European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 25, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 25jets Beauregard shuts out flyers islander left Wing upending Toronto Dave Volek 25 earns a two minute respite in the penalty Box for s Guy Larose during thursdays game at Maple Leaf gardens. By the associated press Philadelphia a Stephane Beauregard made 24 saves for his first nil shutout and Phil Housley scored with 3 55 remaining to give the Winnipeg jets a 1-0 Victory Over Philadelphia on thursday night snapping the flyers nine game unbeaten Streak at Home. In other games thursday Maple Leafs 4, islanders 3 Uniondale . A Glenn Anderson scored two goals including the game Winner Early in the third period and goaltender Rick Wamsly won his first Start with 5, penguins 4 Pittsburgh a Donald Audette scored 3 15 into overtime to Complete buffaloes four goal rally As the penguins blew a three goal third period Lead for the second straight game and Buffalo ended a seven game Road wingless 3, Bruins 1 Boston a Denis Savard had a goal and an assist As the Montreal canadians broke a three game wingless Streak. Canucks 3, red wings 1 Detroit a Jyrki Lumme scored the tie breaking goal with 53 seconds left in regulation time As Vancouver set a team record with its fourth straight Road win. Kings 6, blues 5 St. Louis a Mike Donnelly scored twice in the third period and set up the game Winner by Corey Millen with 5 20 to go As los Angeles rallied from two three goal deficits to beat St. Louis ending a six game wingless Streak. Blackhawk 4, Nordques 2 Chicago a Quebec a Road wingless Streak this season reached 22 games As Jocelyn la Mioux and Frantisek Kucura scored 15 seconds apart Midway in the third period for Chicago. Rangers 3, oilers 1 Edmonton Alberta a Mark Messier made a triumphant return to Edmonton scoring the go ahead goal and adding an treating vets to Galaxy trips by Walt Morrissette staff writer Frankfurt Germany a the Frankfurt Galaxy is enjoying a big boost to its season ticket base from a Distant and unexpected source. And desert storm veterans in the Bremerhaven area Are getting a big boost to their morale. That a because the Bremerhaven morale welfare and recreation office has bought 100 season tickets for the 1992 games for the Community a desert storm veterans. And Bremerhaven a travel office Sato is providing a pair of luxury coaches for the 6v-hour trip to each game. A a Bremerhaven a Purchase of 100 season tickets just pushed us Over the 6,000 Mark in season ticket sales a said Galaxy spokesman William Wilson at a press conference in Frankfurt thursday. Jeff Leedy chief of Community recreation for greater Bremerhaven military Community said the ticket Purchase came out of an Effort to show appreciation to the soldiers for their efforts and to give the soldiers More of what they wanted for recreation. A when 2nd army div and other units returned from the desert we figured some of their interests might have changed a Leedy said Friday in a Telephone interview. A the 2nd and commander Brig. Gen. Paul e. Blackwell and the 543d area support group commander col. Frank Mcglynn said lets do a Survey to see what these Guys Are interested in and provide those things. A was a result of that Survey we be come up with recreation enhancement programs trips to Amsterdam Austria arc skiing in Garmisch and Austria. A and right up there with the top four items most wanted was tickets to the world league football games a Leedy said. A we also took the wives on shopping trips and to arc while the soldiers were gone and now that they re Back its time to take care of them. We be taken the troops to Munich and we be gone on several ski trips. A we called the Galaxy and we came up with the Best Deal on tickets. We re using it As a Reward Type program. We be divvied up the tickets among the units to use As incentives a Leedy said. Olaf gets More nil support by Barry Wilner Minneapolis a the world league of american football which nearly disappeared after one season is Back with More solid backing from the nil. The Olaf again will have 10 franchises a the Ohio glory replaces the Raleigh Durham sky Hawks a and each nil team will Supply funds and at least four players. Last year nil teams were not required to provide players and both the Chicago bears and Phoenix cardinals offered no Money. But the nil is committed to a worldwide marketing plan and the world league is a key component. The three european teams located in London Barcelona and Frankfurt were among the most successful in attendance and on the Field. After several