European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse North stars Mark Tinardi is crunched by penguins Ulf Samuelsson left and goalie Tom Barrasso in third period of wednesdays game. N. Stars win extend Miracle on ice show Pittsburgh a eleven years after lie was a Golden boy for the 1980 . Olympic team Neal Broten is starring in a Miracle on ice the Broten scored twice wednesday including the go ahead goal with 2 59 left in the second period As the Minnesota North stars took the first game of the Stanley cup finals with a 5-4 Victory Over the Pittsburgh penguins. Actually Broten feels the sequel has been somewhat different than the original Miracle. A that run was Only Seyen games. This run has been a month and a half a think it s a Little bit the same. We were very much Teani beating teams better than us but this is a totally different Story for Minnesota has won game i in each of its four series All on the Road while the inside sports Barkley mum after playoff loss a Page 22 Musburger likes chances for Olaf Page 25 botox win longest 9-inning night game a Page 26 Strawberry injures shoulder a Page 26 Neal Broten Broten said. A a incl playoffs on an to Minnesota at Pittsburgh 1 30 . Saturday. Penguins have dropped game 1 four times. Since neither team has lost a series obviously one trend will change. Game 2 in the Best of seven series is Friday night at the civic Arena. The penguins Hurt themselves by going 1 for 8 on the Power play including 0 for 5 in the first period and 0 for 2 with a two Man advantage Broten also a member of the North stars Only other Stanley cup finalists in 1981, led the club with 56 regular season assists and has eight goals and 12 assists in the playoffs. On wednesday Broten snapped a 3-3 tic through perseverance. Tom Barrasso stopped Mike Modano a shot and Broten took two swipes at the rebound before finally sliding the puck past the fallen goal tender. Bobby Smith added necessary insurance 1 39 into the third period. Pittsburgh a Joe Mullen closed out the scoring the stars and stripes ports May 17,1991 Page 28 with 9 25 to play after a Giveaway by Minnesota goaltender Jon Casey. The teams got goals from both expected and unexpected sources in splitting the first six scores. Pittsburgh defens Eman Ulf Samuelsson known More for his hard hits in the Corner than for his hard shot from the Point scored 3 45 into the game. Ron Francis beat Marc Bureau on a Falcoff and then screened Casey As Samuelsson a shot caught the far Corner. Broten was credited with a goal 6 32 into the contest when his backhanded pass went in off penguins defens Eman Gordie Roberts. Ulf Dahlen put Minnesota ahead 3 17 later with his first playoff goal on a rebound of Smiths shot. The clubs exchanged Short handed goals Early in the second period. Mario Lemieux got his 12th goal of the playoffs when he blocked Shawn Chambers shot from the Point took Francis pass and burned Casey on a breakaway. Bureau responded by taking Gavin a pass and beating Barrasso with a 25-foot slap shot from Between the circles. Pistons hold off celtics by Howard Ulman the associated press Boston a Detroit pistons coach Chuck Daly expected a disaster and it nearly happened. The pistons squandered All of an 18-Point Lead and the Boston celtics had a loud capacity crowd behind them As the game was tied with less than a minute to play. But Bill Laimbeer a deadly outside shooting saved the pistons who held Onsba playoffs on radio Boston at Detroit 2 . Saturday. For a 116-111 Victory wednesday night that put them a win away from the Eastern conference finals. A when the celtics tied the game 102102, i was very nervous a Daly said. A was you All know i spend my life in fright. Every time Down the floor 1 expect a and Boston Rookie Point guard Dee Brown Felt just the opposite. A i knew we were going to win a he said. But Laimbeer got hot and the pistons took a 3-2 Lead in the Best of seven conference semifinal. They can Clinch their third straight conference final appearance against the Chicago bulls with a win at Home Friday night. If a seventh game is needed it would be sunday in Boston where the pistons Are 2-1 in the series. A if they gave us another five minutes we probably would have pulled it out a Brown said. A Laimbeer hit some big he buried his last three shots and broke the final tie with a 20-footer with 39 seconds left putting the pistons ahead 108-106. A making shots like that is my Job a said Laimbeer who hit eight of 14 shots after shooting at a 34 percent clip in the first four games. �?o1 Haven to taken bad shots i just Haven to been making Detroit trying to become the third team to win three straight titles led 75-57 see Aba on Page 22 Handley takes Over giant reins East Rutherford . A the personality of the coach of the new York giants May have changed 180 degrees when Ray Handley replaced Bill Par cells wednesday but Little else did. Handley 46, is a Strong advocate of hard nose defense and a grind it out style of football two things hat have Typ fied the giants under Parcells and two things not Likely to change soon. A it s a Good situation and in a excited about the Opportunity a Handley said after being named the 13th head coach in the franchises history and being Given his first head coaching Job above the High school level. The appointment a no contract terms were disclosed a was announced just minutes after Parcells formally resigned saying it was time to leave after eight seasons two super bowl victories and an 8552-1 Mark that made him the second win ingest coach in team history. Into that vacuum comes Handley the Man Parcells always referred to As his a a computer on the sidelines. A there is pressure a Handley said. A there is pressure because the level of expectation has changed since Bill took the Job and that puts added pressure on the next person. But i feel Good about the people around Handley almost Wasny to around to get the Job. He had Long entertained Hopes of going to Law school and seriously considered entering George Washington Law school after last season. But Parcells convinced Handley that coaching was his real calling
