European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes april 21,1991 Page 24 Pittsburgh win in of by the associated press it was get Cven night for the Montreal canadians and Pittsburgh penguins in the nil playoffs Friday. Montreal beat Boston 4-3 in the Adams division finals and Pittsburgh outscored Washington-7-6 in the Patrick in a pair of overtime thrillers to tie both Best-of-7 series at 1-1. Both games were won by players who. Scored their second goal of the night. Evan Der holy held delivers a hard right to George Foreman during third round of their heavyweight title fight Friday nigh Stanley cup playoffs Stephane Richer had the game Winner 27 seconds into overtime for Montreal Kevin Stevens scored at 8 10 for Pitts a Burgh. A a a a a a a a a you never give up a said Shayne Corson who assisted on Montreal a winning goal. A on their first two goals they got a some Lucky bounces. We kept that in mind and kept plugging  the canadians rebounded at Boston Garde n from a 2-0 deficit late in the second period. / Pittsburgh meanwhile surrendered a iwo goal Lead in the third period before coming Back to win at the Igloo. I done to know if this gives us momentum but it stops them a Stevens said. A we could t go to Washington Down 20, no way.�?�. The playoffs were to continue saturday night with Minnesota at St. Louis in the Norris division finals and Edmonton at los Angeles in the smythe. Minnesota and los Angeles each Lead 1-0.adams division canadians 4, Bruins 3, of v Boston a Richcr a goal ended a shootout Between the canadians and Bruins. Brian Skrudland passed the puck from behind the net to the left of Boston goalie Andy Moog to Richer behind the other Side of the net. Richer passed it to Corson whose shot went wide but Richer collected the puck and beat Moog from the see cup on Page 18 great wide Hope goes the distance by ear Gustkey the los Angeles times Atlantic City . Fib beat fat but not in the style most expected. Evander Holyfield defending has world heavyweight championship against a 42-year-old Man who was 49 pounds heavier and Light years slower was pressed every bit of the Way Friday night in route to a 12-round Victory by unanimous decision. There were no knockdowns in the surprisingly competitive fight although Holyfield twice seemed to have Foreman on the verge of toppling. Conversely Foreman several times rocked the Champion with Short powerful punches inside. Foreman trying to regain the championship he Tost to Muhammad Aji 161/2 years ago was Jelly legged from the Midway Point of the fight to the finish but was still throwing dangerous punches id the final round. Judge Tom Kaczmarek scored it the closest 115-112. Eugene Grant had it 116-111 and Jerry Roth scored the fight 117-110. The times card had Foreman winning three of the first four rounds but losing 117-110. Referee Rudy Battle took away a Point from Foreman in the 11th round after his third warning for a Low blow. Foreman was clearly the crowd favorite a attendance was about 16,000, with several thousand empty seats. He was cheered lustily when he entered the ring and when the crowd Rose to cheer at the finish the ovation seemed to be for the old challenger who partly proved his Point he might be fat and slow but he an still hit. He  hit Holyfield often enough or hard enough to become Champion again but he rocked him at least a couple of times in every round. Foreman made it suspenseful a Holyfield seemed always to be on the Edge of great danger against the ponderously slow plodding challenger. The great wide Hope did no to quite make it but he made sure an undefeated heavyweight Champion 26-0 wont forget the night he fought big George Foreman a i was very surprised at his stamina a Holyfield said. A who could have thought that at 42 he could have gone 12 rounds at that Pace with me he Cut the ring off on me made me punch when i did no to want to punch. I had trouble getting him off balance. A George hits hard but Michael Dokes hit me harder. A a in a say the toughest part about the fight was the relentless pressure he put on me. And i had trouble getting to him with body shots a he was smothering them when i got  said Foreman 24-1 on his comeback and 69-3 Overall a Holyfield got the Points but 1 made see Hope on Page 18 patriots Trade no. 1 pick to cowboys Irving Texas a the Dallas cowboys have the no. 1 Choice in sunday s nil draft but will select notre Dame wide receiver rocket Ismail Only if they can sign him by the Start of the draft majority owner Jerry Jones said. The cowboys acquired the top Choice on Friday from the new England patriots dealing one of their first round selections a second round pick and Quot other  a a we re very excited about the Prospect of holding the no. 1 Overall selection in the draft a Jones said. The cowboys also have the no. 12 and no. 14 picks in the first round and picks apiece in the third and fourth rounds. The cowboys have the first pick for the second time in three years. Dallas used the 1989 pick to take quarterback Troy Aikman. In simultaneous news conferences Friday afternoon the cowboys and patriots announced the Deal which would allow the cowboys to take Ismail. Although Ismail is considered the Cream of the draft Pool and says he is eager to play for Dallas that does no to mean the cowboys will Issue Ismail uniform no. 25 when they open the draft at noon sunday. Jones emphatically said the cowboys wont draft Ismail unless they can first agree on contract terms. On saturday Ismail s financial advisers gave the cowboys their demands a a package that would make the notre Dame Star the second highest paid Plaver in the nil. Louis Duvernay one of the agents for a team rocket Quot  disclose and specific contract demands. But he said Ismail Hasni to lowered his asking Price from the new England negotiations when rockets representatives sought a five year $15.5 million Deal. San Francisco quarterback Joe Montana is the highest paid nil player at almost $4 million per season. Inside sports a Rocky w Morrison stops soviet Boxer a Page 18 saturdays High school results Page 20, 21 mariners halt stewarts april Streak a Page 22 up Reader testifies for Clemens a Page 23