European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 27. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports flames win Stanley cup by Howard Montreal a Lanny Mcdon Ald saved his Best for last. Calgary s co Captain sparked inc flames to their first Stanley cup in what was probably his final game of a 16-year nil career. He made a dramatic return from a three game benching by scoring the go ahead goal Early in the second period As the flames won the nil title with a 4-2 Victory Over the Montreal canadians thursday night. It s the most peaceful Fec Lingi i be Ever experienced in hockey. There s no feeling like he said. Probably the nicest thing that happened is i scored my first goal in thenal in the Montreal forum and it s a Heck of a he said then paused. I m not saying i m ending it but it s a Nice Way to end it for flames general manager Cliff Fletcher called Mcdonald s performance a fit Ting end to one of the greatest hockey careers Mcdonald Well past his Days As a big Lime scorer gave the flames a 2-1 Lead at 4 24 of the second period Wilh his first goal of the playoffs. Montreal never caught up As Calgary won the series in six games. In their Only other other finals appearance the flames lost to Montreal in five games in 1986. Those Guys did t want to go through that situation again canadians coach Pat Burns said. We had our opportunities and could t score. They deserved what they Al Mclnnis whose 31 Points mad him the first dec Neman to win inc play off scoring title outright won the Conn Smythy trophy As the most valuable player of the playoffs. Coaches and management told me to keep shooting Mclnnis said. I seemed a lot of Good things happened when i Mcdonald finally got his Chance to shoot after his poor production led Cal Gary coach Terry Crisp to scratch him from the lineup for three straight games. It s your Job 10 be ready at any time said Mcdonald who ranks 14th in nil history with 500 career goals. I w As ecstatic Ai being in the lineup but 1 did t want to just be there. I wanted to make a we re disappointed Montreal s Rvan Waller said. You think when you Canadien Russ Courtnell is tied up by the flames Dana Muryn left and Vlakan Loob in first period of thursday s name. Get to the Stanley cup final it s a pretty Good season but it s not unless you Calgary s championship marked the first time that a visitor clinched the title at the Montreal forum against the canadians. Who had won 11 previous Stan Ley cups there. Until thursday night the canadians had won All seven panics at Home in which they faced elimination from the finals. This time though their Effort to increase their total of 23 championships a pro sports record fell Short. And Mcdonald was the biggest reason. The right Wing still has his Bushy mus tache but at age 36, no longer has the touch that made him the league s 14th All Lime goal scorer with 500 regular season goals. His ii goals this season were one More than his career Low of 10 last season. And he had t scored a single goal in this season s playoffs until he caught fire the second period. The Rames were in control the rest of inc Way. Montreal already had won 17 titles before the flames began play As an expansion franchise in Atlanta in 1972. The flames made the playoffs in six of their eight years As inc nil s Only teaming the South but lost in inc first round each time. They moved to Calgary in1980 and have reached the playoffs in each of their nine seasons there. Calgary which had the nil s bes Overall record this season outscored Montreal 19-16 in the night s Victory made Cal Gary Only the sixth team since the league expanded in 1967 to win the Stanley cup. The others Are Montreal Edmon ton Philadelphia Boston and the new York islanders. Langston traded to expos former Mariner Mark Langston takes winning record to Montreal Boston a the Seattle mariners traded left hander Mark Langston to the Montreal expos thurs Day night for pitchers Randy Johnson Brian Holman and Gene Harris. Woody Woodward mariners director of baseball operations said Langston turned Down a a three year Deal for $7.1 million earlier in the Day. Langston. Who is eligible to become a free agent at the end of the season has been the subject of Trade rumours since the Start of Spring training. In five plus seasons with the mariners he had a re Cord of 74-67 while playing for a team that never had a winning record. Langston has led the american league in strikeouts three times with his High coming in 1987 when he fanned 262. We looked at a lot of packages but we had to get pitching Woodward said. We did t have the Deal nailed Down until after the the mariners lost to the red sox 10-0 thursday night making the need for pitching even More apparent. Langston was 4-5 this season with a 3.56 Era and 60 strikeouts. It s a Shock Langston said. It always is when you be been with the same Guys so Long. The met thing in Spring training. I thought that was done. When that fell through i was the acts reportedly offered infield or Howard John son outfielder Len Dykstra and Pitcher Dave West at one Point for Langston but the mariners pulled out of the Deal. There were also rumours of Langston going to Boston in a three Way Deal. Langston s Best season for the mariners was in 1987 when he was 19-13 with a 3.84 earned run average. 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