European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 9,1989 the stars and stripes Page 23 canadians shut Down flyers by Ralph Bernstein Philadelphia a the Penta gon could use Patrick Roy s defense sys tem. Roy. Supported by an airtight checking Effort had to make just 17 saves sunday night As the Montreal canadians shutout the Philadelphia flyers 3-0 sunday night in game 4 of the Wales conference finals. The canadians seeking their 24th Stanley cup Lead the Best of so Van series 3-1 and can Advance to the finals Stanley cup playoffs with a Victory at the forum tuesday night. Roy made a couple of Tough saves in the first period foiling Good scoring at tempts by Brian Propp and Scott Mellan by. But in the final two periods he needed to make Only nine slops for his second shutout in three games. The 24-year-old goalie is now 10-1 in the playoffs this Spring with a 1.83 goals against average. He has allowed Only one goal in the last three games. But Roy said the canadians Aren t counting out the flyers. The fivers have won one game in this series 1 he said. "1 respect them. We can t expect the series to be finished. They will play Well in the forum. We must be  however the flyers can bring out the Golf clubs and Beach Chain unless they find a Way to penetrate Roy & co. Our concentration is at a High level now Roy said. We re confident. We be played with patience All year. Hockey is a sport of mistakes. And we have capitalized on mistakes All year. We did it again  Montreal s Shayno Corson Chris Chc Lios and Guy Carbonnsau scored in a 7 31 Span of the second period giving Roy All the offence he needed. Corson opened the scoring by tucking in his own rebound at 10 09. Chris Chc Lios scored on a 20-foot slap shot during a 5-on-3 Power play at 13 57 and Guy Carbonneau finished off the flyers with a shorthanded goal at 17 40. The canadians first in the Adams i Guy Carbonneau fires the canadians third and final Oal pm flyers Roalin Ron Lac Lall sunday night at Philadelphia. Vision with 115 Points May be just too Good for the flyers who finished fourth in the Patrick division with 80 Points and coach Paul Holmgren seemed to recognize the obvious. One goal in three games does t say much for our offence he said. It says a lot for their defense. We just have to capitalize on our scoring opportunities. Against this team you arc not going to gel a lot of chances. They arc doing tremendous Job of shutting us  especially on the Power play. The Fly ers led the nil in Power play percent age during the regular season and connected for 20 Man advantage goals in the first two rounds against Washington and Pittsburgh. But against the canadians the fivers arc o-for-15. They also surrendered car Bonneau s goal which Holmgren said was the killer. It s hard to imagine they can play Sowell for three games in a  Holmgren said. Not even the return of goaltender Ron Hextall could slow Down the canadians. Lle mall returned after missing four games with a strained right knee and made 29 saves but it was t enough. Propp said the flyers must score first against Montreal to stay in the series. We need to get the first  Propp said. It would give us a Rush of excite ment. They play Well with a Lead. If we Don t get the first goal tuesday we could be in trouble. We have a lot of  he said. I m confident that if we can score we have the defense to come Back and win this  the flyers have to score period. They have one goal in the last 186 51 since Rick pc Chat scored an insurance goal in a 3-1 Victor in the opener. I think we just have to remember what our jobs arc and remember How goals go in and the work it  said Center Ron Suiter. We have three games left and we have to take them one at a  Mudd nips one Nelson to win another Nelson s tournament Byron Nelson Victor Jodie Mudd. After winning playoff Dyenne ii. Freeman Irving Texas a Jodie Mudd was another of those pea millionaires who had t won Many tournaments. Until , 29, whose Only previous Lour Victory came last year at. Memphis doubled his lifetime total by beating Larry Nelson in a playoff to capture the Byron Nelson classic. The former Georgia Southern Star made a 12-foot Birdie putt on the first playoff Hole a 554-Yard Par-5 to beat Nelson a former . Open and pea championship Winner.  be been Here on the Lour for 7 / years and i decided it was time to get my career going Mudd said. I decided it was time to take my shot and be More aggressive to play for wins instead of a Good  Mudd shot a final round 65 to tic Nelson who had a67, at 15-Undcr-Par 265 Over the tournament players course at the four seasons resort in Las Colinas. It was the fourth playoff in five years at the Nelson classic. Bruce list Zacc won last year. The $180,000 first place Check increased Mudd s lifetime earnings to $1,356,494. It was Mudd s first playoff Victory. He had lost to both Phil Hiack mar and John Mahaffey in 1985. Nelson who is now 3-2 in playoffs won s 108,000. It was his first lop 10 finish this year after suffering an ankle injury last november playing touch football with his  s a sad feeling to lose a playoff Mudd said. I be been on the other end of it  Nelson left the course without discussing his round but Mudd said he knew he was battling a fierce competitor. Larry is a great pressure player Mudd said. He s won All those  said he thought he might have an Edge on the playoff Hole because he normally out drives Nelson. Playoffs Are petrify ing because it can be Over in one Hole Mudd said. I did feel comfortable because i thought i had an Edge in my length. I really wanted to make that putt because i did t want it to go any far ther. I did t want to give Larry a Chance to do some thing  Mudd said his most spectacular shot during his Reg Lalion round came with mud on the Ball. He blasted his third shot out of a Hazard on the Par 4. 14th Hole and it came to rest 40 feet from the Hole. It had mud All Over it but i could t take it off Mudd said. "1 could t believe it when my putt went in for a Par. That shot Kepi me in the  the 265 was the lowest score in the tournament since Sam Snead s 264 in 1957, when he won at Glen lakes country  has now won $263,113 this year. His Best year was 1988, when he earned s422.022. Mark o Mcara finished third in the tournament with a final round 66 for a 266 total. Loren Roberts was one stroke Back in fourth place. A crowd estimated at 58,000 fans watched the final round which started late because of thunderstorms. The first two rounds both were plagued by bad weather