European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 23,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 sabres tip flames on tie Buster by the associated press Buffalo . A Clint Malarciuk made 40 saves and Ken priest Lay snapped a tie with the of ill Coal of the third period gov Ino the Buffalo sabres a 5-4 Victory Over Calgary wednesday night and snapping the flames me game unbeaten Streak. Priest Lay a seven foot Backhander Over the Glove of Calgary goalie nil Roundup kick Wamsly at 3 58 of the final period broke a 4-4 tie. Priest Ian picked up the puck after the flames Joe Mullen lost it when he appeared to be hooked to the ice in the Corner by buffaloes Darrin Shannon. When referee Terry Gregson did t Call a Penally a heated protest was made by Calgary. The flames took 44 shots the most the sabres have faced All season. Calgary which has the leagues Best Power play went 0-for-5 with the Man advantage against the sabres top ranked penalty killing unit. The sabres involved in their fourth straight one goal game remain ahead of third place Montreal in the Adams division. In other games wednesday night Maple Leafs 5, rangers 5 new York a Daniel Marois second goal of the game on a Power play with eight seconds remaining in the third period gave Toronto a tic with new York. Marois scored from the Slot after taking a pass from Gary lec Man who had five Points and beat new York goaltender Mike Richter from 10 feet out. Whalers 4, Nordques 1 Hartford Conn. A Pat verb cock scored his 41st and 42nd goals and Ron Francis reached career scoring highs leading Hart lord Over hapless Quebec. The whalers opened a 4-1 Lead after one period out shooting Quebec 16-4. The Nordques 12-55-7 have lost 16 straight Road games last winning Jan. 16 at Winnipeg. Jets 3, canadians 2 Winnipeg Manitoba a Pat try Luik scored two goals including the game Winner in the third period As Winnipeg halted Mon Trca s six game unbeaten Streak. I cored on a Power play at bj2 of the final period flipping a rebound past goaltender Patrick Roy. Phil Sykes also scored for Winnipeg which stayed in the Carly on the Goa Hending of �5 w a say who made 26 saves. Iri and Stephane Rich or scored for Montreal. 8, blues 6 . Alberta a Brett i louts came Only the Ore 7pnaycr. M nil history 10 j fas a season but Eden Rokel Oul of a scoring slump to beat the blues. Shot f,v0lllugoa came on a wrist i a 17 of1?Falcoff Circle at int him t, period allow Jih Fis Gss Eackles fires bullets by Road worn nets by the associated press Landover my. A Ledell Eackles. Again filling in for the injured Jeff Malone scored a career High 40 Points wednesday night As the Washington bullets sent the new Jersey nets to their 21st straight Road loss 136-106. The loss was also new jerseys eighth straight. The nets who won their first two Road games this season Are 4-30 away from Home and have not won at the capital Centre since March 17, 1986. Washington ended a four game losing Streak. The bullets had previously lost four straight at Home. Malone who leads the bullets in scoring Sal out his second straight game because of a bruised thigh. Eackles has scored 71 Points As Malone a replacement. 76ers 118, heat 97 Philadelphia a Hersey Hawkins scored 12 of his 25 Points in the third Quarter As Philadelphia beat Miami for the fifth straight time. Aba Roundup the heat lost their fourth straight game and fell to 6-28 on the Road. Miami played without Center Rony Shikaly. Who had a stomach virus. Kings 90, Timber wolves 84 Sacramento. Calif. A Rodney Mccray shot 8 for 8 from the Field and scored 19 Points As Sacramento handed Minnesota its 21st straight Road loss. Pacers 112, Bucks 96 Indianapolis a Indiana made its first 13 shots from the Field and stopped a three game Home losing Streak. The pacers did not miss until 3 07 remained in the first Quarter when Vern Fleming a Layup attempt rolled off the rim. But Fleming grabbed his own rebound and scored As Indiana finished 17 for 21 in the opening period. Jazz 118, clippers 102 Salt Lake City a John Stockton scored 23 Points and sparked a fourth Quarter burst that led Utah Over . Bulls 99, Atlanta 89 Atlanta a Michael Jordan scored 27 Points and Chicago held Atlanta to four Points in the final five minutes and beat the Hawks. The bulls trailed 78-73 entering the fourth Quarter and lied it at 85 with 5 02 left on a steal and Layup by John Paxson. Jordan s two foul shots put Chicago ahead for Good 89-87 with 2 31 remaining. Celtics 123, Cavaliers 114 Boston a Larry Bird scored 25 Points and had his second consecutive triple double As Boston never trailed in a Victory Over Cleveland that ended the Cavaliers winning Streak at five games. Bird had a season High 16 assists. Hornets 115, suns 114, of Phoenix a Dell Curry scored five of his 28 Points in overtime As Charlotte beat Phoenix for its third Road win in 33 games this season. Vandy Penn St. Make nit semis by the associated press Nashville. Tenn. A Vanderbilt s Eric Reid scored 18 Points and ignited three runs wednesday night As the commodores stopped new Orleans 88-65 to Advance to the semifinal round of the National invitation tournament. In the Only other nit game wednesday Penn state also advanced to the semifinals by defeating Rutgers 58-55. Vanderbilt making its third nit appearance will carry a 19-14 record into mondays semifinal round at new Yorkus Madison Square Garden. The commodores finished the regular season tied for eighth in the Southeastern conference but have won six of their last seven games. New Orleans the american South conference tournament Champion lost for Only the second time in its last 10 Road games and ended the season at 21 -11. The commodores led 37-28 at the half after Reid started a 6-2 run with a 3-joint play with 1 50 remaining. He licked up where he left off after the break beginning the second half with consecutive baskets to put Vanderbilt in control 41-28. Penn state 58, Rutgers 55 p1scataway, . A two free throws by Deron Hayes gave Penn state the Lead for Good As the Kittany Lions held Rutgers to four Points in the final 6 37. Penn state 24-8 closed out the game with a 10-4 spurt after Earl Duncan a 18-foot jumper gave Rutgers 18-17 a 51-48 Lead. The game ended As a three Point shot by Rutgers Mike Jones bounced off the backboard never coming close to going in. Hayes and de Fogell scored 16 Points apiece to Lead Penn state. Earl Duncan paced Rutgers with 12 Points. Fogell a two free throws pulled Penn state to 51-50 before Hayes Sank two More to give the Kittany Lions the Lead for Good with 4 41 left. A Layup by Monroe Brown made it 54-51 before Jones hit one free throw for Rutgers with 2 26 remaining. With the clock running Down on its next Possession Hayes scored inside with 1 40 left for a 56-52 Edge. But Duncan hit a 3-Pointer with 1 16 to go to pull Rutgers to 56-55. When Barnes missed a 3-Point shot Rutgers got the Ball Back with 33 seconds left. Duncan drove the Lane and missed. Brown grabbed the rebound and passed to Barnes who was fouled and made both free throws ending the scoring. Penn state s de Fogell loses the Ball As he drives against Rutgers Keith Hughes left and Mike Jones in the Kittany Lions nit quarterfinal win on wednesday