European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes february 13,1992 Page 24 pirates Knock off Syracuse East Rutherford no. A John Leahy could t suppress the smile As he answered the question he knew would be asked. A Streak what Streak Quot the Seton Hall Redshirt freshman said tuesday night after the 25th-ranked pirates beat no. 10 Syracuse 86-76, their first Victory Over the orangemen in 23 games. A the Only Streak i know about is Seton Halls three game winning Streak in the big East and College basketball our one game winning Streak Over  the last time a Seton Hall Plaver was Able to make a statement like that was feb. 21, 1981. That was the pirates Lone win in 26 games against Syracuse since the big East conference started in 197980. The Streak was tied for the longest in Intra conference play with Indiana a Over Wisconsin in the big ten. Leahy who was 8 years old when Seton Hall last beat Syracuse 16-4,8-4had the game s big play a four Point play with 4 57 left that gave the pirates 14-6,6-5 a 70-61 Lead. He finished with 13 Points and was 4-for-5 from 3-Point Range. Jerry Walker had 17 Points and 10 rebounds and Terry Deere had 13 Points for Seton Hall. Dave Johnson led Syracuse with 22 Points while Adrian Autry had 16. In tuesdays other top-25 game Georgia 64, no. 20 leu 62 Baton Rouge la. Georgia withstood a rally by 20th-ranked Louisiana state and came away with a Victory behind 21 Points by Kendall Rhine. Leu is 14-6 and 7-2 in the Southeastern conference. Georgia fell to 11-9 and 4-6. Shaquille of Neal Lsuis All american Center fouled out with 6 11 to go with 19 Points nine rebounds Ait seven blocked shots. . S Greg Brown watches As Germany a Thomas Brandi Falls Over . Goaltender Ray Leblanc on a scoring attempt on tuesday. Leblanc s 46 saves boost . Over Germany 2-0 inside sports tuesdays olympic results a Page 20 Ben Abrams prep pack Lnu so Page 21 Robinson Sharp in spurs win a Page 22 whalers snap Wonless Streak a Page 22 by Mike Nadel Meribel France a Ray Leblanc did something that even the Flag draped Jim Craig  manage. Leblanc made 46 saves tuesday posting the first . Shutout since 1964, As the United states beat Germany 2-0, and got off to its Best Start since the unbeaten Gold medal team of 1960. Finland breezed to its second straight easy win scoring four goals in the first period and routing Poland 9-1. Top seeded Sweden which had victimized Poland 7-2, in its opener crushed Italy 7-3. All of tuesdays winners Are 2-0, while the losers Are 0-2. Not even Craig the Good medal goalie in 1980, had a game in Lake Placid in which he stopped every shot. And not even americans a Miracle on ice team won its first two games. A you always want to do like Jim Craig did in 1980 and be a hero Quot Leblanc said. A i just wanted to make the team. A lot of these people had never heard of  a we re Riding High we re Riding the tide right now defens Eman Moe Man tha said. A we be got a lot of Young Guys and we re Riding the  Mantha helped preserve Leblanc a shutout by sweeping away Gerd Runtsch Kay a first period shot after the olympic hockey goalie got trapped behind the net. �?o1 saved him that time but he saved us a lot of times a said Mantha who also assisted on Marty Mclnnis tie breaking goal in the second period. A you can task for More. What Ray did was  what Ray did was historic. Patrick Rupp in 1964, was the last american goalie to record a shutout also against Germany. Their a Are the Only two . Shutouts since world War ii. Leblanc a was also the first shutout of these Winter games. Not bad for a Guy who has been ignored by nil teams for six successive seasons. In october the 27-year-old Leblanc a whose entire nil career consists of one game on the Bench As a backup a was sent Down to the International hockey leagues Indianapolis ice by the Chicago Blackhawk. A never since i was Little i always wanted to play in the nil a Leblanc said. A maybe this will help me out a out of the �?o1,�?� As pro players Call the Ihl which is known As a hockey graveyard. And maybe even out of the Pepsi cola Plant in Indianapolis where he spends his of seasons filling commercial soft drink cylinders. A i mix the carbonation into the pop a Leblanc said. He provided the right mix tuesday stopping shots from everywhere in the olympic rink. Though he made 31 saves in the first two periods Many of Germany a shots came from Long Range. It was in the third period when he made 15 saves that Leblanc was at his Best. He stopped Raimond Hilger and Georg hot Mann from Point Blank Range and slammed the door on Dieter Hegens breakaway attempt. Finally with 8 04 to play Ted donator a Power play goal gave Leblanc and the United states some breathing room. A there s no question that rays performance was outstanding a said . Coach Dave Peterson who was critical of 1988 goalies Mike Richter and Chris Ter Reri. A it would be our Hope that he does no to have to make that Many saves in the  it was the second Strong game for Leblanc who made 20 saves a Many of them tougher than his typical save against Germany a As the americans opened the olympics with a 6-3 Victory Over Italy a a that a what a going to help us win a Mantha said. A you need a hot goaltender to win in the olympics and with Ray you lust shake your head and say a holy cow of can he make that save a in it russian pairs extend a dynasty a Page 23