European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Penguins win Stanley cup Bloomington Minn. Apr it Mario Lemi Cux a skills almost immediately established him As a hockey immortal. Now he and the rest of the Pittsburgh penguins have the hardware that immortalized them All. Lemieux a shorthanded breakaway goal opened up a 10 game and Tom Barrasso made 39 saves saturday night As Pittsburgh won the Stanley gup for the first time in its history with an 8-0 rout that ended the Minnesota North stars outstanding postseason run. After falling behind 2-1 in the Best of seven series Pittsburgh won three straight games to become the first team since the 1983 new York islanders to win the gup. They did it with the largest margin of Victory in a final round game since the nil took control of the Stanley cup after the 1924-25 season Lemieux has won scoring titles awards accolades. The one thing he Hadnot Cap and All Star tured in his sensational seven year nil career was the Stanley cup. Some called Lemieux a the greater one a but Wayne Gretzky was winning four Stanley cups while Lemieux was playing for one of the leagues historically horrendous organizations. Not anymore. Quot it Means everything a to be part of a championship team a Lemieux said a especially after last year when i played most of the year with Back pain. Its got to be the ultimate Lemieux missed most of the last six weeks of last sea son when his Back finally gave out he returned for the penguins final game an overtime loss that knocked them out of the playoffs. In these playoffs though he carried the penguins on his aching Back. His goal and three assists saturday gave him a playoff High 44 Points and he earned the Conn smythe award As the postseason map. A fall i wanted to do was keep improving and get the team better a he said. Quot i did no to worry about what peo pie thought about my career. There a Guys that play 10 or 15 years in this league and done to even get a Chance to play in the finals. Winning it is the penguins who before this season had never played in May and had made the playoffs Only once in the previous seven years won their first Patrick division regular season title and then beat new Jersey Washington and Boston in the postseason. Pittsburgh had 88 Points during the season becoming Only the second Champion with fewer than 90 since the nil expanded from six to 12 teams in 1967. Montreal had 87 in 1986 and was the last previous Wales conference team to win it All. A Minnesota was trying to become Only the third team and first in 42 years to follow a below-j00 regular season with a major professional championship. A the North stars who had the leagues 16th-Best record knocked off no. 1 Chicago no. 2 St Louis and defending Champion Edmonton before falling to the penguins. Quot you hate to admit they have a better team but they see cup on Page 22 Mears claims 4th indy Indianapolis up Rick Mears became the third Driver to win the Indianapolis 500 four times starting from the pole sunday and beating Michael Andretti by 3.1 matches . Foyt and Ai Unser As the Only four time champs. Mears is the Only Driver to win from the pole position three times 1979, 88, �?T91. He also won from the third starting spot in 1984. A the 39-Ycar-old l. From Bakersfield calif., averaged 176.460 Mph. He took the Lead on a yellow Light at the 180-Lap Mark Sullivan sustained a. Blown the crowd of More than 400,000 at Indianapolis motor Speedway saw what May have been the last indy for racing great , Foyt a 34-year starter at the Speedway. He dropped out on the 24th> Lap when debris from a wreck involving Kevi Cogan and j Roberto Guerrero damaged his cards front left Wing and tire. Cogan was taken to methodist Hospital with a sore fight Arm. J Guerrero bruised his right shoulder Willy t. Ribbs the first Black Driver at indy completed just six laps and finished 32nd after the engine in his 1990 Lola Buick misfired he had battled engine problems All month before qualifying in the final hour of time trials Mears becomes the second Driver to win in three decades Bobby Unser in �?T68, �?T75 and �?T81 and drove the second fastest indy Ever at 176,460 Mph. Michael Andretti picked up his Best finish in eight indys.,defending Champion Arie Luyendyk took third followed by Al Unser jr., John Andretti and Gordon Johncock. ,. ? inside sports i. Stanford eliminates Miami i it a Page 22 51,653 see Galaxy lose at Home a Page 25 rangers Streak hits 12 a f a Page 26 Slaney gets Back on track a Page 27 the stars and stripes ports May 27,1991 b page28 Rick Mears right Heads the pack into first turn of the first Lap in the indy 500, Earnhardt wins 300 race track with his other coming in 1983, the Victory was his 16th in the Busch series a and third at Charlotte. A. A Jimmy Hensley drove his Oldsmobile to fourth place and fifth went to Jack Sprague in an Oldsmobile. Concord . Up Dale Earnhardt edged Dick trickle and Harry Gant on saturday to win the Champion spark plug 300 Lascar Busch series race at Charlotte motor Speedway Earnhardt driving a Chevrolet took the Lead for Good on the 52nd of 200 laps to finish two car lengths ahead of trickle also in a Chevrolet. Gantus Buick took third on trickles bumper Quot it was a Tough one but it was a Good race a Earnhardt said. A its Home and its special to win the Victory was Earnhardt a second in the May Busch series race at the l5-mile Earnhardt from Kannapolis ., located 20 Miles from Charlotte averaged 133,235 Mph in the race. There were four Lead changes among four Drivers. Earnhardt started the race in 21st, but within six laps had moved into 11th. On the 13th Lap he passed Morgan Shepherd for seventh and 10 laps later he moved into fifth. Bulls jump to 3-0 Lead Over pistons Auburn Hills Mich. A the Chicago bulls Are going to the Aba Fth nals for the first time unless the Detroit pistons can pull off the biggest come act in league Jordan scored 24 of his 33 Points in the second half As the bulls took a 3-0 Tead in the Eastern conference finals saturday with a 113-107 Victory Over the two time defending Champion pistons. No team has Ever rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win an Aba playoff series game 4 of the Best-of-7 series is monday at the Palace but two of the remaining four games Are scheduled for Chicago stadium. A the bulls blew a 16-Point Lead in the first half. But they did no to fold showing the experience gained in their recent losing efforts in the playoffs Scottie Pippen scored eight of his 26 Points during a 14-6 spurt to Start the second half As the bulls extended an eight Point halftime Lead to 65-49. A Detroit averaging five free throws per Quarter in the series fought Back by taking the Ball to the Basket making 14 of 17 foul shots in the third period and closing the Gap to 78-73 with 45 seconds remaining. After Chicago rebuilt the margin to 9483 with 6 53 to go the pistons once again showed the. Resiliency they displayed in their two championship seasons. Four times the pistons got within five Points in the final 4 14, but Jordan responded twice with Bank shots . Armstrong a 3-Pointer and Pippen a jumper to foil the rally. Jordan also stopped a 2-pn-1 pistons fast break with Chicago Lead my 103-98 with 1 40 left. Isiah Thomas scored 29 Points Vinnie Johnson 25 and Mark Aguirre 17 for Detroit. Horace Grant had 17 Points for the bulls who allowed More than 100 Points for the first time while winning 10 of 11 playoff games. A
