European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 17,1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 Caps fire Murray hire brother by Jim Paul Landover. My. A Bryan Murray one of the most successful nil coaches during the 1980s. Was tired monday by the Washington capitals and replaced with his brother. Terry Murray. Terry Murray 39. Has been coach of the capitals american hockey league affiliate Baltimore Skipjack for the past two seasons. The capitals have lost eight straight games and Are last in the Patrick division with an 18-24-4 record for 40 Points. Bryan Murray had coached the capitals since the1981-82 season leading them to the playoffs seven times. The Caps finished first in the Patrick division for the first time last season with 92 Points but lost to Philadelphia in the division semifinals he had longest tenure of any current coach in the nil. Having led the capitals since november 1981. The contributions of Bryan Murray to this organization have been As much or As Many As any other person or player who has Ever played or been a part of this organization capitals general manager David Poile said in making the announcement at an Early evening news conference. Bryan Murray reached two milestones last season coaching his 600th career game and winning his 300th regular season game on dec. 17. He is Only one of 17 coaches to reach the 300-Victo by plateau in the nil. In his eight seasons with Washington he compiled a record of 343-246-83. The capitals however were never Able to Advance beyond the division final in the Stanley cup playoffs. The Washington capitals won the Patrick division championship last year. The expectations then were great and the expectations now Are still great Poilu said. My decision today has been based on inc 46 games of this regular season and not the last eight  Poilu said he was not Happy with the play of the capitals who have the fourth worst record in the nil  second to last on the Power play and  12th out of 21 teams in goals against average. There  a lot of things that Are wrong with this hockey club and Terry Murray s got his work Cut out for him Poilu said. Poilu decided to fire Murray on monday morning and informed him of the decision after the capitals practice. In 1985-86, Murray guided the Caps to their first 50-win season 50-23-7 for second place in the Divi Sion. The capitals finished second in the Patrick for five straight seasons from 1983-1984 to 1987-88, be fore finishing first last season. Disputed goal gives Leafs win by the associated press Toronto a controversial Goalby Toronto s Wendel Clark with 6 15 remaining in the game gave the Maple Leafs a 7-6 Victory Over the Chicago Blackhawk monday night. Toronto completed an eight game Home stand with a 6-1-1 record and is off nil Roundup until thursday when it plays in . The Victory moved the second place Leafs within five Points of the Blackhawk in the Norris division. On inc game winning goal goaltender Jacques Cloutier had his catching Milt Over the puck in the crease after stopping a shot. Clark poked three times at the Mitt dislodging the puck and the pushed it Over the goal line. Despite the objections of the Black Hawks who claimed the play should have been blown dead referee Ron hog Garth ruled it was a goal. Also scoring for Toronto were Al Law Rale. John Mclntyre de Olczyk. Dan Daoust Mark Osborne and Vince Damphousse for Chicago. Denis Savard and Sieve Larmor scored two goals each and Al so Cord and Adam Craig Hon had one each. In other games monday Bruins 4, whalers 1boston Cam nicely broke a tie in the second period with his 32nd goal an Boston went on to defeat Hartford for its sixth Victory in the last seven games. Nicely also set up Ray Bourquc for a tying goal in the first period and Randy Burridge added an insurance score on a Power play Early in the third period. Then after Hartford pulled goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz for a sixth skater with 1 16 remaining Bourquc scored again with a Long shot into an empty net. With 10 victories in 12 starts Boston bolstered its hold on the nil s Adams division Lead with a 27-16-3 record. Cani Lens 4, North Stan 3 Montreal Todd Ewen s first goal of the season at 11 18 of the third period gave Montreal the win Over m Minnesota. Ewen followed in the play and tapped the rebound of Brian Skrudland s shot past  Kari Takko for his first goal since he was acquired from St. Louis 13 games ago. Brian Bellows with his second goal of the game and 31st of the season had tied it for Minnesota at 8 24 on the Power play when he moved in from the Point and put a Low shot through goaltender Patrick Roy s  Richer Mike Keane and Mike Mcphee also scored for Montreal which is 3-1-1 since ending a four game losing Streak. Kicks win on shot at Buzzer by the associated press new York Trent Tucker hit a three Point shot after taking an in Bounds pass with one tenth of a second left monday giving the new York kicks a 109-106 Victory Over the Chi Cago bulls. The score was tied 106-106 when Michael Jordan who finished with 26 Points despite 3-for-13 shooting w in the first Hall missed a three Pointer that the kicks re bounded with four seconds left. The bulls under the limit i fouls grabbed Mark Jackson intentionally forc ing the kicks to Tucker bring the Ball inbound with a tenth Ofa second left. After a timeout Jackson passed to Tucker who immediately put up the High arching game Winner. Patrick Ewing had 33 Points and 12 