European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes ports May 12,1991 b Page 24 on inside sports Toney takes if title from Nurin a Page 18 saturday s High school results a Page 20,21 yanks snap losing Streak against a so Page 22 Senna speeds to Monaco up pole a Page 23 by Mike Nadel the associated press. Edmonton Alberta a the minho Sota North stars incredible playoff Jour nay is three fourths Complete. The Edmonton oilers glorious ride As one of sports great dynasties is apparently Over. A your players Are ecstatic a North stars coach Bob Gainey said after Friday nights 3-2 Victory gave Minnesota a five game Triumph and a ticket to the Stanley gup finals for just the second time in the franchises 24-year history. A we got there because we earned our Way Bobby Smith snapped a tic with 15 01 to play just 41 seconds after Edmonton a Mark Messier tied the Quot Between the second and third period i asked Bob if he could give us a pod period in the third. He said lie would. And that s what he did a Gainey said a i Wasny to about the answer. Never ask a ques a lion unless you re sure of the Edmonton a first failure in seven trips to the semifinals guarantees the first Stanley cup playoffs championship series Between two us. Based teams since 1981 when Minnesota lost to the new York islanders. Pittsburgh leads Boston 3-2 and was to Host game 6 saturday night in the other semifinal series. The finals begin either wednesday or Friday. In the nine finals since Minnesota a appearance Edmonton went six times winning the Stanley cup in 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990. But through attrition trades and defections the oilers have lost superstars like Wayne Gretzky Jari Kerri Paul Coffey and Andy Moog the nucleus that remains from their glory years has dwindled and aged. 1 Edmonton finished at .500 during the regular season and its playoff victories Over Calgary and los Angeles were considered surprises. If Edmonton a postseason Success was somewhat surprising Minnesota a has been downright stunning. The no la a Leith Best regular season team has polished off the top two clubs Chicago and St. Louis As Well As the defending champions a and needed Only 17 games to do so. The North stars who finished 38 Points behind Norris division leading Chicago with a 27-39-14 record will be the first losing regular season team to play for the title since Vancouver in 1982 v it was fitting that. Smith scored the Winner because he was the Star of the North stars 1981 team. He is in his first season Back after Minnesota traded him to Montreal in 1983. Chris Dahlquist stole the puck from Petr Klima Ana passed to Stewart Gavin who led a Rush into the Edmonton zone. Gavin fed Smith who got behind oilers defensive specialist Esa Tikkanen before beating goalie Grant Fuhr. Messier had capped Edmonton a rally from a 2-0 deficit with a goal that brought an otherwise quiet crowd at North lands coliseum to its feet. Tikkanen had started the oilers comeback with a goal Midway through the second period. Over lakers hold off warriors for 1-game Lead Aba playoffs from wire reports Philadelphia the philadelphia76crs were looking for a lift in their series a hopefully Friday nights win will with the Chicago bulls and Charles bar 1 erase any doubt in anyone a mind that we Kley knew just where to find it. A can beat this team a Hawkins said with. 14.9 seconds to play and Phila a a we be proven it now. All we have to do was designed for him to get the Ball up Delphia trailing by two Points Barkley is come out with the same Confidence on top and drive the right Side. He told me told Horsey Hawkins to look for a pass sunday and if we fall behind we can to Michael Jordan would help that Philadelphia would have to keep its come Back. We re still confident about emotions in Check read the late game winning the Hawkins who 115. Warriors 112 / led the 76ers with 29 Points. A the when the mixer so Forward drove to the Basket. Hawkins was ready. He drilled a three Pointer with 10.3 seconds to play and Philadelphia went on to a 99-97 Victory Over the Chicago bulls. R the Victory revived Philadelphia a Hopes in the Chest of Sevon Eastern conference semifinals. The series which the bulls Ead 2-l resumes sunday at the spectrum. A a a a panic. We fell behind Friday night and we did no to panic. We came Back.�?�. In the Western conference semifinals Friday night the los Angeles lakers held off the Golden state warriors 115112 in Oakland. The lakers Lead the bust of so Van series 2-1. The mixers trailed most of the game and desperately needed a Victory to have 2 play All up right Side. He to Jordan would help Desensi by and leave me. 1 a Michael helped he threw the Ball to me and i knocked the shot Jordan who was bothered by tendinitis in his left knee scored 46�?TPoints but missed three free throws in the last two Oakland Calif. A James worthy dominated both ends of the floor containing Chris Mullin and scoring 36 Points in his Best offensive game of the playoffs As the lakers cooled off Golden state a in most cases defensive adrenaline always carries Over to the offensive end a worthy said. Quot i just stayed focused defensively and it carried with worthy guarding him Mullin minutes that helped allow the 76qrs to who scored 41 Points on 15-for-21 shoot stay in the game. A my knee started bothering me in the i Itan a a a a a _ j 1 i a Tny Chance of pulling out the series. Second Quarter a he said. Barkley who said coming into the game a sure it was Tough Wolosc but Well my in game 2, scored missed 10 of 14 shots. 13 Points and a a he a a Guy who Only needs u couple of see Aba on Page 18 Foyt makes 34 Quot it in a Row Indianapolis apr . Foyt added Kano they chapter to his Book of accomplishments saturday coming Back from serious injuries and lengthy rehabilitation to qualify for a record 34th straight Indianapolis 500. Foyt 56, was the first Driver to attempt a qualifying run for the May 26 race. He placed his Chevrolet powered Lola safely into the 33-car starting Field with an average Speed of 222,443 Mph for his 10-mile run. It was his quickest qualifying time Ever at the Indianapolis motor Speedway. Foyto a qualifying Speed for. His first indy 500 in 1958 /1c Iai i his previous fastest was last year at indy qualifying Speedway safety personnel Retreat As Mark Dismore a wrecked car slides upside Down into pit area Friday. Was 143.130. 220.425. The texan Drew the third position in Friday nights Blind draw for the qualifying order but the two cars in front of him did not present themselves for an attempt. Emerson Fittipaldi the 1989 indy Winner recorded the fastest Lap of 226.705 Friday. Among the Drivers expected to contest the pole in elude Fittipaldi a teammate and five time pole Winner Rick Mears who wrecked his primary car to practice Friday but was cleared to drive after having a rays of his right foot at methodist Hospital. Mears came Back to the track jumped into his backup car and ran a 226.557, just shy of the 226.569 he ran earlier m the week in the primary car. _ indy car Rookie Mark Dismore was seriously injured in a fiery crash during practice
