European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Unday february 5,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 penguins blues skate to 3-3 tie by the associated press Pittsburgh Twenty four hours after the Pittsburgh penguins broke their 15-year wingless Streak in Philadelphia they had to Settle for a tie at Home. But Only coach Gene Ubriaco was complaining. Paul Coffey Mario Lemieux and Troy Loney scored in a 3 28 Span of the third period to give the penguins a 3-3 tie with the St. Louis blues Friday night. I m not Happy with a tie because we should beat that team Ubriaco said. But his players who boarded a bus i Philadelphia at 7 30 . Friday seemed relieved to pull a Point after trailing 3-0entering the final period. We re not Happy with a tie but considering the first two periods it s a lot better than a loss Loney said. It s always big if you can come Bac Down three especially in the third Lemieux said. Pittsburgh got its three goals in the first 5 35 of the third period aided by a major penalty against Tony  was Given five minutes for boarding Jim Johnson at 19 36 of the second period. Pittsburgh scored twice during the advantage. Unfortunately that got them Back inthe game Mckegney said. Coffey put in Rob Brown s pass for his21st of the season at 2 07 and Lemieux scored his 55th on a breakaway at 4 21.Lemieux got behind three blues with Coffey s Lead pass and put a Backhander past a diving Greg Millen. At even strength John Cullen dropped a pass to Loney who followed and tie the score with his seventh goal at 5 35. The blues took a 2-0 Lead on Power plays in the first period out shooting Pittsburgh 19-6, including a run of 18 consecutive shots. Tony Hrkac scored his 13th at 9 52,taking Brett Hull s pass and beating Tom Barrasso from the base of the right Circle. Greg Paslawski scored his 16th at14 37. Barrasso made a sprawling save on Cliff Ronning but Paslawski was Able to lift the rebound Over the prone goal tender. Brian Benning scored the Only goal of the second period for a 3-0 Lead. He flipped a shot past Barrasso from Clos Range. Barrasso played for the first time since Jan. 17, when he pulled a Groin muscle in nil Roundup a game against the new York  missed five games. With 15 seconds left in overtime bar Rasso reinsured his Groin making a save. He finished the game. Barrasso referred questions to the training staff saying he was t qualified to evaluate injuries. It s not As serious As it was before Trainer skip Thayer said. Well know More  Thayer added he did t think Barrass would be Able to play sunday in Boston. In other games Friday oilers 8, red wings 5 Edmonton Alberta Craig Mac Tavish scored one goal and set up three others and Jimmy Carson got two goal Sas Edmonton rallied past Detroit. The oilers trailing 5-3 Early in the second period came Back after Grant Fuhr replaced starting goaltender Bill Ranford. Mactavish Normand la Combe and Craig Redmond then Sioredas Edmonton took a 6-5 Lead into the third period. Mark Messier scored Early in the final period and Carson got a Power play Goa with less than four minutes left. Detroit s Gerard Gallant scored 19seconds into the game but goals by car son Dave Hunter and Miroslav Fryer put Edmonton ahead Midway through the first period. Goals by Steve Yzerman and Stev Chiasson tied it at 3 after one period and Detroit s Shawn Burr and Adam Gate scored Early in the second period. Fuhr replaced Ranford at that Point and shutout the red wings the rest of the Way. There was no word following the gamely either team about reports that Carson would be traded to Detroit for forwards Bob Probert Peter Klima and another player. Bruins 4, jets 2 Winnipeg Manitoba Cam Neel broke a 2-2 tie with with 5 44 to play and added an empty net goal with 56 second remaining to give Boston a Victory Over Winnipeg. Neely got the Winner by flipping a shot Over Winnipeg goalie Pokey Reddick after he was left alone in the Slot. The loss the jets third in a Row came despite a Fine performance by Reddick the blues Gordie Roberts is tripped up by the penguins Dan Frawley in first period. Who made several sparkling saves unblocking 35 shots. The jets who were out shot 26-6 in the last two periods of wednesday s 7-4 loss in Chicago had Only 14 shots at Boston goaltender re Jean Lemelin. Boston s Keith Crowder opened the scoring with a Power play goal at 9 30 of the first period and Only Reddick s heroics kept the Bruins from piling up a big Lead. The jets tied the game one minute into the second period when Thomas Steen popped a rebound behind sprawled Lemelin. But Ken Linseman put the Bruins Back in front at 17 29,beating Reddick from the