rebounds for the kicks who won for the 17th time in 18 games at Madison Square Garden this year. Scottie Pippen added 22 Points and Bill Cartwright 18 for Chicago. The bulls trailing since the first Quarter regained the Lead at 97-96 with 4 47 left after Pippen scored five straight Points. Jordan gave the bulls a 106-104 Edge on a Juniper with 1 21 left but a rebound Basket by Ewing tied it with 1 05 to go. Chicago took an Early 17-6 Lead with 5 39 left in the first Quarter scoring nine consecutive Points. Then the kicks scored 59 Points in the final 17 13 of the first half for a 65-57 margin. Ewing had All of his 21 first half Points in that Span including nine Dur ing a 27-13 run that put new York in front 33-30. Gerald Wilkins hit two three pointers and Ewing Charle Oakley and Kenny Walker each had a three Point play during the spurt. Aba Roundup the bulls got As close As Lour Points on three occasions in the third Quarter but went into the final 12 minutes Trai Ling 88-82. In other games monday lakers 111, Kings 91 Inglewood Calif. Rookie Vlade Divac and . Green each scored 25 Points As the los Angeles lakers beat Sacramento for the 40th straight time at the forum. The lakers improved their record to an Aba Best 26-8 and tied the new York kicks for the league s Best Home Mark at 17-1. Sacramento 1-5 since Dick Motta took Over As head coach lost for the 16th time in 18 games. It was the Kings ninth straight loss on the Road and fourth defeat of the season by 20points or More. The 25 Points were a season High for Divac a yugoslavian who is the Lak ers backup Center. Kenny Smith led Sacramento with 20 Points. Heal 111, bullets 105 Landover my. Miami rallied on the strength of Glen Rice s 11points in the fourth period snapping a 13-game losing Streak. Rice matched his season High with 27 Points As the heat overcame a seven Point deficit in the final 12 min utes to win for the first time since dec. 16. The win ended the second longest losing Streak in the team s two Yea existence. Miami lost its first 17 games last season. Kevin Edwards had 19 Points and Rony Shikaly 18 for Miami which had lost eight straight Road games since winning at Orlando on dec. 8. Bernard King had 30 Points and Jeff Malone 27 for the bullets who have lost ii of their last 13 games. Pacers 144, warriors 105 Indianapolis act Kcf Schrempf and Chuck person scored 24 Points each As Indiana avenged an ear Lier rout by Golden state and denied warriors coach Don Nelson his 600th career Victory. The pacers who led by As Many As 52 Points with 3 24 remaining were beaten by the warriors 150-124 on dec. 22. The Victory ended a six game Golden stale winning Streak All at Home. The pacers led 86-48 at the half breaking a team record of 82 Points in the first half against Denver on dec. 2,1982. Calvin Nad added 16 Points for in Diana and Rik Smits and Vern Fleming 15 each. Golden stale was led by Saru Nas Marciulionis with 21 Points. Terry tag la tallied 20, Milch Richmond 19and Chris Mullin 15. Suns 118, hornets 108 Phoenix Tom Chambers scored 40 Points and Kevin Johnson six of his 23 in overtime As Phoenix beat Charlotte keeping the hornets win less in 15 Road games this season. Supersonics 105, rockets 101 Seattle Xavier Mcdaniel had a Basket and two free throws in the final 24 seconds to Lead Seattle. Mcdaniel who finished with 25 Points scored a Basket Over Akcam Olajuwon As the shot clock expired giving Seattle a 103-99 Lead with 24 seconds left. Olajuwon s Basket made it 103-101with 18 seconds left. But Mcdaniel converted both free throws with 15 seconds remaining to make it 105-101. Cavaliers 92, spurs 89 Richfield Ohio guard Mark Price recorded the first triple double of his career with 25 Points 12 assists and 11 rebounds As Cleveland Defeated san Antonio. Price made six of nine three Point shots for the Cavaliers who set a Cani record by hitting 10 Long Range shots in 22 attempts. Nuggets 101, Mavericks 90 Denver Alex English banged Home 29 Points and Blair Rasmussen added 20 As Denver sent Dallas to its fourth straight defeat. Aba rules Michael magic show a no go Chicago a the Aba say the Michael magic show is a no go. An Aba official said the league will not Sanction a proposal for a $ i million on on on Duel Between Michael Jordan of the Chicago bulls an magic Johnson of inc los Angeles lakers. In its sunday editions the Chicago Sun times quoted Aba senior vice president and general counsel Gary Bettman in a statement made thurs Day about the proposal. A one on on game Between Michael and magic is neither something that the Aba would want to sponsor itself no have some other promoter do. Aba basketball games and the talents of our play ers Are something that inc Aba and ils teams should be promoting not third party  the Only exception to this Rule As stated in the collective bargaining agreement Are exhibition games for Charity Bellman said. Exhibition games for Charity Are done on a very limited basis he said. First of All we Don t allow television. Secondly there Are no promoters involved except the charities them selves. Thirdly All the proceeds go to Charity. The players play for  Isiah Thomas president of the Aba players association had registered his opposition last week. The proposed contest would consist of two 15-Minutc halves to be Broad cast on pay television. The Winner would receive $ 1 million with any additional Money going to charities of the players choices said Ross Levin soon a new York based spokesman for Jordan