European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes wednesday March 7,1990 rangers nip wings with Mullen goal by the associated press new York a Brian Mullen was resigned to playing overtime but suddenly found himself in front of the net with the puck near his stick. Quot i know that defend Soman Brian Leech brought the puck up but things happened so fast i Don t know How it got there. All i know not round is that the puck was in the  Mullen said. Quot i just tried to put it on  his 20th goal a Backhander with 1 12 remaining in regulation gave the new York rangers a 3-2 Victory Over the Detroit red wings on monday night extending their Patrick division Lead to six Points. A i thought for sure we were going into  said Mullen a it was a Tough checking game and there weren t Many scoring opportunities. It was a very sluggish  red wings goaltender Tim Chc veldae. 6-0-4 before monday night had a hard time picking up the puck. "1 did t even see it Quot Chevel Dae said. Quot Steve Yzerman went Down so 1 went Down Quot the rangers got solid play at both ends of the ice and a solid Effort from goaltender John Van bics Brouck. Who made 24 saves to extend his unbeaten Streak to 5-0-1. The rangers increased their Lead Over the Idle Pittsburgh penguins to six Points and improved to 7-1-1 in their last nine games. New York which has t finished first in any nil division since 1942, has 12 games to go in the regular season. Pittsburgh has 13 remaining. In the Only other game monday. Flames 5, Kings 0 Calgary Alberta a Joe nieu Wendy scored two goals and goalie Rick Wam Sicy made 26 saves As Calgary Defeated los Angeles. An olympic saddled me crowd of 20,107 saw Calgary end a Ihrcke game wingless Streak against the Kings and tie the Smythy division season series at 3-3-1. The win inched the flames Back into first place in the division a Point ahead of Edmonton. Calgary with 79v Points has played one less game than the oilers. Heat rallies past jazz by the associated press Miami a Glen Rice scored from the top of the key at the Buzzer As the Miami heat rallied from a nine Point deficit in the final 6 08 to beat Utah 105-104 monday night ending a seven game winning Streak by the jazz. Rice scored after taking a feed from Sherman Douglas who had rebounded a missed shot by teammate Scott Haffner. The Victory was Miami s third in six games after the heat had won just three of its previous 30. John Stockton a Basket gave the jazz a 104-100 Lead with 34 seconds left but the heat answered four seconds later with a three Point shot by Kevin Edwards. Who scored 24 Points. Stockton missed a Layup with seven seconds left and Rice rebounded to set up the winning Basket. Rony Shikaly led Miami with 25 Points. Douglas had 22 Points and 14 assists. Karl Malone led Utah with 32 Points. Stockton scored 21 Points and had 14 assists. In other games monday nets 128, Kings 111 East Rutherford. . A Chris Morris scored 22 Points to Lead new Jersey s biggest outburst of the season and ivc the nets Only their third Victory in 21 games. Sam Bowie and Purvis Short who scored 14 Points in the fourth Quarter added 20 apiece to give new Jersey its second straight Victory. The nets had scored 117 Points twice previously. 76ers 128, clippers 105 Philadelphia a Hirscy Hawkins lied a season High with 28 Points As Philadelphia handed los Angeles its 20th straight loss at the spectrum. By winning the 76crs moved within a game of first place new York in the Atlantic division. The loss was the ninth in 11 games for los Angeles. Mike Gminski scored 25 Points for the 76ers, one shy of his season High. Charles Smith scored 22 Points for the clippers. Rockets 109, spurs 105 san Antonio a Akcam Olajuwon scored 14 of his 37 Points in the fourth Quarter including the go ahead jumper with 39 seconds remaining to Lead Houston Over san Antonio. Olajuwon s 15-foot fad away broke a tic at 105-105. Mitchell Wiggins added two free throws with 11 seconds left to give the rockets their sixth Victory in 30 Road games this season. San Antonio which had won four of its previous six games was led by David Robinson with 29 Points and Terry Cummings with 28. The spurs led 82-70 with 2 26 left in the third Quarter after outscoring the rockets 39-24 in the period. But Houston used a 10-2 spurt Midway through the fourth period to pull to 92-90 with 7 11 left. Olajuwon and Mike Aba Roundup a p the mailman delivers As Utah s Karl Malone drives against Miami s Glen Rice. Woodson had four Points apiece during the surge. San Antonio still led 101-98 with 3 13 left but a 7-2 rally gave Houston a 105103 Lead with 1 39 to play. A jumper by Willie Anderson tied the game for san Antonio. Olajuwon scored 19 first half Points to help Houston take a 54-49 Lead at the break. Olajuwon had 12 second Quarter Points As the rockets outscored the spurs 29-18 in the period. Warriors 138, hornets 117 Oakland. Calif. A Mitch Richmond scored 30 Points to Lead Golden state Over Charlotte the hornets 25th loss in 26 Road games this season. Richmond scored 21 Points in the third Quarter As the warriors stretched a 12-Point halftime Lead into a 17-Point Cushion. The Golden state guard was perfect on seven shots from the floor and seven free throws then sat out the final 12 , Browning Pace world figure skating Halifax Nova Scotia apr Richard Zander look an Early Lead but Kurt Browning was in excellent position to Challenge after monday s opening Day of the world figure skating championships. Zander a 26-Ycar-old West German who was born in los Angeles and lived in California until he was 17, won the men s compulsory figures the last time they will be part of the official scoring in these championships. Zander was first in both figures. Bro vying the defending Champion from Canada who has had a rough year was a Strong second. Considered far Superior to Zander in free skating. Browning is Well satisfied with his prospects. Quot i Wasny to toying with the idea of winning these Quot Browning said. "1 was fifth in them last year so in a ahead of schedule. A last year i Felt i had to be first or second in the original and Long programs no doubt about it. Now maybe there is a Little  probably not. Because 1988 olympic Bronze medallist Viktor Petrenko of the soviet Union stands third after the compulsory is Worth 20 percent of the total score. Petrenko the european Champion was trailed by Grzigorz Filipowski of Poland and Petr Barna of Czechoslovakia. None of the americans fared Well in the figures. Chris Bowman the Silver medallist at the 1989 worlds was sixth followed by . Champion Todd Eldric dec and Paul Wylie. Quot Christopher has had trouble being motivated for the figures since he won t be skating them anymore after this Quot said his coach Frank Carroll. A he did no to do them particularly Well at the National championships  Bowman comes off a Back injury that forced his withdrawal from the . Championships last month. He does no to seem too concerned that it will limit him in this event. A i was really kind of pushing myself  he said of his training for nationals. Quot once i got squared away after it seemed to be  Eldric dec won the compulsory is at the . Championships. He skated them nearly As Well Here. A they were pretty  he said. Quot its my first Tinie Here at the worlds so 1 done to really expect to get High Marks. They were Good Marks for the figures i did. Quot i m just Here to show world judges what i can do for next year and in the  the compulsory is have been eliminated from Competition by the International skating Union Browning recognized the historic significance of monday s event. Quot i had been thinking about what it would be like to do the last compulsory is in my  he said. Quot it was exciting the crowd was into it Loo and finishing second is really