Side of the crease. The jets pulled even again at 6 34 of the third period when Andrew Mcbain beat Lemelin with a slap shot that caught the inside of the Post. Winnipeg was playing without its to scorer Dale Hawer Chuk who suffered a cracked cheekbone against Chicago and defens Eman Jim Kyte who served an Auto Matic suspension for taking his third game misconduct of the season in Chicago. Capitals 1, whalers 0landover, my. Bengt Gustafs son scored a second period goal and pet peelers made 31 saves for his fourth shutout of the season As Washington Defeated Hartford. Gustafsson put Washington in front with his 15th goal of the season 1 28 into the second period. Mike Gartner poked the puck away from Hartford defens Eman Randy la Douceur behind the whalers goal. Gustafsson retrieved the puck at the goal line skated in front of the crease Deke Mike list Down and slipped the puck around the fallen goalie. Cobb knows cars Likely to dominate Daytona by Mike Harris Daytona Beach Fla. A if a porsche 962wins this weekend s Daytona 24 hours it won t sur prise too Many people least of All Price Cobb. But if Jaguar wins for the second straight year he would be a lot happier. Cobb who has won the worldwide porsche cup Competition each of the last three years is a Jaguar Driver now. Heading into the season opening Simsa Camel it sports car event saturday the Dallas resident found himself driving for englishman Tom Walkinshaw. Walkinshaw s jaguars already established As a powering european endurance racing appeared on the Simsa scene a year ago. His team impressed everyone by driving to Victory Here with Raul Boesel of Brazil Martin Brun dle of eng and and John Nielsen of Denmark co driving to the win in one of three Jaguar xjr9 prototypes. They were absolute rookies Here Cobb said. But they were full of Confidence. At first people were laughing at them. But they won and nobody was laugh ing  Cobb who will co drive with Nielsen and and Wallace of Britain wound up at Jaguar after driving a porsche for Rob Dyson for several years. Leaving Rob was incredibly difficult for me Cobb said. I knew full Well what these Guys could offer but leaving Rob was like leaving a brother who has supported you. We had three pretty Good  comparing the two makes Cobb said unquestionably the Jaguar has More grip than the porsche until this week i had Only driven it in lemans trim. The cars generate a tremendous amount of Dow Force. But the porsche have a history of finishing this race and there were nine of them entered. The German built cars or cars powered by porsche engines had won this race 11 straight times before Jaguar broke through last year. Also challenging in the Simsa season opener will Bethe pole winning Nissan of defending series Champion Geoff Brabham of Australia who will co drive Withare Luyendyk of the Netherlands Chip Robinson and Michael Roe of Ireland. Brabham who took the pole in the 70-car Field at 129.217 Mph said it s probably trite to say but Fin Ishing is first and Foremost at Daytona or any other 24 hour event. It s the first one i be driven in but you know Well enough that you can t win a race unless you re running at the  the big questions Marks in the reliability depart ment besides the Nissan Are the new Mazda 767b and the Toyota group c. Elliott Forbes Robinson a former trans am Cham Pion who will co drive the Mazda with a pair of Japa Nese Drivers said reliability is always the big ques Tion in this  Jaguar took the second spot on the starting Grid witha car that will be co driven by Jan Lammers of the Netherlands who qualified the car at 128.316, Boe Seland Davy Jones. Robinson also qualified a Nissan Ftp in the third spot on Friday at 128.278. The team plans on starting and running both until the first fuel Stop before Mak ing a decision on whether to keep both running or concentrate on one. A porsche shared by Hans stuck of West Germany Oscar Larrauri of Italy and Doc Bundy took the fourth position on the Grid at 128.241, followed by the porsche of Klaus Ludwig of West Germany James Weaver of Britain and Sarel Van Der Merwe of South Africa at 128.200. Another Ftp car the Pontiac spice of Jeff Kline Dieter quester of Austria and Costas los of Greece will Start sixth in its 24-hour debut after qualifying at 127.491. The other two jaguars were next the first shared by Nielsen Cobb and Wallace and the second co driven by irishmen Derek Daley and Martin Donnelly an Patrick Tam Bay of France. Rounding out the top 10 were the porsche of Mari and Michael Andretti and the Mazda Ftp entry. An sports television College basketball Illinois at Iowa 10 . 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