European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 19, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 21 rangers rally to tie Vancouver by the associated press new York a on a Day when the United states hockey team lost its Lead with 21 seconds left to Sweden at the olympics the Vancouver canucks waited even longer before blowing it at Madison Square Garden. Darren Turcotte scored with a half second remaining in regulation monday lifting the new York rangers to a 3-All tie with the canucks. A a it a a Tough one to Swallow when the puck is in the net and you look up at the score clock and there a less than one second left a Vancouver defens Eman Doug Lidster said. The rangers the top team in the nil pulled goalie John Vanbiesbrouc and the move paid off at the last second. Mike Gartner took a Low shot that goal tender Kirk Mclean stopped and Brian Leetch and Tim Kerr took turns at the rebound. They missed but Turcotte scored with one final swipe. A it was five or 10 seconds after i scored before i finally looked up at the clock a Turcotte said. A i knew there  be that much time left but i did no to know there was that Little. A once there a that Little time left in the game everybody just goes to the net a he said. A everybody was just trying to whack it  the rangers the Patrick division leaders Are 10-0-2 against Vancouver since feb. 21, 1988. Vanbiesbrouc had won 13 straight games against the canucks. Vancouver the smythe division leaders had lost five in a Row. A obviously we Felt we played Good enough to win the hockey game a canucks coach Pat Quinn said. A to get tied with a half second left a its pretty Tough to  Rookie Pavel Bure scored two goals for the canucks. He also missed on a penalty shot when Vanbiesbrouc poked away the puck before Bure could get off Basil Mcrae of the North stars winds up to throw a punch at Lyle Oddwin of the Canad Lens during a fight in Montreal on monday. A shot. In other games monday islanders 5, jets 4 Uniondale . Tom Fitzgerald converted a two on one break into the winning goal 2 05 into overtime and new York Defeated visiting Winnipeg. The islanders scored three times in the third period for a 4-3 Lead but Winnipeg tied it when Thomas Steen scored with 1 06 left. Fitzgerald got his sixth goal of the season when he backhanded the puck past Bob Essensa. Red wings 5, blues 3 Detroit a Paul Ysebaert scored his second goal of the game with 1 22 left breaking a 3-All tie in Detroit. Ysebaert intercepted Ron Wilson a Clearing pass and took a shot that deflected Home off Garth butchers skate. Ray Sheppard scored into an empty net with 45 seconds left. The red wings won their third in a Row. They have won five of six against St. Louis. Brett Hull scored his 57th goal for the blues. Kings 6, Bruins 3 Inglewood Calif. Wayne Gretzky and Luc Robitaille celebrating his 26th birthday each had two goals and two assists As los Angeles beat visiting Boston. Robitaille who has 12 goals in his last eight games scored his league leading 20th Power play goal. Gretzky and Rob Blake also connected As the Kings scored on the Power play for the ninth straight game. Gretzky added an empty net tally for his 24th goal of the season. Robitaille has 35 goals. Canad Lens 8, North stars 0 Montreal Brent Gilchrist scored three More goals and Shayno Corson and Mike Mcphee each got two As Montreal won at the forum. Minnesota out shot Montreal 25-23, but Patrick Roy stopped All of them for his fifth shutout of the season and 18th of his seven year career. Gilchrist who had never scored More than nine goals in a season in his four year career has 20. Corson coming Back from a one game suspension imposed by the canadians after a barroom Brawl has 13 goals this season and Mcphee has 14. Cone Sierra seek records new York apr new York mets Pitcher David Cone was looking for a record tuesday for highest salary in arbitration Texas outfielder Ruben Sierra tried to set an even higher record when he argued his Case tuesday afternoon. Cone seeking $4.5 million appeared monday before arbitrator Nicholas Zumas and the sides argued for approximately 5vi hours. Cone made $2.35 million in 1991, when he went 14-14 with a 3.29 Era. The mets who Are offering $3 million compared the right hander to Doug Drabek of Pittsburgh who agreed at $4.5 million a $1.15 million raise. Last year Drabek established the arbitration record at $3.35 million. Coned a agents Stephen Fehr and Richard Moss compared their client to Chuck Finley of California who will average $4,625,000 in a four year Deal and to Greg Maddux of the Chicago cubs who signed for $4.2 million. Sierra who hit .307 last season with 25 homers and 116 Bis is asking for $5 million and the rangers Are offering $3.8 million. He made $2.65 million in 1991. A the rangers have indicated they re not interested in negotiating on a one year contract a said Chuck Berry one of the outfielders agents. Berry had proposed a $27.5 million five year Deal but withdrew the proposal Friday. Rangers president baseball arbitration Tom Schieffer has refused to consider guaranteeing a Deal of that length although general manager Tom Grieve was said to be in favor of accepting the offer. A there does no to seem to be any Point in considering Long term discussions a Berry said. A your feeling is Why done to you either Trade us or Well play out the year and go free agent after the coming year. Well certainly listen to anything they have to say but whether or not Well respond remains to be  owners Lead 10-5 in cases decided by hearings. Six More players settled on one year deals monday. Reliever Duane Ward and Toronto settled at $2,425,000, triple his 1991 salary of $800,000, while Ellis Burks and Boston agreed to $2.3 million a raise of $475,000. The outfielder can earn $170,000 More in bonuses if he plays 145 games. Right hander Tim Belcher and Cincinnati agreed at $2.1 million More than double his $900,000 salary last year with the los Angeles dodgers. Two Seattle pitchers agreed to contracts that tripled their salaries. Left hander Randy Johnson settled at $1,392,500, a raise of $ 1.012,500, and right hander Erik Hanson agreed to $1,345,000, a raise of $945,000. Reliever Jeff Montgomery and Kansas City agreed to $2.41 million double his $1,085,000 salary of 1991. Krabbe raised earlier doubts Berlin apr sprint Star Katrin Krabbe turned in suspect drug tests even before she won two world championships in Tokyo last year German sports officials confirmed monday. But they denied covering up for one of their top athletes although one former anti doping official acknowledged that a mistakes were  East germans Krabbe grit Breuer and Silke Moeller were suspended for four years on saturday after second tests showed that their urine samples a though drug free a had come from the same person. Similar results were found in tests taken of Krabbe and Breuer Back in july 1991, shortly before Krabbe won the 100-meter and 200-meter championships in Tokyo. Breuer 20, won Silver in the 400 meters in Tokyo while Moeller 27, is a former 100 meters world Champion. _ Jan Kern general Secretary for the German track federation said the 1991 tests from Krabbe grit Breuer and track teammate Manuela Derr were negative and did not warrant disciplinary action. He said officials did no to take action until after follow up tests of Krabbe Breuer and Moeller were taken on Jan. 24 while they were training in South Africa. Theo Rous who was chief of the German sports federations anti doping commission until last autumn said his group informed track officials about the irregularities in the 1991 tests. A i done to think there was an attempt to sweep things under the Rug a he told the German sports information service. A but mistakes were