months of discussion last year about continuing the league the nil said go with a new three year financial plan. A new three year contract with Abc to was negotiated a the networks ratings in the inaugural season were disappointing. Usa a Cable network also televised Olaf games. A the popularity of football is growing around the world a nil president Neil austrian said thursday. A the world league is one element of our International strategy. Happily we Are building on a Strong austrian noted that nil games Are broadcast in More than 30 nations and that at least 750 million people Are expected to see the super bowl on television. A internationally 1 believe the greatest years of growth Are going to be in the �?T90s and beyond a austrian said. A it appeals far beyond the Borders of the United states. A clearly we do not expect football to rival soccer in popularity. But it can play a role in the sports Community the seven North american teams a Birmingham new York new Jersey Montreal san Antonio Sacramento Orlando and Ohio a will have four nil teams assigned to them. They will draw their nil players a most of whom will be practice squad cars and third stringers a from those teams. For example the new York new Jersey knights have been assigned the jets giants oilers and Lions. Why in addition to the obvious local connection with the new York teams the knights Are tied to Houston and Detroit because they All play the run and shoot. A we Hope to get say 10 quarterbacks who arc no. 3s with their team or no. 2s for teams that done to carry three quarterbacks a said Jerry Vainisi the we aft a vice president of football management. One of those quarterbacks already signed is Denver a Shawn Moore. A a we a like to get 10 Shawn Moores a he said. The Olaf also will have one weekend of exhibition games on March 1415. Oddly those games will count As tiebreakers for the playoffs if necessary. The world bowl will be played at olympic stadium in Montreal on june 6. Bremerhaven a port town on the North sea is about 6v2 hours North of Frankfurt by bus. Its 8 hours to Munich and 9 hours Down to the arc Region. But Bremerhaven mar and Sato arc providing German luxury touring buses to make the Long trips As comfortable As possible. A fall our contracts Are for two Drivers on German charter buses. We be tried army buses and Drivers before. But the trips from up Here Are too Long and we be had some near misses As far As accidents Are concerned. So we done to take chances any More. We just go with the germans. A a we la Send two buses Down in the morning leave from both Karl Schurz and Clay Cavern. Well hopefully get there 2-3 hours before game time so the troops can participate in the pregame festivities. A then Well take in the game depart afterwards and get Back up Here Early the next morning. So it la be a 24-hour Deal for these Guys but they re so excited about it they re chomping at the bit. They can to wait to get the Bremerhaven Nersy first trek to Frankfurt a Wald station comes on sunday april 5, when the Galaxy opens is Home season against the Birmingham fire. Frankfurt then hosts Barcelona on saturday april 11 Orlando on saturday april 25 san Antonio on sunday May 17, and world league Champion London on saturday May 23. The playoffs Are May 30-31, and the world bowl is june 6 at Montreal. A the Galaxy flew in Center David Diaz Infante from his Home in san Jose Calif to join kicker Stephan Maslo in hosting the Galaxy a super bowl Power party sunday night in the Frankfurt Hochst balls Orthall. About 800 tickets have been sold in Advance to the party according to Galaxy ticket manager til Man Engel who is also anticipating a walk up Sale of about 1,000-1,500 at 20 German Marks each to the 5,000-seat Arena. Doors open at 8 30, Kickoff is at Midnight. Diaz Infante returns As the Galaxy a starting Center for his second Campaign. He has been the offensive line coach at his Alma mater san Jose state for the past two seasons. Maslo a resident of the Frankfurt suburb of Ober Ursel returns after splitting place kicking duties with Tom Whelihan last season. The premiere pay per View feed from Minneapolis will be shown on four 30-foot screens in the Arena. Galaxy general manager Oliver Luck will work with Dirk from erg on the play by play in German. American fans May want to take portable radios to listen to the English play by play on an while watching the big screen. The party will also feature the Galaxy cheerleaders Galaxy highlights on the big screens and the food and pop music that became a tradition before and after Galaxy Home games last season
