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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, April 19, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 19,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 17 sports ruins finally shake whalers Roston apr sparked by the surprising return Jav Bourque and the goal ending of Andy Moog. 8l Boston Bruins advanced to the second round of the nil playoffs with a 3-1, seventh game Victory Over the Hartford whalers on tuesday night. Bouraue who had been expected to miss his fifth i Raight game with a left hip Bruise played a regular shift had one assist and was on the ice for All three Boston goals. Moog stopped 27 shots. He lost his bid for his first steer playoff shutout in 56 games when Ron Francis made the score 3-1 on a Power play at 13 48 of the third period. The Bruins open the Best of seven Adams division final at Home thursday night against Montreal. Boston avoided becoming the first team since the 1970-71 Bruins to lose in the opening round after compiling the Best regular season record. Hartford was eliminated in the first round for the fourth straight year. It has reached the second round just once in its 11 nil seasons. Boston led 2-0 after one period on goals by John Byce who was playing his second nil game and Craig Janney. Cam Neely made it 3-0 at 15 22 of the second period on a give and go play with Janney. Janney Bostons top play maker missed the first second and sixth games with a sprained left shoulder. Hartford was aggressive in the first period when it had 18 shots on goal and Moog made some outstand Nurnberg crushes 7th at Nurnberg West Germany a the Nurnberg knights turned out the lights on the 7th army training come wednesday night. With Goliath Yeggins playing his usual giant role the knights stomped on the trainers 101-81 in game 1 of the army european championships. The Best of three semifinal series continues at 7 30 . Saturday at Grafe Wohr. If the trainers  basketball game 3 would tip off at 2 . Sunday also on the trainers court. Yeggins a 6-foot-5 Center fired in 32 Points and hauled Down 12 rebounds to Lead the Vii corps Champion knights. Caesar Harris added 18 Points and nine rebounds and Leonard Thomas 11 Points. For 7th at Reginald Jones scored 18, Johnny West 15 and Darnell Wou lard 12. West had eight rebounds. Yeggins hit 17 Points in the first half As Nurnberg raced to a 54-35 Lead. The knights led by As Many As 30 in the second half. In other army european semifinals on wednesday Baum older men 116, a town 102 Kaiserslautern West Germany a the game which nearly Wasny to went the bears Way despite 38 Points for Kaiserslautern a Bone of Contention Donald Robinson. Robinson whose presence in the lineup provoked a threatened Boycott of the series by Baum older Wasny to enough to offset an Early second half Blitz by the bears who take a 1-0 series Lead Home for saturdays 7 30 . Second game. Baum older which had five Ray Bourque Andy Moog ing saves. It had just 17 in winning the first game of the series 4-3 in Boston. Bourque. Boston s Star defens Eman. Got a 15-second ovation when he got into the game 52 seconds into the first period. The fans were cheering louder 38 seconds later when he assisted on Byce s first nil goal. Byce. A member of the Mcaa Champion University of Wisconsin whose Only other nil game was bos stretch drive Baum older s Darryl Frierson splits Baum older won the opening game of x,.a Kaiserslautern a Tony Marsh 22 and the teams Best of three semifinal series 46 Falm ile8uresh in Quot George Bennett As he drives the Lane for the army european menus basketball 46 at see army on Page 23 a Serif a a Kaiserslautern Crown 116-102. Ton s 3-2 overtime loss in game 6. Connected at 1 30. Bourque gave the puck to John Carter in Center ice. Carter skated into Hartford s zone pushed the puck Between defens Eman Dave Babych s legs and picked it up on the other Side. Goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped his 10-foot shot from the left but Byce chipped Home the rebound. Janney got his first playoff goal on a Power play at 7 29. Boston s two Man advantage had ended three seconds earlier when Randy Cunneyworth left the penalty Box but he did t have time to get Back in the play. Glen Wesley passed the puck from 40 feet out to Neely on the left of the crease. Neely pushed it across the Slot to Janney. Who tapped it in the open Side. Neely made the score 3-0 with his fourth goal of the series. He gave the puck to Janney at the left Point and kept going up the Side. Janney gave it right Back and Neely fired a 15-footer from a Sharp Angle to the far Side of Sidorkiewicz. Francis got his third playoff goal on Hartford s second shot of the third period when he tipped Brad Shaw s 50-foot shot from the left Point past Moog. It was the whalers third goal in 34 Power plays in the series. Hartford nearly scored again after Moog lost his catching Glove. He stopped Kevin Dineen s 10-foot shot with his right Arm and plucked the puck out of the air with his Bare hand with 3 56  reject George Deal by Greg Logan new Day the Indianapolis Colts efforts to Trade up for the no. 1 pick and a Chance to select Illinois Junior quarterback Jeff George in sunday s National football league draft stalled tuesday when they rejected a a take it or leave it Quot offer from the Atlanta Falcons a Colts source said. George an Indianapolis native has said he would like to play in his Hometown. But the Falcons Are asking for pro bowl tackle Chris Hinton wide receiver Andre Rison and either a second round pick this year or a first round pick in 1991. And they May have raised that demand. The Colts tried to Structure a Deal that would have sent pro bowl running Back Eric Dickerson who has asked to be traded to Atlanta but the Falcons want no part of Dickerson. A for the right Price there would be an  the Colts source said. Quot but we re not ready to break Dow n our team. It comes Down to Atlanta. They said. A this is it. Period 1 imagine they la take George on  see tomorrow s stars and stripes for a Complete team by team nil draft preview the Falcons also have been in constant Contact with the new England patriots. Who have the third pick in the first round and Are interested in George. But the patriots a club source said May be Content to take a quarterback later in the draft and so far have declined to become involved in serious Trade talks because the Falcons asking Price is too High. If anything the patriots May Trade Down because they have received several serious inquiries from teams interested in moving up to the third spot to take either Miami defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy us outside linebacker Junior seau or Penn state running Back Blair Thomas if the jets pass him up w Ith the second pick. Sources with three teams in Contact with Atlanta say the Falcons would prefer to Trade Down and take Houston quarterback Andre Ware but arc hoping m. Oia i n a i c a amps. Gus Schueller  
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