European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. May 28,1983 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports oilers win Stanley cup Edmonton Alberta a after leading his Loam to a sweep in the Stan Ley Cun finals hockey s besi Plajer said his club deserves 10 be considered among the Bucsi of All time. Four cups in five years. Arguably that s the  Edmonton s Wayne Oretzky said thursday night after the oilers completed a four game Wip Coul with a 6-1 Victory Over the Boston Bruins. The oilers slaked their claim As one of inc Best teams of All Lime alongside the Montreal canadians of the late 9sos and 1970s and the new York islanders of the Early 1980s with their fourth nil title in five sea sons. The canadians won five straight cups from 1956-60 and four in a Row from 1976-7j, the islanders swept four straight from i9bo-83 before inc Oiler ended their run in 1984. Gretsky took an enforced vacation this year when he was sidelined by a knee injury and missed is weeks but said the Lime off May have helped him in the playoffs. " fell hot tar every game he said in a Champagne soaked locker room. I fell inc Best at the end of the season than i be Felt in a  Grizky who set a playoff record with 31 assists joined Bernie Parent and Bobby Ort As the Only two Lime winners of the Conn smythe trophy Given to the . Three or four Guys could have won thai award a nuke said Mark Mes sier played great. Grant Fuhr played  but arc Luzky who also won inc Conn Smyllie in 1�ss, left Little doubt thai he. Was the Best. What can you say about him asked Buslon coach Terry o Reilly every thing you can say has been said before. He s a bum. Has that been said when he matures he s going to be unbelievable. No. He s inc Best. The oilers four cups have come in just nine years of existence in inc nil the Bruins have won Only five in 64 Yean. The Montreal canadians Lead All cup winners with 23. Grizky had a goal and two assists As the oilers scored five straight goals to overcome a 2-1 deficit and to capture the litle they were denied by tuesday night s Ali playoffs test Tuukanen right and Wayne relay surer Victory and another nil litle thursday night in Edmonton. Power failure that blacked out game 4 in Boston. Gretzky has 252 career playoff Points by far the most in nil history. The Bruins led twice before Esa Tik Kancen tied the score with a Power play goal late in the first period. In Bruin Mike Knish Znyski put Edmonton ahead to slay 6 38 into the second period converting Kevin Headland s Pas Sotil before Gretzky made in 4-2 with his  playoffs and Slot of his career third on the Alt Lime list. Craig Simpson then scored with two seconds left in the second period chop game and 31 St Overall in the playoffs breaking his own one season record. In the third period Tikkanen scored at 1 21 to give the oilers a 6-2 Lead be fore Kasper scored his second goal of the night at 6 35. As the final seconds counted Down inc sellout crowd of 17,502 at the North lands coliseum Rose As one cheering the oilers who have won All four of i hair cups at Home. Or curvy one of nine oilers who have been on All four championship teams was presented wild the Stanley cup by nil president John Ziegler and began the first of numerous Victory laps. The crowd was still settling into its scats when inc Bruin jumped in from on Steve Rasper s 11th goal of the playoffs just 43 seconds into inc game. Kasper fielded Randy Burridge s pass across the Slot and rammed it past goal Lender Fuhr. But Norm Lacombe lied in for Edmon ton when he look a pass from Craig Muni and beat Moog from the right face off Dot at 6 07, each learn Ihnn scored a goal on the Power play with Boston scoring during a two Man advantage. Ken Linsman gave the Bruins their last Lead by scoring his 13th goal of the playoffs. Bui the oilers lied in at 15 03 when Tiki anon s shot from a Sharp Angle hit Boston  Cord Kluzak. Then deflected off Moog and into the net. Gretzky s assist was his 30lh. Tying his own playoff record. The oilers went ahead to slay when  scored at 6 38 from inc Bottom of the left Circle converting a perfect pass out from behind the net by my Cleiland and beating Moog on the Glove Side. Grelik then gave the oilers a two goal Lead when he scored on the Power play at 9 44. Fans Al the North lands coliseum began chanting sweep. Sweep follow ing Gryl by s goal. Celtics knot series in double of by Bill Barnard Boston apr the Boston celtics needed a Miracle and Kevin Mihalc gave it to them thursday night. The second 3-Pointcr of Mihalc s eight year career kept the celtics alive in overtime and allowed them to go on to a 119-115 double overtime Victory Over the Detroit pistons. The pistons led 109-106 after Isiah Thomas 3-Pointer with seven seconds left in the first overtime. But Mihalc grabbed an errant pass and made the 3 to incr with his Loc on or very Ulusc to the 3-Poinl line. Three Pointer whal 3-Poinlcr?" fumed pistons coach Chuck Daly it was ruled a 3-Pointcr. I m not sure in  i signalled for a 3-Poinlcr right away referee Jack Madden said. There were numerous protests from the i irions that his fool was on the line so i went to my colleague Mike Malhis. His position did not offer a Clear Angle. Then 1 Well to the alternate official Aba playoffs Bill soar who did not have a real Good Angle either so we went with my original Cal Madden said webs replays also were inconclusive although Aba policy does not allow referees to use television re plays to make a Call. You think i was actually worried about where my feet were Mihalc asked. I was in no Man s land with the clock ticking Down. Was t thinking about whether i should step Back or not Mihalc s Basket with five seconds left forced a second overtime and Den Nis Johnson scored sin straight Points in the final 1 25, giving inc celtics the Vic tory and a 1-1 tic in the Eastern Confer ence finals. Mchale a 6-Fooi-Io Forward known for his spectacular moves near the Bas Ket was l-for-21 from 3-Poinl distance before his game saving shot. The third and fourth games of the so Ries will be at the Pontiac Silva Rome saturday and monday afternoons with game 5 at Boston Garden wednesday night. We have 10 go into he Silver dome and play hard keep a level head and try to come up with something Iacre John son said. Daly said he was nol satisfied with the split. "1 wanted to win both we had an Opportunity to win both he said. This was a must win for them. Now it s Back to even and five games to  the celtics narrowly avoided a 2-0 deficit in the Bucsi of so Van series after having a 21-game winning Streak Over the i slams at Boston Garden broken wednesday night. A Basket by Joe Dumars with 1 39 remaining in the second overtime gave the pistons a ii5-113 Edge but Johnson lied ii with 1 25 to go then hit two free throws with 43 seconds and two More with nine second left to Clinch inc Victory. Robert Parish had 26 paints for the celtics Mihalc 24, Johnson 22 and Larry Bird is. Thomas had 24 to Lead the pistons and was followed by Vinnie Johnson with 21 and Adrian Dantley with 20. The pistons did t score a Point in the tint two minutes of the first overtime but fell behind by Only four Points. Thomas Ihnn had a free throw and a three Point play tying the score with 1 04 to go then hit the 3-Pointcr with seven seconds remaining for the 109-106 Lead. The celtics trailed 96-91 with 4 07 remaining As pistons backup Center James Edwards scored eight of his is Points to bring Detroit Back from a three paint deficit at the Start of the fourth Quarter. Bui do Sion scored Sii straight Points four of Ibum by a slumping Laird. To null ahead 97-96 with 1 55 left the Fead changed hands four More limes including a scoop shot by Danny Aings Hal put bos Tan ahead 102-101 with 28 seconds left Dan Ley made one of iwo free throws with 11 seconds left lying the scare and Selling up inc overtime. Bird 6-for-l b from the Field in regulation missed a jumper just before inc Buzzer ending regulation