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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 10, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports flames Burn Hawks in of Chicago a Al Mclnnis finally took the advice of his coaches. Every Day the coaches Tell me to Krup shooting keep  said Mclnnis bul a lot of times you Don t want to be  this Lime Mclnnis was As he sent a blistering shot into the nets at 15 05 of overtime monday night giving the Ca Gary flames a 2-1 Victory Over the Chi Cago Blackhawk and a commanding 3-1 Lead in their Stanley cup playoff series. Coach Terry Crisp is the one who harps on Mclnnis to shoot More often. He has such a heavy shot that Tho Ren Fleury told me you never know where his rebound is going to go said Crisp. I be never seen a game won by a puck not shot by someone. If you shoot 40 or 50 times you know you arc going to score  Fleury look the line did a spin and feathered the puck to me Mclnnis said. I took a couple of Steps in put m head Down and let it  Mclnnis winning goal came on a Power play after Trent Yawney Drew a penalty for catching a Loose puck with his Glove and throwing it Down ice. I think he did it on reflex said Crisp. He had lost his stick and when he got the puck he closed his hand and threw it. If he had Only slapped at it it would have been All  i did t see the play Mclnnis said. All i heard was our Bench calling for a  Yawney said he could t remember if he had closed his Glove but he called it and that s the Bottom line. I had two us around me and i had to get rid of it. Could t just give them the puck and let them go in and  Lilac Hawks coach Mike a Conan asked about the penalty said to go ask referee Andy  about it. I Don t want to answer any More questions about officiating a Conan said. It was a Lough loss Keenan said. Bul if you look at it objectively they deserved to win because they were Able to score on the Power play and we weren  the flames can wrap up the series with a Victory in Calgary wednesday night. If a sixth game is needed it will be played in Chicago Friday night. Each team scored a Power play goal in the second period. Denis Savard for Chi Cago and Doug Gilmour for the flames. The Blackhawk were limited to three f  Alain Chevrier 30 deflects u shot by Calgary s i " Macon wild 9 As Chicago Center Dennis Savard 8 hits the ice. Shots in the first period As they spent much of their time killing penalties including a five minute boarding Call against Jeremy Roenick at 18 06. At 2 35 of the second period Hob Lias sen was called for High sticking and for 31 seconds the flames had a 5-on-3 Edge but could t take advantage. Then came a break for Chicago. Joel Otto Drew a game misconduct and five minute penalty for spearing Keith Brown. At 10 04, Rob Ramage was called for slashing. For the first time since the playoffs started the Black Hawks had a 5-on-3 manpower Edge. It took Only 21 seconds for them to take a 1-0 Lead at 10 25. Steve a Artnur flipped a pass to Yawney in the Slot and Yawney fed Savard who shoved it into the net from the right Side of Mike ver non for his eighth playoff goal. The Lead did t last Long. Bassun Drewa tripping penalty at 17 54. Nine seconds later Doug Gilmour scored his seventh goal w Ith a 15-footer from the left Side of goaltender Alain Chc Pricr. Mclnnis and finery assisted. Both teams thought they had scored in the third period Only to be denied. Al 12 21, Joe Nicus Indyck put a shot on goal that hit Chevrier s pads and dribbled behind the goaltender who reached out and stopped the puck from going in. Moments later Roenick had a similar shot that dribbled behind Vernon who reached Back and made the save. Defection not expected to Hurt nil Sov of relations Toronto a Alan Eagleson the chief inter National hockey negotiator for Canada and the nil. Does t believe relations Between the soviet Union and the nil will be damaged by Alexander Mogiln s defection. If the soviet Union does break off relations it will be the big loser Eagleson warned. I assume the soviets will understand and appreciate that neither John Zig scr nil president nor i had anything to do with it Eagleson who also is executive director of the nil players association said in an interview in London with the Toronto Globe and mail. Therefore the players association and owners had nothing to do with it. So it should have no Impact whatsoever on our relationship any More than Peter Stastny leaving Czechoslovakia had any affect on czech nil l relations. And if there is. It s their  Mogiln. Who arrived in Buffalo last Friday after defecting from the soviet National team at the world championships in Stockholm has signed a contract with the Buffalo sabres. Mogiln was considered a future Star of the soviet hockey program. Eagleson said the soviets would lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in Revenue if they were to cancel the 21 games with nil teams scheduled for nem year. Bul Eagleson said he Felt that the loss of integrity by the soviets in hockey would be More damaging what they d lose More than anything financially is respect in the world Community of hockey Eagleson said they be done a very Good deed for hockey by exhibiting their Best players against our Best players when you take a look at hand Fez Vous 87, the Canada cups and the series with nil teams. It s been great for hockey and great for hockey fans. If they remove themselves we still have the Opportunity to play the swedes finns and a chs. But that demeans everyone because the soviets Are the Best on their Side of the Atlantic and we Are the Best on our  Eagleson said he was shocked when he heard of Mogiln s defection but said he understood Why it happened. Perestroika and glasnost arc perfect reason for what s going on he said. " East bloc Tennis players arc wanting to keep their Money. Now you be got a kid like Mogiln who s saying Why should i Wail 10 years to gel one third of the Money when i can have it All myself now " soviet athletes Musl give the majority of their earn Ings to their sports federations. But Mogiln won t have to. Mogiln said Al a news conference in Buffalo that he was looking for Long term financial Security. Winnipeg jets general manager Mike Smith who has a degree in soviet studies says financial Security for athletics after they arc finished competing is a prob Lem in the soviet Union. There Are a lot of former athletes who Are not being taken care of very Well he said. Eagleson said another motivating Factor for Mogil by s leaving was the difficulty Veteran players Are experiencing in gelling permission 10 play in the nil. Although Viacheslav pc Tison Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov have been promised they will be Al Lowed to play in the nil they have yet to be Given their releases  
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