European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and St Lopes wednesday april 28.1989 flames Complete sweep of Kings by the associated press Inglewood Calif. The Calgary flames Learned i hair lessons Well Ana used them 10 Shi n the los Angeles Kings who arc trying to comprehend their Swift exit from me smythe division Mullen and Gary Roberts scored twice monday night As the flames backed by Mike Vernon s solid goal tend ing blunted Wayne Gretzky s record Sel Ling performance and beat the Kings 5-3 to win inc series in four straight games. The rams won the division final forthe second Lime in four seasons and earned a berth in the Campbell Confer ence final against either Chicago or St. Louis Calgary owned he the regu Lar season winning the series 6-2, and continued its domination with solid fore checking and Vernon s goal ending. Last year at this stage of the playoffs Calgary was swept by the Edmonton Oil ers who then had Oretzky. But Lite rams said they were slapped into life by the Vancouver canucks who did not fold until overtime of game 7 of this year s smythe semifinals. We Learned it lot from the said Vernon who has helped the flames to a five game winning Learned thai we have to play disciplined hockey we have to for Check play Good defense and Overall we have to work thought we played four consistent games. In the last series we d play one Good game and then take the next night off. The Hoys played hard. We feel confident but Confidence comes from our work ethic Vernon added we go out there and make things happen Vernon 37-6-5 during the regular sea son did t envision a sweep. Never never especially with an offensive club like they have and with the Way they pm cd in their barn since the acquisition of goalie Kelly the death blow was winning garni1 3 Here saturday night. Being Down 3-0, and Noi 2-1, is so disheartening he said. It s Lough to accept being Down 3-0."gret/ky. Who scored his playoff re Cord 86lh goal and Crnic Nicholls who. Scored 70 during .this-/regular., season found elimination Tough. Gretzky who used to give the flames fits when he was with the oilers was on the losing Side for Only the second time in 20 playoff series dating Back to 1984 Lemieux s Day to Day Pittsburgh a Pitts Burgh penguins Center Mario be Mien suffered strained Muscles in his neck As ii result of a Collison with teammate Randy Cunney Worth sunday night. The lean said monday that la Micu i return is the Philadelphia flyers and the penguins were to play the fifth game of their Patrick division championship series tuesday in Pittsburgh. The teams arc lira 2-2 in the. Bust of so Ven Competition. La Kux s neck was injured when he and Cunneyworth collided sunday night. Lii Nii us head struck Connei Worth s right shoulder snapping his head pack and causing was Trainer skip Thayer described Assi whiplash Type injury. Kings Kelly i Rudey 32slate Duchesne 2 and Denn Kennedy 6 converge to reject a scoring attempt by Canary s Joel Olio. With the oilers. They Are very solid and disciplined As methodical As any hockey team i be seen Gretzky said of the flames. Gret by scored with 8 40 left in the first become the nil s All ii me playoff goal scorer. He had been lied at 85 with Mike Bossy of the new York islanders. He also is the All time assists and Points Leader. Calgary choked last year and they Learned from it Nicholls. fully next year Well be that much stronger Nicholls was so dazed that he was Mil in his uniform including his helmet and skates when he met with reporters. We were confident we could beat Calgary he said. For us to come out like this was shocking. Gretzky pulled the Kings into a 2-2 tie by using one of his classic moves from behind the net. He skated out to the left faked a pass and sent in a wrist shot from is feel beating Vernon on the Glove Side. It was grit by s first goal of this series and his fifth of these playoffs. He also had two assists extending his nil playoff records to 188 assists and 274 points.,.joe the Flanic a 3-2 Lead on a Power play with 48 seconds left in the second period when he fought for his own rebound and sent a 10-foot wrist shot Between Hrudny s legs. Mullen scored his second goal 4 59into the third period from 25 feel in the Slot on a puss from Doug Gilmour to give the flames a 4-2 Lead. But def Anseman Steve Duchesne Cpl the k i nos in it with his second goal of the night at 9 41 of tie third during a Power play with Gretzky getting his his second assist of the game. Roberts closed the door by scoring Inlo an empty net with three seconds re the other game monday Black hunks 3, blues 2 Chicago Sieve Larmer scored on a rebound with 4 19 to play to give Chi Cago a 3-2 Victory Over St. Louis and bring the Blackhawk within one game of the Morris division title. Chicago leads the series 3-1 wit game 5 set for wednesday in St. Louis. Larmer converted the rebound of Dave Manson s slap shot from the Pointon a Power play to give the Blackhawk the team with the worst record of the 16 playoff participants the Lead for the first goaltender felled As . Wins Stockholm Sweden a team Usa closed but the preliminary round of. The world hockey championships witha 6-1 win Over Poland tuesday but pos Sibly lost its goaltender for the rest of the tourney with an injury John Van Biesbrouck who plays for the new York rangers was brought 10 Hospital with a suspected broken jaw after being hit by the puck Carl in the second period. Finland beat West Germany 3-1 in the final preliminary round game tuesday night. Team Canada faces defending world Champion Sweden and inc unbeaten so Viets 7-0, Pla s Czechoslovakia in Theo Peni no medal round games thursday Van Biesbrouck was hit in the lower part of his face mask when a polish shot exploded off his stick. The incident occurred about Sii minutes into the second period during a polish Power play. Our trainers fear that he possibly a a broken jaw said team Usa coach Tim Taylor. He could t move his Mouth and his bite was off. He May be world championships doubtful for future "1 Don t think he was Cut but he could t talk. We re anxiously waiting for the a rays team Usa already has one player sidelined with an injury. Last Friday do Benjeman Phil Housley Tore Collarbone ligaments in a 7-4 win o or West Ger Many and has not placed since. Van Biesbrouck was replaced in goal by two Lime All Lauber of the University of Minnesota who shutout the Rorsi pc got excellent goal ending fro Klauber after stepping in for Van ii Brouck said Taylor. Us a Tough Situa Tion for any athlete to come in like that. Robbie did a Fine Poland a group a newcomer Lead taken tin1 Lead at 10 23 in the first period when Roberts Opinski beat Van bics Brouck. T Pat Lafontaine the new York Island ers Center lied it 59 seconds later with his third goal of the championships. David Snuggerud of Caa run Crup Minnesota made it 2-1 at 16 08 in the second period and team Usa added four unanswered goals in the final ses Sion before a sparse crowd of 4,228 at the Globe Arena de Olczyk scored off a rebound just 50 seconds into the third on a Power play. Tom chorus a Kelly Miller and David Christian got the other . Goals. It was a very important two Poms for the United Stales said Taylor. We re still struggling but we would like very much to finish fifth in this tournament we finally had some Luck scoring goals in he third period. The turning Point was our Power play goal at the Start of the third period and that somehow took a Little heart out of team Usa completed the preliminary round Robin portion of the tourney with a 2-1-4 won lid loss record. The americans play Poland again Inich first relegation group game on wednesday. The last place team drops to j ool b next year
