European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. November 1,19hb the stars and stripes Page 23 nil Roundup rangers Bash Lem eur penguins 9-2 the awol toned press new York the third period of the penguins rangers game was no Tun to play and certainly no Tun to watch. Sparked by a slashing to Pittsburgh superstar Mario la Miqui the teams went at each of her in a brutal third period thai lasted nearly an hour on the Madison Square Garden ice. A total of 273 penalty minutes were called in the final period and nine players ejected. It was no fun playing & period like Siirid new York Rookie Tony Gra Nain whose four goals were largely overlooked in sunday night s 9-2 nil Victory Over the Pittsburgh penguins because the Brawl marred third period. La Rineus slashed by new York de fens Man David Shaw 3 41 into the period suffered a Chest injury which was nol immediately regarded As serious. But the t conclusion at the game left just a Hijii everyone with a bluer Lasie which May be More urious the next time he teams mcc1. They next play at Pittsburgh on nov. 23 and Pittsburgh s Mark Kivic Lutski promised it s going to be a War next Ranger Couch Michel a Orgeron blamed Pittsburgh coach Gene Ubriaco for the situation. He lost control of his team Berge Ron said. I was really sad because he tried 10 Stop that violence behind the Bench but it was too in other nil games it was Chicago 5. Edmonton 2 Vancouver i. Calgary 1 Winnipeg 8, los Angeles 4, and Buffalo 3, Boston 3. Lemieu. Off the fastest Stan in nil history wild 16 goals and ii assists in Pittsburgh s fire 10 Barnes was held to one assist by the Ranger defense before sult ering what was described As a bruised sternum. For the action. Shaw was giver a match penalty immediately suspended by the league pc Ndinga hearing. The third period featured is major penalties including one match eight game misconduct and five Misc on ducts. Alone with Granato Kelly Kisio Fig ured big in the rangers seventh straight Victory their longest Streak in 10 years Wilh Ihrcke assists and a Gial All in the first period. We More or less took the game away from them in he first period Kisio said i Don t know if they Cru ready for us the Victory improved the surprising hangers record to 8-2-1, Best in the nil so far. We played our Best game of the year and it will be overshadowed by what happened in the third period. New York s Lucien Deblois said. It was pretty ugly i be been playing in the nil for 12 years now and 1 Haven t seen too Many periods like that Blae Hawks a oilers 2 Edmonton Alberta Doug Wilson and Dirk Graham cored shorthanded goals 34 seconds apart Early in the second period to Lead Chicago past Host Edmonton. Wilson scored 3 Power play goal a 11 52 of the first period and Mike eagles scored l34 later for a two goal Lead. Craig Simpson pulled Edmonton to 2-1 Wilh his loot i nil goal 33 seconds after that. Trie Short handed goals added new insult to an ailing oilers Power play. The oilers went into the game Wilh the worst Power play in the league five goals on 59 chances and could t improve despite playing the team with the worst Penally killing record. Subs 3, brains 3 Buffalo . Glen Wesley scored with less than four minutes remaining to lift Boston into a tie with s goal at 16 15 produced the second 3-3 lie in As Many nights be tween inc Adams division rivals and enabled the ruins to extend their unbeaten Streak to seven games four of them victories. Benoit Hogue appeared to have scored for Buffalo with 40 seconds left in the overtime but referee Denis Morel ruled the whistle had blown be fore the puck entered the net. Steve Kasper and Bob Joyce scored the of her Boston goals. Mike Foligno Ray Sheppard Anil Dave Andreychuk scored for the sabres. Canucks 2, flumes Vancouver British Columbia Jim Sandlak s Power play goal with 3 08 to play lifted Vancouver Over vis iting Calgary. Sandlak s second goal came when the right Wing held his own in heavy traffic in front of Hie net and converted i beat los Angeles. After the game jets general manager and vice president John Ferguson was fired Barry Shinkarow president of the team announced. The Jcu arc Lasi in he a Myloc division with a 3-4-2 record. Trailing 4-2 after two periods do fun scan Dave elicit scored his second goal of the game at 9 23 of the third to spark the comeback. Pai ennui a. Witha Power play goal at 12 37 tied the score and Gilhen put he jets ahead 62 seconds later. Crnic Nicholls had a goal and an assist for inc Kings Lalonde no stranger to overcoming adversity i Las vegas not nol Long ago sugar Ray Leonard sealed ringside Al his training Camp in Scotrun. I a. Got to his feel to show a visitor his impression of Donny Lalonde. The world boxing Council Light heavyweight cow Majcin Leonard s impersonation was Ilia Ofa cartoon sluggard,.a heavy footed mechanical fighter who looked As though he had come off the same drawing Board As Frankenstein s monster. To a blink. Leonard switched to his own smoother movement threw Shadow punches at this Pokey Boris Karloff la lond and pronounced him the perfect target for a boxing Sharpshooter. Thai s Leonard said of la inde whom he will fight Here monday night like Horky Jerky not smooth. He flicked another punch at the imag ined opponent and Suki Anil you can fight Hal no Well in May be thai Lelonde 31-2, 26 knockouts is As easy to hit and As laugh Able As Leonard would have you believe. The have him a 3-1 under dog against inc 32-year-old Leonard 34 1.24 knockouts. Yel n a pro career dating to 1980, the 28-year-old Canadian with the matinee hero s profile and Long shaggy Blond hair has not Only managed to acquire a world title but is also in position to become a marquee attraction if he can defy expectation and beat the storied Leonard whom he has taken to calling a Spall old Lalonde has made a habit of overcome. Ing obstacles. Until recently thai included a Lack of connections in a sport in which a fighter s Progress often depends on the clout of the manager and promoter behind him. Early in Lalonde s career the. Fighter was obliged to manage himself and on occasion he. Even promoted his own fights. There were nights when neither the promoter nor the fighter la lond made a dime off his bouts. Them were other obstacles As Welt la Londe had physical. Problems serious enough to threaten his career Well before the payday against Leonard materialized. Now. Lalonde should earn at least is million or roughly a third of what Leon Ard stands to make according to Dave Wolf the Champion s manager. In contrast 10 Leonard la ionic is a Elf taught fighter who existed As not Only j boxing outsider but As something of an anomaly ,. In a profession populated by rough edged sorts. Lalonde is differ pm. Al though he is a High school dropout Over Hie years Lalonde has developed inter ests not usually associated with fighters. He has for instance taken acting Les sons and performed in a t to Chari scr Uff off Broadway play called just keep even before the big purses came he made Money in Ria Smalc and did so by teaching himself the business. He is a fan of Bob Dylan s music and and an audio graphed photo of the musician at his training Camp in Lake Vilic. A. While in Camp he told reporters he had just finished Reading the Way of the peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman and had just begun a Book about masters oct cart buddhism. While those flourishes have made him Ali Kingman s fighter so to speak they also reflect the unusual Odyssey the Boxer has taken to put himself a Victory away from being a household name. Lalonde fought and Defeated Mustafa Hasho by a decision on May 7, 1987. Then in november of the Sams year he knocked Oul Eddie Davit in two rounds for the vacant wac Light heavy weight title. Now comes Leonard against whom Lalands will be defending his Light heavyweight title and competing for the newly created wac super Lilc 168-Pound limit on the same night Lalonde has agreed to weigh i6g pounds or less for the bout. While he has never been in a match of this magnitude Lavonde has shown con. Fid acc throughout the weeks leading up to the fit. I m going to give him inc roughest night of his life said to Ilonda. Ray Leonard is on his Way out. He s had his Day i m just sugar Ray Leonard referred to Danny Lalonde shaky Jert 1, not
