European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes sunday april 8,1990 Hull helps blues take 2-0 Edge Ilka a Ada Ita a i in a. I a. By the associated press St. Louis a Brett Hull had a goal and two assists As the St. Louis blues Defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 Friday night taking a 2-0 Lead in its first round Norris division playoff series. Paul Mac can Rich Sutter and Paul Cavallini also scored for the blues who lost seven of eight to Toronto in the regular season. Jeff Brown and Ron Wilson had two assists apiece and Hull had nine shots on goal As the blues out shot Toronto 40-28. In the regular season the blues out shot Toronto 319-218. St. Louis had 40 or More shots four times against Toronto and lost All four games. Mark Osborne and Daniel Marois scored for the Maple Leafs. The game could have been More lopsided because the blues also had one apparent goal waved off and a second that the goal judge apparently missed. Referee Terry Gregson ruled that Peter Zezel knocked the puck in with his skate in the first period and Dave Lowry appeared to put a shot into the top of the net in the final minute of the second period but the goal Light did not come on. Stanley cup playoffs Rookie Curtis Joseph won his second straight game in goal making Only 20 saves behind a tight checking defense. Maclean scored on the Power play Sutter scored a shorthanded goal and Cavallini finished off a three goal second period As the blues grabbed a 4-1 Lead. In other games Friday Blackhawk 5, North stars 3 Chicago a Wayne Presley scored two goals including one shorthanded in a four goal second period and Brilliant Relief goal ending by de Belfour enabled Chicago to come Back from a three goal deficit for a Victory Over Minnesota. The Triumph tied the Best of seven series at one game each with the scene shifting to Minnesota for games 3 and 4 sunday and tuesday nights. The win also assured a return to Chicago for game 5 on thursday. Belfour making his first appearance this season after playing in 23 games last year came in for Greg Millen with 8 04 remaining in the first period and the North stars holding a 3-0 Lead. He cooled off the North stars by stopping 15 shots in blanking them in a wild second period that took the rest of the Way. Be More than an hour to finish referee Ron Hoggarth called 40 penalties 20 on each team for a total of 108 minutes. In All there were 65 penalties for 183 minutes including five misconduct. At the end of the game Minnesota coach Pierre Page Drew a Gross misconduct penalty. Flames 8, Kings 5 Calgary Alberta a Doug Gil Mour had two goals and an assist As Calgary beat los Angeles to tie their smythe division playoff series at 1 -1. The Kings who played both games in Calgary without Wayne Gretzky still Are Happy to return Home with a split in the series. Game 3 will be played in los Angeles on sunday and Gretzky hindered by a Back injury is expected to play. Joe nieu Wendyna had a goal and two assists while Sergei Makarov had three assists for Calgary. Joey Mullen Gary Roberts Joel Otto Dana Murzyn and Jim Korn also scored for the flames who out shot los Angeles 38-26. Luc Robitaille led the Kings with two goals one on the Power play. Marty Mcsorley had a goal and two assists. Oilers 3, jets 2 of Edmonton a Alberta Lamb s goal 4 21 into overtime saw of Monton a come from Beths via Oyer Winn Peg to a a a their s j1&Quot Sion semifinal Senes at one win each Iviz. The oilers who rallied for two third no nod goals to Force the overtime a game Winner when Lamb took a pal from is rus  a Kutch so a Quot Gay the jets who upset the oilers 7-5 in the series opener wednesday night ?.i�dn Xep Alain Wuhen Bre Quot to Ashton beat Bill Ranford on a breakaway at 5-1q of the opening period. Paul Fenton a Power play goal with 119 remaining in the period made it 2-0 and the jets earned the two goal Lead into the final period before the oilers rallied. Craig Simpson scored his third goal in two games at 3 09, shovelling a rebound past Beauregard. Joe Murphy tied the game with 7 45 remaining in regulation time when he backhanded a rebound into a half empty  from Page 21 score of 125-108, leads second place Boston by 2vi games. Ewing scored 14 Points in the first 8 39 of the game helping new York Lead 26-15. But Barkley scored 12 Points during a 17-6 run that tied the score at 32. In other games Friday night bullets 121, rockets 110 Landover my. A Jeff Malone scored 29 Points and Bernard King had 27 As Washington beat Houston. Washington which has won four of its last five games scored 10 straight Points to take a 57-50 Lead in the second Quarter and was on top 63-56 at halftime. The bullets stretched their Lead to As Many As 16 Points in the third Quarter. Malone scored 10 Points in the period which ended with Washington leading 97-83. Akeem Olajuwon had 36 Points and 17 rebounds for Houston. Bucks 92, pistons 84 Auburn Hills Mich. A Brad Lohaus scored 25 Points including six three pointers As Milwaukee ended Detroit a 15-game Home winning Streak. Detroit entered the game with a 32-2 Home record while the Bucks were just 15-22 on the Road. Milwaukee led 76-69 with 7 44 remaining but the pistons scored seven straight Points to tie it with 4 32 