European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 28, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 jets snuff mesh by the associated press Winnipeg Manitoba Bob Essen a recorded his first nil shutout and Oaie hav Verchuk scored his 33rd goal As the Winnipeg jets beat the Calgary flames 1-0 sunday. Essensa the goalie on the Mcaa Champion Michigan state team in 1986, made 23 saves to improve his record to Rihl Roundup 3-2-1 since being called up from the minors two weeks ago. The flames have lost three of their last five games. Hawer Chuk scored at 4 19 of the Sec Ond period when he flipped a rebound from Jim Kyte s Point blast Over goal tender Rick Wamsley. In other games sunday red wings 4, Blackhawk 4 Chicago Denis Savard who had missed 13 games with an ankle injury scored his 21st goal at 11 46 of the third period to give Chicago a tie with Detroit. The Blackhawk dominated play out shooting the red wings 53-27, including 6-1 in the overtime. Savard beat goalie Greg Stefan with a 10-foot shot just to the right of the net to tie the score. The tie allowed the red wings who beat Chicago 5-0 on saturday to main Tain a 13-Point Lead Over the Blackhawk in the Norris division. Canadians 5, canucks 2 Montreal Bobby Smith scored a pair of third period goals to break open a tight game As Montreal ended vanc9u ver s club record seven game winning Streak. The canadians who stopped Buffalo s five game winning Streak saturday night took a 3-0 Lead on first period goals by Shayne Corson Chris Chelios and Mats Naslund More goals in one period than the canucks had allowed in any of their six previous games. Vancouver Rookie Trevor Linden scored his 26th and 27th goals of the season in the second period the first during a Short handed situation and the second on a Power play to make it 3-2. But Smith who leads the canadians with 28 goals scored at 7 30 and 11 23 of the final period to wrap up the game. Whalers 8, penguins 6 Hartford Conn. Rookie Jody Hull recorded his first nil hat trick and Ray Ferraro scored twice to Lead Hart Ford. The whalers had a manpower advantage from 16 29 of the first period to 3 52 of the second and scored four times to take a 6-1 Lead. The whalers were 5-for-9 on the Power play after going 7-for-52 in their previous 11 games with Ron Francis sidelined with a broken Finger. Francis scored one of the whalers five Power play goals and assisted on another. Don Maloney also scored for the whalers. Zarley Salapski had two goals while Mario Lemieux Jim Johnson Paul Coffey and Randy Cunneyworth also scored for slumping Pittsburgh which is 1-6-2 since feb. 11. Besides his 65th goal Lemieux had three assists and became the third player in nil history to record 100 or More assists in a season. Kings 1, devils 1 East Rutherford . John Maclean scored his 37th goal of the sea son to snap an o-for-20 new Jersey Power play drought and Rookie goalie Chris Terreri stopped 26 shots in his Sec Ond nil Start. The tie moved the Kings into a tie with Edmonton for second place in the smythe division while the devils Point was their first after five straight losses. Tomz off i my v a in. " in v us few a i Ife in a a keeping Chin up a Frank Bruno Defeated in his bid to unseat heavyweight being a Glass  at left is his manager Terry Lawless. Champ Mike Tyson tells reporters sunday his Chin was Tyson meanwhile told reporters he is eager to fight again Able to absorb Tyson s punches despite its reputation for and wants to defend his title about every two  kicks Romp Over celtics for 21 St straight at Home by the associated press new York the new York kicks set a team record with their 21st consecutive Home Victory sunday As Mark Jackson scored 28 Points and Pat Rick Ewing 26 in a 122-110 Victory Over the Boston celtics. Ewing who scored a career High 45 Points in a loss to Washington on Friday night also had 13 rebounds and seven blocked shots As the kicks erased the Madison Square Garden record of 20 straight wins set in 1968-69 and matched in 1972-73, the last year the team won an Aba championship. The kicks who never trailed in run Ning their Home record to 24-1, led 20-16 before a 16-3 Streak put them in control. Gerald Wilkins keyed the spurt with nine Points in 3 09, including a Layup that gave new York a 36-19 Lead with 11 29 left in the first half. Three Point goals by Johnny Newman and Jackson helped the kicks take their largest Lead of the first half 63-41. New York s Lead in the second half never got below eight Points. Reggie Lewis led Boston with 22 Points and Robert Parish added 18 Points and 14 rebounds. In other games sunday nuggets 122,76ers 115 Denver Bill Hanzlik came off the Denver Bench to score a season High 22 Points to spark the nuggets Victory Aba Roui Dup Over Philadelphia. Alex English led All scorers with 31 Points and fat lever contributed his fifth triple double of the season 16 Points 12 rebounds and 16 assists As Denver won its ninth straight game at Home. Pacers 128, jazz 89 Indianapolis Rik Smits and Chuck person had 10 Points each in the third period As Indiana pulled away to defeat Utah. The pacers mounted a 42-Point Effort its most productive Quarter of the season. Pistons 110, clippers 98 Auburn Hills Mich. Bill Laimbeer scored 15 of his 19 Points in the first Quarter and Mark Aguirre had 17 in his first Start for Detroit As the pistons beat the los Angeles clippers. Detroit ran its winning Streak to three in dealing the clippers their ninth straight loss the 28th in 29 games and 18th straight on the Road. Isiah Thomas led the winners with 21 Points. Ken Norman led the clippers with 22 and Gary Grant added 20. The pistons dominated from the opening tip hitting 17 of 24 from the Field and out rebounding los Angeles 18 2 in the first Quarter. Blazers 124, heat 102 Miami Clyde Drexler notched his second triple double in As Many games As Portland beat Miami to snap a six game losing Streak and gave coach Rick Adel Man his first Victory. Drexler had 26 Points 11 rebounds and 10 assists the 10th time in his career he s reached double figures in All three categories. In the blazers loss at Cleve land Friday he had 18 Points 12 assists and 11 rebounds. Portland scored 14 consecutive Points five by Richard Anderson for a 56-41 Lead with 1 37 left in the first half. The blazers went on to Lead 61-46 at halftime and Miami got no closer than 15 the rest of the Way. Adelman who took Over on feb. 18 when Mike Schuler was fired lost four straight As a coach including the first three games of this Road trip which finished in Miami. Kevin Duckworth added 24 Points for Portland. Miami whose 8-45 record is the Aba s worst was paced by Billy Thomp son with-25. Lakers 134, suns 122 Inglewood Calif. Byron Scott scored 29 Points and magic t Johnson added 25 Points and 19 assists to help los Angeles extend its Pacific division Lead to 2 /2 games Over second place Pho enix. Kevin Johnson scored 30 Points and added 21 assists to Pace the suns