European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Washington Winger Tim Bergland raises his fist alter his shot eludes Pittsburgh goalie Tom Varrasso for the capitals Only goal. Penguins win capitals to the Edge by United press International Washington in the no la a surprising playoffs it is difficult to say what s More astounding the Minnesota North stars storming the leagues two Best teams or the Pittsburgh penguins winning with defense. For the second straight game Pittsburgh received Stellar play from a Trio of untested defens Emen and More clutch goal ending from Tom Barrasso tuesday night forging a 3-1 Victory Over the Washington capitals. In the Adams divison finals Montreal received two goals apiece from Stephane Richer and Shayne Corson in game 4, enabling the canadians to Square their series with a 6-2 Victory Over the Boston Bruins. The penguins who dropped the opener in Pittsburgh before reeling off three consecutive victories Lead the Best of seven Patrick division finals 3-1 and can Clinch the series with a Victory in game 5 thursday night in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh also captured game 3 by a 3-1 score. A. Quot. A Quot a we played solid defense and. Were More patient a Center Mario Lemieux nil playoffs on an to Montreal at Boston 1 30 . Friday. Said. A the Way we played on defens everyone has to be proud of this the penguins have held the capitals to two goals in the last two games their Best defensive Effort since Early january when they limited Edmonton and Calgary to one goal each in Back to Back victories. Kevin Stevens who leads the team with seven playoff goals and added the game winning goal Midway through the third period again provided the offensive spark. Barrasso recorded 38 saves for his second Victory of the series and fourth of the playoffs. He returned of action in game 3 after suffering a shoulder injury in game 5 Otic pening round series against new Jersey. Stevens who has scored the winning goal in each of the victories against the. Capitals scored the deciding goal on a great individual Effort he carried the e uck into the Corner to the left of the net eat defender Rod Langway to the front of the crease and banged the puck in off the inside of the far right goal Post. The penguins played without All Star Paul Coffey u1 f Samuelsson and Peter Taglianetti for the second game in a Row but were graced with solid play from underused Bac liners Grant Jennings Jim pack and Randy Hillier. Adams division canadians 6, Bruins 2 Montreal a Corson added two assists for a four Point total in less than two minutes but was later ejected for High sticking. The series is tied 2-2. A i done to know if i would have gotten any More Points a said Corson a but 1 am sure Happy with the outcome.�?�. Bruins goalie Andy Moog who stopped the canadians in Bostons game 3, Victory could not deny Montreal a Power play unit which converted on two of three of its Man Power advantages. The canadians entered the game with a futility statistic against Boston of 1 for 70 on the Power play Over the past four playoff seasons. The stars and stripes ports april 25,1991 b 3 Page 24 by the stars and stripes the Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia eagles will play in London a sixth american bowl july 28 at Wembley stadium. Philadelphia a ticket to the american bowl Marks the first time an nil team will return to London. The eagles won the 1989 game 17-13 Over the Cleveland Browns. This time the eagles will Fly in with a new look. Randall Cunningham is still their quarterback but coach buddy Ryan has been replaced by Rich Kotite. The Bills will ride Cunningham into Britain a capital fresh off their 20-19 super bowl loss to the Mew York giants the american bowl announcement by commissioner Paul Tagliabue Caps the National football league plans for a a nil International week in which six of last years eight playoff teams meet in three nationally televised preseason games in Europe and Japan. Following the Bills eagles game at Wembley the san Francisco 49ers will take on the Chicago bears aug. 3 at olympic stadium in Berlin a the second straight year Berlin will Host an american bowl More than 55,000 saw the los Angeles rams beat Kansas City 19-3 last August. International week will wrap up aug. 4, when the los Angeles raiders play the Miami dolphins at the Tokyo dome in the third straight american bowl for Japan. Tagliabue wants to make International week an annual nil preseason event. A i think it is appropriate that we now open every season with a Salute to the past through the Hall of Fame weekend and a look to the future through our International week a Tagliabue said. Abc will televise the London and Berlin games at 7 . Get and esp will carry the Tokyo game at 4 . sport King demands bout for Tyson a Page 18 prep soccer races heating up a Page 21 Only commissioner can Stop Clemens a Page 22 Here come the Aba playoffs Page 23 mets spoil Fregosi s debut by the associated press Philadelphia a Ron Darling pitched six shutout innings and doubled for new Yorkus Only hit until the ninth tuesday night As the mets edged the Phillies 2-1, spoiling Jim Fregosi a debut As manager. Fregosi rediscovered what he already knew a its hard to win when your team does no to hit. A we hit some balls hard but just score a Fregosi a former met league Fregosi took Over after Nick Leyva was replaced after 13 games a the third fastest firing in major league history. Alas the Phillies Luck did no to change As they lost their eighth game in nine tries. Charlie Hayes doubled in their Only run off Rookie Doug Simons in the seventh. Jason Grimsley 0-3 and Joe Boever combined to limit the mets to the Sec Ond inning double by Darling a career .146 hitter. New York got a pair of two out singles in the ninth off Roger Mcdowell. A Grimsley pitched six innings but Hurt himself with six walks a hit batsman and a wild pitch. The mets scored single runs in the fifth and sixth both without Benefit of a hit to take a 2-0 Lead. A Grimsley had. A Little bit of control trouble a Fregosi said. A but he pitched see no on Page 18
