European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wins win Stanley cup Bdl Nylin it on Minn. Apr Mario Lemieux a Szik Ambos immediately established him As a hockey mum. Nov it and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguin to save tin hardware that immortalized them All. 1�?erniea shorthanded breakaway goal opened up a l i Gams and Tom a amp Arras so made 39 saves saturday mtg. A Pittsburgh won the Stanley cup for the first Ime n it a Story with an -8-0 rout that ended the min North stars outstanding postseason run. Fitter Fia Liing behind 2-3 in the Best of seven series Wor three straight games to become the first team Smice the 1983 new York islanders to sin tie  did it with the largest margin of Vic ony in  round game since the nil took control a of neb Tansy cup after the 1924-25 season. Ilei mens Itas won scoring titles league map awards sax Al eat St Colades. The one thing he Hadnot Cap Ziert a in sensational seven year nil career was the same it cud. Some sailed Lemieux a the greater crat Dili Wayne Gretzky was winning four Stanley cups while Lemieux was playing for one of the leagues historically horrendous organizations. Not anymore. A 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 dream.�?�. Lemieux missed most of the last six weeks of last season 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. A i did no to worry about what people 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. Minnesota was trying to become Only the third team and first in 42 years to follow a below-,500 regular season with a major professional championship. 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. A you hate to admit they have a better team but they see cup on Page 22 claims Indianapolis Fuji a Rick �?~lair4ar i Ecio min the third Driver to win the Rokulis Urr ii 50b four times starting from a or. Attaie  beating Michael an Oer to i a 3. Use Colaas. Aier. Siatros a. Hoyt and a1 Unser i. In �j2i> Ioui lie champs. Mears is tis or River to we from the pole Posi a la in Tate times 1979, 88, �?T91. He also aet a Murr the third starting spot in 1984. Far. From Bakersfield go suit. Averaged x76460 Mph. He took or. Acis. Of amp yellow Light at the 180-Lap a Csc Asher  Sullivan sustained a .a�?T.o>vjir3 Guie to in Rowil of More than 400,000 at in when xvii. Motor Speedway saw what Rev or Piave been tiie last indy for racing jest a Eoy. I 34-year starter at the sue away. He dropped out on the 24 third wider Xie Eris from a wreck involving Tana Dogar. And Roberto Guerrero mr-Mugo-1 i car s front left Wing and tire. Loge w3�?T Tater. To i methodist Hospi i we a. Tere right Arm. Guerrero  Sii Ouide. Var 7 Rit la. The first Black Driver at a j. I imm Ctol just so laps and finished la. A it a til. Eng i in is 190 Lola ii it. Multer. Fir had battled engine a  in us Val a Itic Riak it. Quot meat i come like second Driver to v i r Tare dec Audi bobs Munser in a. T Aiu 31 and Urove the second a Sinei ii rvs a i7o.460 Mph. Altmai. Tii Terete. Nicked up his Best a a ice i Tuv. Defending  a. I . Toot turd followed by a Lute a Eon Ai Iuretig and Gordon a i Muiloc. Issac amp Bitti eliminates is Sam a Page 3 ,5a-. A amp in in stay Basoa Norm Stream am so crib cart a Rick Mears right Heads the pack into first turn of the first Lap in the indy 500. Earnhardt wins 300 race 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 trickle s bumper. A it was a Tough one but it was a Good race a a Earnhardt said. Quot it s Home and its special to win  1 be Mctory was Barnhar v my Busch series race it is second in the 1.5-mile track with his other coming in 1983. The Victory was his 16th in the Busch series and third at Charlotte. Jimmy Hensley drove his Oldsmobile to fourth place and fifth went to Jack Sprague in an Oldsmobile. 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. The stars and stripes ports May 27,1991 b Page 28 bulls Lump to 3-0 Lead Over pistons Auburn Hills Mich. A the Chicago bulls Are going to the Aba finals for the first time unless the Detroit pistons can pull off the biggest comeback in league history. Michael Jordan scored 24 of his 33 Points in the second half As the bulls took a 3-0 Lead 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. 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. 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-on-1 pistons fast break with Chicago leading 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