left. The game was tied at 81-81 with 2 52 remaining but the Bucks took the Lead for Good 40 seconds later on two free throws by Fred Roberts. Milwaukee moved ahead 88-84 with 1 27 left and hit five free throws in the last minute to Clinch the Victory. Pacers 123, magic 115 Orlando Fla. A Reggie Miller scored 16 of his 38 Points in the fourth Quarter As Indiana handed Orlando its eighth straight defeat. The pacers moved two games ahead of Cleveland and Atlanta in the Battle for the final two playoff spots in the Eastern conference. Hornets 108, Timber wolves 93 Charlotte . A Kelly Tripucka who missed 11 of his first 12 shots finished with 21 Points nine rebounds and nine assists As Charlotte beat Minnesota. Tripucka listed As questionable before the game with a hyper extended left knee scored nine Points in a 19-6 run that lifted the hornets from a two Point deficit to a 72-61 Lead with 1 38 left in the third period. Tripucka who hit six of his last eight shots capped the run with a three Pointer. Celtics 109, Cavaliers 104 Richfield Ohio a Kevin Mchale scored 30 Points and Larry Bird got his ninth triple double of the season As Boston got its first Road win Over Cleveland in four years. The loss dropped Cleveland into a tie with Atlanta for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern conference. The Cavaliers and Hawks Are both 35-39 with eight games left. Warriors 123, nets 117 East Rutherford . A Tim Hardaway Detroit a James Edwards is fouled by Milwaukee a Brad Lohaus left. Jack Sikma is at right. Scored 21 Points and Chris Mullin added 20 As Golden state held off a late new Jersey rally for its third straight win. The warriors battling for the final playoff spot in the Western conference won their third straight Road game while handing new Jersey its fourth consecutive loss and 15th in 16 games. Nuggets 119, supersonics 103 Denver a Alex English scored 25 Points and Jerome Lane had seven Points during a third Quarter spurt that helped Denver beat Seattle. The Victory moved the nuggets one game ahead of the supersonics in the Western conference playoff Battle. Denver is in seventh place while Seattle would get the eighth and final playoff berth if the season ended now. Lakers 103, suns 99 Phoenix a James worthy scored 29 Points including four free throws in the final 29 seconds As los Angeles beat Phoenix for its fifth straight Victory. Magic Johnson had 22 Points and 10 assists for the lakers who beat the suns for the third time in four meetings this season. Tom Chambers led Phoenix with 25 Points. Trail blazers 106, clippers 99 Portland Ore. A Clyde Drexler scored 35 Points and Jerome Kersey tied his season High with 28 As Portland Defeated los  from Page 21 Ness in his shoulder and had pitched Only one previous inning this Spring pitched the sixth with no apparent trouble. Rookie Howard Hilton went the final three. The cards got their Only run in the third when Tom Pagnozzi scored from third As shortstop Jay Bell booted Vince Coleman a grounder. Phillies 2, Blue jays 0 Terry Mulholland allowed two hits Over six innings to run his Spring training scoreless Streak to 14 innings. Dave Stieb allowed one run and four hits in five innings for Toronto. Philadelphia got its first run on consecutive singles by Rickey Jordan von Hayes and Curt Ford. Randy ready homered in the ninth off Tom Henke. Tigers is 6, astros is 5 Rich Rowland singled Home Steve Pegues in the 10th inning to give the tigers a come from behind win. Pegues reached when right fielder Terry Puhl mis played his sinking liner for an error. Pegues stole second moved up on a grounder by Chris Alvarez and scored when Rowland hit the first pitch from Charley Kerfeld sharply to left. Ken Caminiti and Eric Anthony homered for Houston while Matt Nokes had a three run double for Detroit. Rangers 4, White sox 3 Kevin Brown allowed one run in six innings and Kenny Rogers shut Down a ninth inning Chicago rally. Texas got two unearned runs off White sox starter Jack Mcdowell in the third on an error and Ruben sierras rib single. They got two More in the eighth on Thad Bosley sri triple and Pete Incaviglia  Fly. Sammy Sosa had a two run Homer for the White sox in the ninth. Reds 6, tigers 5. Paul of Neillis Solo Homer with two out in the Bottom of the ninth off Jerry Don Gleaton won it. Of Neill also drove in a first inning run with a grow Dout and tripled to Start a two run third Unsinn also got a two run Homer from Ron Oester. Mark and Cecil fielder homered for Detroit. Indians 7, mariners 6 ,. Cleveland Relief Ace Doug Jones retired five six batters he faced to save the game. A a Cleveland scored three times in the sixth in g Chuck Hensley on doubles by Cartos Baerga to j Snyder Candy Maldonado and Chris Jam off Webster produced the decisive run with a to Bill Swift in the eighth. Cubs 7, Brewers 00 Mark Grace was 4-for-5 and Luis Salazar hits and three Bis for the cubs while Mik and three relievers combined on an eight no a Salazar drove in two runs in the fifth i. Loaded double High off the Center Field a. Pitched five innings allowing two hits. Twins 6, expos 5 song a John Moses bases loaded  a 0f the snapped a tie after a two out error in to p 0 ninth by shortstop Scott Leius allowed the top score twice