European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes thursday december 21,1989 Kings Glide to 9-5 win Over jets by the associated press Inglewood. Calif.  matched his Best offensive showing of the season. But he still was Thappy. We let Kelly Hrudny Down Gretzky said after the Kings stomped the win nil Roundup in pc jets 9-5 on thursday night. He never gets upset that we arc Afree Wheeling learn. When we got up 7-1 we had a Chance to help him and we let him Down More than anyone  for two periods Gretzky and the Kings were almost perfect. Gretzky finished the night with two goals and four assists while Steve Duchesne and Keith Crowder each scored twice. But the Lack of defense in the third period irked Gretzky and coach Tom Webster. Winnipeg scored four time against Hrudny to make the score some what respectable and take some of theluster off the Victory. We had a Chance to try to do a goo Job defensively. But we did t do a Good Job Webster said. Arc Luzky rebounded after having two offensive streaks snapped. His record lying 17-Gamc assist Streak ended Friday in new Jersey and his 18-Gamc scoring Streak ended one night later in Philadelphia. He started a new Point Streak at 2 55with a Power play goal and added another goal and four assists Matching his six Point performance against Pittsburgh oct. 31. In other games tuesday islanders 5, devils 4, of un1ondale. . Pal Lafontain rallied the islanders with two late goals and Don Paloncy won it by knocking in disown rebound 3 18 into overtime. The devils led 4-1 late in the second period and were still ahead 4-2 with time running out when Lafontaine scored two goals in a 1 37 Span. His second with 1 46 remaining forced the overtime. After  Glenn scaly made whalers Kevin Dineen shoves penguins Randy Hillier to the ice in first period action tuesday night at Pittsburgh. Six saves in the first 2 a minutes of Over time the islanders forced the puck into the devils end. Maloney s third swipe atthe puck produced the Winner. The loss snapped the devils four game winning Streak and left them with a 2-38-4 lifetime record at the Nassau coliseum. Whalers 8, penguins 4 Pittsburgh Hartford continued its Road Success by mauling Pitts Burgh As Ron Francis and Todd Krygl Creach scored twice. Hartford now 11-5-0 on the Road and6-12-1 at Home put the game away Early with a four goal first period. Francis who capped the four goal surge put the game away late in the third period with a shorthanded goal after the penguins had Cut the deficit to 6-4. Pittsburgh s Mario Lemieux had a assist to extend his scoring Streak to 21 games tops in the nil this season. Capitals 2, flyers Philadelphia Kelly Miller s goal with 3 30 to play gave the capitals Brawl filled win in Philadelphia. Miller rammed Mike Ridley s passover Ken arc Ggut to snap a 1-1 tic in a game that featured a season High 242penalty minutes including 100 in the second period and 120 in the  Murray scored in the second period for Washington and Jiri latal tie the game Early in the third for Phila Delphia. Oilers 5, North stars 0bloominton. Minn. Bill Ranford made 22 saves for his first shutout of the season As the oilers continued to surge and the North stars slump  Mactavish scored twice and Craig Muni and Esa Tikkanen had Short handed goals for Edmonton. The oilers 12-2-3 surge has moved them from last to first place in the Smythy division. The oilers arc 8-0-4 against Minnesota since March ii 1986. Flames 2, canucks Vancouver . Joe Mullen made the Vancouver canucks pay for a defensive mistake scoring the game win Ner with 4 55 remaining. Mullen scored his i Lih goal of the sea son following a turnover by Vancouver def Anseman Doug Lidster. Mullen stationed in front of the net deflected a Point shot by Roger Johansson past goal ten Der Kirk Mclean to break a 1-1 tic. Joe in Ouwendyk scored the other Cal Gary goal As the flames extended their unbeaten Streak to four games with their first win Over Vancouver in three tries this season. Garth Butcher had the Only goal for Vancouver which lost for the first time in five games. Lemond wins again cycling Champion Greg Lemond was named sportsman of the year tuesday by sports Ilus rated Magazine. Lemond who recovered from gunshot wound and an appendectomy to win his second tour de France last summer parlayed his Success into cycling s richest contract Ever $5.5 million Over three years from France s "2" team. Aba from Page 17 matched a team record with four 3-Pointcrs in the first half. Clyde Drax scr had 10 of his 18 Points in the third period when the blazers built an 89-71 Lead. Kacem Olajuwon the rockets 7-foot Center go tone of the offensive rebounds and led Houston with 24 Points. Derrick Chivous added 16 Points and theother rebound. Celtics 95, Bucks 86boston Larry Bird scored 21 Points and bos ton ended a nine game regular season losing Streak i Milwaukee by holding the Bucks to 36 Points in the second half. The celtics leading by one with 3 21 Togo scored eight consecutive Points to Lead 90-81 with 28 seconds  Humphries led Milwaukee with 22 Points. Clippers 128,pacers 102 los Angeles Ron Harper 39 Points for the Sec Ond straight game and los Angeles won for the fifth straight time at Home Matching its longest string of Home court Success since moving from san Diego in 1984. Los Angeles led 93-81 following a third Quarter i which Harper scored 17 Points and Chuck person 15 of his season High 42 for Indiana. Harper added nine Points in the fourth Quarter Ashe clippers increased the Lead to As Many As 25. Pistons 94, supersonics 77auburn Hills Mich. Detroit snapped a three game losing Streak As Mark Aguirre scored 12 of 21 Points in the first  2 Bill Lamb car had 20 Points and 11 rebounds for the pistons and so Dale Threatt scored a season High 18points in his first Start of the year for the supersonics. Detroit held Seattle to 17 Points in the second Quarter for a 48-39 halftime Lead then routed the Somes in the fourth period holding them to 13 Points. Hawks 115, Kings 112atlanta Dominique Wilkins scored 11 of his 30 Points in the final 4 41, rallying Atlanta Over Sacra mento which lost its fifth straight  Hawks scored 10 straight Points for a 104-102 Lead with 2 42  Malone had 24 Points and 17 rebounds for the Hawks. Wayman Tisdale scored 29 for the Kings. Hornets 102, Mavericks 97 Charlotte . Charlotte snapped a 10-Gamc losing Streak longest in the league this season As Dell Curry s jumper with 37 seconds left broke a95-95 tie. After Curry gave Charlotte the Lead Derek Harper had a Chance to tic it from the free throw line with 27 seconds left. But he missed both shots and the hornets sewed up the Victory from the foul line. Rex Chapman had 27 Points Anion Gilliam 23points and 12 rebounds and Tyrone bogus 18 assists for Charlotte. Sam Perkins had 24 Points to Lead the Mavericks and Rolando Blackman had 21. Bullets 112, Timber wolves 99 Landover my. Jeff Malone scored 12 Points inthe third Quarter and Mel Turpin added six in the first 3 14 of the fourth As Washington won its fourth straight game handing Minnesota its sixth straight loss. Malone finished with 20 Points while Turpin had17 Points and 12 rebounds both season highs. Sam Mitchell and Tony Campbell scored 28 Points each and Tyrone Corbin had 25 for Minnesota. Washington got 22 Points from Bernard King. Nets 100, heal 98 Miami Roy Hinson s Layup with 3.6 seconds to play won the game after Miami tied the score 98-98 on Sherman Douglas free throw with 21 seconds left. Dennis Hopson led new Jersey with 20 Points while Hinson had 19. Ropy Sci Kafy paced the heat Matching his career High with 30 Points