European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes penguins 1st Patrick Crown inside sports Falcons draftee faces prison term a Page 22 Montreal Sweeney in Olaf slump a Page 25 pirates wins 6th straight behind Palacios a Page 26 Vicent upholds Clemens ouster a Page 27 by the associated press Pittsburgh the Pittsburgh penguins offence got them into the play offs their defense is keeping their postseason alive. With High scoring Paul Coffey and two other key defens men out with injuries the penguins got a 33-save Effort from goal tender Tom Barrasso and beat Washington 4-1 on thursday night to wrap up their first Ever Patrick division title. Coach Bob Johnson a philosophy for his injury weakened backline was simple a the defens men played defense. It worked. A you take Coffey out of the lineup and Guys Are playing defense a Johnson said. Pittsburgh got goals from Joe Mullen Ron Francis Jaromir jagr and Mark Rocchi the leading scorer in the playoffs with 21 Points to Advance to the Wales conference finals for the first time in the Stanley cup playoffs clubs 24-year history. The penguins who won two playoff series for the first time will have to wait to find out their opponent Irr the Wales conference finals. Boston moved within a game of eliminating Montreal and advancing to the next round with a 4-1 Victory Over the canadians. The Brums can wrap up the Adams division title with a win at the forum saturday night. The capitals May have lost the game Early in the second period when they tailed to convert with a 94-second two Man advantage. They did no to get any Breaks a cull Johansson hit the crossbar and Keum Hatcher hit the right Post with slap shots during the Power scored less than a minute after the second penalty expired for a 2-0 Lead. Dave Tippetts goal at 9 13 made it 2-1, besides Coffey whose fractured jaw is wired shut Peter Taglianetti foot and Ulf Samuelsson broken hand were absent from the penguins defense. Bruins 4, canadians 1 Boston the Bruins badly outplayed in a 6-2 loss in game 4 at Montreal returned the favor at Boston Garden As Cam Neely scored three goals including two in 11 seconds in the third period and Craig Janney had four assists. Neely and Montreal s Brian Skrudland scored 48 seconds apart in the final minute of the first period. The Brums dominated the second period holding Montreal without a shot for the first 14 55, and took the Lead on Vladimir Ruzicka a Power play goal with 58 seconds remaining. Neely scored on the Power play at 7 58 of the final period and again at 8 09. Chicago Utah humiliate foes in Blowout wins by the associated press Hie new York kicks appeared to Corner the Market on embarrassing losses. Until the Phoenix suns took the court a few minutes later. The Chicago bulls top seeded in the Eastern conference outscored the eighth seeded kicks 61-26 after falling a behind 10-4 in the first half then handed new York a 126-85 defeat Iri their playoff opener thursday night. The Utah jazz suns game Matching the fifth and fourth seeds in the West was supposed to be closer and it was a barely. But considering that the game was in Phoenix and the suns were 55-27 in the regular season Utah a 129-90 rout was a tar bigger Surprise. In both games it was the winners most lopsided playoff Victory Ever and the los crts worst postseason loss. The bulls and jazz both had enough Points after three quarters to win the game. All first round series Are Best of 129, suns 90 Phoenix a a it a a sad commentary a Phoenix coach Cotton Fitzsimmons said a but let me make it very Clear or its just one game someone still needs to win three to win the series. In a very confident our club will Bounce Back. I have no Copla nation on Why we looked so Quot we did no to expect this a Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. Quot we just caught the suns on a night when things weren t going Well for them. But this is just one game so Many times you have a game like this and its the kiss of death for the team that wins because the other team comes Back pumped sky \ Karl Malone scored 12 of his 27 Points in Utah a 44-Point third period sealing the jazz a sixth Victory in 45 games at Phoenix. Jeff Malone scored 2.1 Points and John Stockton had 18 Points and 15 assists for Utah which built a 33-Point third Quarter Lead by outscoring the suns 44-26 in the period. Rookie Neicle Knight paced Phoenix with 18 Points. Kevin Johnson had 14, but Only three in the second half. A we were just Flat Quot said Jeff Hornacek who missed All eight of his Field goal at Aba playoffs tempts and scored three Points in 31 my utes. A it was just one of those nights. Things started out bad and continued that three playoff series were to open Friday night. Indiana was at Boston Atlanta at Detroit and Seattle at Portland. In other playoff openers thursday bulls 126, kicks 65 Chicago a the bulls got 28 Points from Michael Jordan and 25 from Scottie Pippen while Patrick Ewing scored six. Mints his first game in 228 outings with ass than double figures a we wanted to keep Patrick away from the Basket Force him out and deny him the Ball a bulls Center Bill Cartwright said. A the stats show he took Only seven shots lies la shoot More a i am frustrated by the whole situation a Ewing said. A the whole thing getting blown out and the fact i did no to get the Ball. This is a new season. We have two More games to play. We be got to come out with More a the kicks who came into the playoffs with a 39-43 Mark the Only one of 16 Aba playoff teams with a losing record turned the Ball Over 27 times. Kiki Vandeweghe led the kicks with 19 Points 11 in the third 94, rockets 92 Inglewood Calif. A Byron Scott hit a disputed jumper with 3 a i seconds remaining for los Angeles against Houston. Scott s jumper which gave the lakers a 93-90. Lead first was waved off by referee Jack Madden who thought Scott did no to get the shot off until after the 24-second clock ran out. But after conferring with the other officials Madden changed his Call and the Basket counted. The rockets lost the Ball on the ensuing in Bounds play then fouled Perkins who made one of two free throws for a 4-Point Lead. Sleepy Floyd then hit a jumper for Houston As time i got the Ball with two seconds left on the shot clock and i know i can dribble once and shoot in two seconds Quot Scott said Quot we All knew i got it Oil in in a face to face confrontation bulls Bill Cartwright drives at a Nicks Patrick Ewing. Quot after reviewing the tape we got took a Clouston coach Don Chaney said of the controversial Basket. A the shot was definitely no Good. The Call was ridiculous. The Ball was still in his in explaining his Call Madden said a when the shot was released Niy initial reaction was that the shot was not away in time. 1 immediately ruled no Basket. With the reaction of the players and the like 1 consulted w Ith my fellow officials at which time they assured me that the shot was Good. A Quot therefore i reversed the Call.�?�. The lakers lost one of their key reserves when Terry Teagle. Was thrown out of the game 4vi minutes into the second Quarter for punching the rockets Dave Jamerson. Teagle fouled Jamerson under the lakers Basket then Jamerson appeared to push Teagle As they both walked away and Tea Gle punched Jamerson in the Side of the face. A. A. Teagle who had to be restrained faces an automatic Fine for punching and also the possibility of a suspension. Hakeem Olajuwon scored 22 Points for the rockets. Scott led the lakers with 20, see Aba on Page 22
