peri ods after the flyers scared five times in the opening period. Tocchet has scored1 0 goals in inc last three games. Winnipeg Manitoba Mark Kumpul scored eight seconds into the third period and Thomas so can and Fri Drik Olausson each had two assists As Winnipeg beat Hartford. Winnipeg s other goals came from Paul Maclean Peter fast Ianotti rarely Gilhen lain Duncan and Laurie Dosch Man. The whalers who have lost three straight got goals from Dave Tippitt Sylvain Cole and Carey Wilson. Safe triumphs loses in action at women s meet Dover fab. Del. Safe conquered and succumbed in the second Day of the air Force women s basketball championships tuesday. The Triumph in this round Robin tourney came in an 80-57 Blowout Over the hosting military air lift come. Moving Safe to a 2-0 record. How cd. Or later in the Day the Safe women fell to the Ai r training come in a 75-6 i spoiler Safe 80, Mac 57 Comiso s Roche Lac Patterson took care ofus afe s first half scoring while Annie cousins of in Ciurlik dominated the boards in the second half. Patterson tallied 13 of her is in the first 20minutes, while cousins picked up on Patterson s Lead and added 12 of her 14 in the second half. Although the Safe team s shooting was off icy were grabbing the rebounds to give them a second Chancy at the boards. San no s Sherr grumpier picked up 17. While Patterson and in Ciurlik s pc Rushka Holly each contributed nine. At 76, Safe 61 the Laic game proved to be a Battle of the Brown s. And a spite a 20-Poinl scoring spree Bybee Walers Jackie Brown there was no slopping at s Diane Brown As she netted 2i Points. But the Brown Bank was t the Only conflict the Safe women faced. At s Brown went 14 for 1s from the foul line. The at learn merited 26 fouls in the game while giving up Only 13. The Safe women were beaten on the inside and despite their rebounding finesse in their ear Lier game could t Musler the Ball Wilhoi foul ing Iris Lime around. In monday s opener usafe70.pacaf38 Safe went from a 6-6 tic 10 holding the Pacific air Force team scoreless for 15 minutes while racking up n 20-Poinl Lead. Acaf could t penetrate Safe s Man for Man defense and Europe s team finished the half32-8. Brown and churn plur led the scaring with 16 and 15, respectively. Grumpier added 13 re Bounds and Brown grabbed 11. At and the strategic air come Lead the tourney with 3-0 records. Safe unit cd come and the air Force systems come Tuch have 2-1 records. Syracuse nips Villanova Niagara Falls to Xavier by the associated press Syracuse. . Rony Seikaly was having a Lough Linn shooting but it was with determination that he went inside on Villanova in the waning moments tuesday night. I worked hard to gel the Ball All night but Villanova was bottling me up said Seikaly who wisc around wildcats Center Tom Cire is for a Layup with 1 25 to play lifting Syracuse to a 71-69 big East Victory Matt Roe fed it into me twice in Good spots and on the second pass i made a Quick move before the defense could react,1 said Seikaly who made half of his 10 Shols from the flow but mrs cd six of nine free throws. Villanova had a final Chance to score after Roe missed the front end of a on and on with nine seconds to play. Villanova s Kenny Wilson look an of ill pass but fumbled it and the teams batted inc bal around until time expired. I got a hand on in but it was More hint Wilson losing the Ball Syracuse guard Sherman Douglas said. Everybody was going for the Ball. I just knew i did l want to foul anybody. Pc lost the Ball and they ended up with a bad shot. It s Good to win a two Point Gam and finally pull one  the Victory put Syracuse in a showdown sunday Wilh Pittsburgh for the league title. The orangemen,11 a in the big Easl and 22-7 Overall Trail the panthers by a half game with Only sunday s meeting left on its league schedule. Pitt was hosting scion Hall on wednesday night before heading for Syracuse. Syracuse was led by Douglas with 17 Points. Ste phen Thompson added 15 Points and Seikaly finished with 13 Points. 16 rebounds and three blocked shots including two in the final four minutes. Villanova which fell to 9-7 and 18-11, Goi 17 Points from Doug West before he fouled out with four min Ules to play. Greis had 15 Points and Rodney Taylor and Jed 14 for the wildcats. Syracuse forced a 3937 halftime Lead alter trailing for the first 10 minutes of the game. Derrick Coltman scored seven Points in a 10-0 run by the orangemen that erased Villanova s Early 17-11 Lead. The learns traded baskets throughout the remainder of the half with Syracuse taking its biggest Lead of the game 33-26, on Thompson s Basket with 6 04 left. The orangemen struggled from the foul line miss ing 15 of 31 attempts. In inc Only other lop-20 game tuesday a Arica Ohio 93, Niagara to Niagara Falls. . Center Tyrone Hill College basketball goal Pur scored a career High 30 Points to Lead Lola make Xavier of Ohio past Niagara. The 6-fool-9 Sophomore had 19 of his Points in the second hair As Xavier overcame a 10-Point half Lime deficit. Byron Larkin scored is Points and Stan Kin Brough scored 1 7 of his 19 Points in the second half for Xavier. The Victory was Xavier s 1 2th straight As inc Muske Teers improved their record to 23-3. Xavier was ranked in inc top Twenty this week for the first Lime in 28years. Eldridge Moore scored 14 Points Mark Henry 13 and Tom Swick 1 2 for Niagara now 1 2-4. Mike Rios scored eight Points including two 3-Poini als to Lead Niagara to a 42-32 half Limric Lead. The role eagles largest Lead was 15 Points Midway through the first half. In the second half Xavier Sui olt Niagara outside shooting and whittled inc Lead to 46-40 on 3 h ill jumper. Two minutes later. Hill s free throw narrowed Niagara s Lead to 48-47. Jamal Walker tied the score Aisi with a Layup Ihnn stole inc Ball from Rios on Niagara s Neil Possession and dunked in to give Xavier its first Lead of the gameats3-51. Xavier outscored Niagara 61-33 in the second half by using a full court defense thai forced numerous turnovers. Young Tennis player Dies Springfield to. Api a freshman Tennis player at Kickapoo High school collapsed and die during the first Day of workouts. Troy conduct. 14, collapsed while warming up with the team monday afternoon and died a Short time later Tennis coach Stan Oliver said. We had finished stretching and were jogging around the Tennis courts Oliver said. On the second tap he just  Conduff was Given cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other players called the school nurse and an ambulance. In is a Shock Oliver said. You hear about this kind of thing All the Lime but you Don l think about it Ever happening to one of your kids. At this Point Wedon t know much  he said Troy had not had any trouble previously and had passed a physical exam before joining the team