European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes saturday March 7, 1992end Road miseries by the associated press Hartford Conn. The Quebec Nordques ended their 38-game Road wingless Streak and nearly a year of frustration routing the Hartford whalers 10-4 thursday night behind. Mats Sundino a five goals. Sundin whose five goals broke a Quebec record held by Peter Stasny and Michel Goulet also had two assists. Valeri Kamensky playing in his eighth nil game since returning from a broken left leg had two goals and three assists and Owen Nolan had a goal and five assists and their line keyed the Nordi quest big five goal second period. The Nordques had gone 0-28-10 away from be Coli see since beating the whalers 2-1 last March 10, and 0-25-8 on the Road this sea were son. In other games thursday North stars 4, red wings 2 Detroit Todd Elik had two goals and two assists and Mike Modano added two goals As Minnesota beat Detroit. It was the first time this season that the red wings had lost two straight games at 2, Bruins 2 Boston a defens Eman Gord Murphy scored his first goal in nearly two months at 5 12 of the third period to lift Boston to a tie with Vancouver. Murphy a 50-foot shot went off Vancouver defens Eman Jyrki Lumme s stick and passed goalie Troy Gamble who was spelling Kirk Mclean in Only his 11th game of the 4 Blackhawk 4 Chicago recently signed olympian Scott Lachance scored at 12 34 of the third period capping a three goal rally and giving new York a tie with Chicago. The defens Eman from the United states team playing in Only his second nil game since the recent Winter olympics tied the score with a 20-footer from the Leafs 5, flames 5 Calgary Alberta Doug Gilmour scored a goal and assisted on two As Toronto tied Calgary. Calgary was leading 4-2 with under four minutes to play but the Maple Leafs outscore a the flames 3-1 with Gilmour a help to erase what looked like a sure two Points for the flames. Kicks beat clippers by the associated press new York a Patrick Ewing broke out of a scoring slump with 31 Points and the new York kicks held los Angeles to one Field goal in the first 11 minutes of the fourth Quarter to beat the clippers 101-91 thursday night. The Victory was the 12th straight by the kicks Over the clippers who last beat new York on feb 23, 1986, los Angeles led 83-79 on Ken normans jumper with 8 32 left but the clippers did no to score for the next 4 27, while the kicks had 11 straight Points to take the Lead for Good 90-83. The clippers made five of six free throws to close to 91-88 with 2 38 left. But Ewing who had a season Low four Points in his previous game and five straight outings without scoring 20, then hit two baskets in a 6-0 run that put the kicks ahead 97-68 with 1 06 left. In other games thursday bullets 119, Mavericks 109 Landover my. Lewis Ellison had 21 Points and 10 rebounds As Washington snapped a five game Home losing Streak and handed Dallas its 16th consecutive Road loss. Ledell Eackles scored 23 Points for the bullets and Michael Adams had 20. The bullets who Hadnot won at the capital Centre in More than a month Are the Only team in the Aba with a better record on the Road 11-19 than at Home 9-21.derek Harper led Dallas with 30 Points and Rolando Blackman added 21. The Mavericks have lost seven of nine. Overall and Are wingless on the Road since beating Houston on dec. 23.bulls 113, Timber wolves 100 Minneapolis a Michael Jordan scored 10 of his 33 Points during an 18-0 third Quarter run As Chicago rebounded from a rare Home loss. Playing almost As poorly As they did tuesday when they blew a 22-Point first Quarter Lead and lost 103-101 to Indiana the defending Aba Champion bulls trailed expansion Minnesota 67-61 with 7 51 left in the third period. But Chicago which has lost to Only two sub-.500 teams All season snapped out of its stupor behind Jordan. Jordan made a pair of three Point plays hit a 17-foot jumper and capped the 18-Point surge with a thunderous Dunk for a 79-67 Lead with 4vi minutes remaining in the third 114, heat 93 Houston a Otis Thorpe had 23 of his 25 Points in the first half and Vernon Maxwell hit seven of 10 from 3-Point Range for Houston. Hakeem Olajuwon had 13 of his 22 Points in the fourth period and Kenny Smith added 20 Points and nine assists. Maxwell finished with 25 Points. Reserves Brian Shaw and Kevin Edwards led Miami which has lost four straight. Shaw had 20 Points and Edwards added 17. Houston now is 6-2 since interim coach Rudy Tomjanovich took Over feb. 18.suns 118, supersonics 105 Phoenix a Kevin Johnson scored miamis Ron Seikaly takes the Ball to the Hole against a defending Hakeem of Uwon. Eight of his 24 Points during a 17-3 third Quarter run As Phoenix beat Seattle. The suns were out rebounded 38-21 in the first half but took control of the boards 19-7 in the third Quarter when their five minute burst brought them from four Points Down to an 81-71 Lead with 2 48 left. Tom Chambers scored 27 Points for Phoenix while Dan Majerle added 25. Ricky Pierce scored 23 Points for the sonics. Dana Barros added 19, while Shawn Kemp had 18 Points and 19 116, Cavaliers 108 Oakland Calif. A Sarunas Marciulionis matched his season High with 29 Points As Golden state beat Cleveland the warriors forced the Cavaliers into 18 turnovers that led to 30 Points for Golden state which has won its last five Home games against Cleveland. Cleveland had a season Low seven turnovers wednesday in a 109-108 win Over Sacramento. The Cavaliers were led by Larry Nance Quot Gherty a and 10 rebounds each. And Brad Daugherty who had 20 points23 Mcaa bids up for grabs this weekend by the associated press the first of 23 automatic bids for conference champions to the Mcaa women a basketball tournament will be determined this weekend with the nation s two toughest leagues playing. The Atlantic coast and Southeastern conferences which could dominate the 48-team Nch a Field feature several nationally ranked teams. The acc event at Rock Hill s.c., includes no. 1 Virginia 26-1no. 4 Maryland 23-4no. 18 Clemson 19-8 and no. 24 North Carolina 20-7. The tourney at Albany ga., includes no. 2 Tennessee 242no. 3 Mississippi 26-1no. 12 Vanderbilt 19 7 Acca women and no. 17 Alabama 22-5. Automatic bids also will be at stake in the big eight at Salina kan., the North Star at Dekalb iii., the metro Atlantic at Albany n.y., and the big East at Storrs Conn., where no. 7 Miami 26-1the league s newest member will be seeking to extend its 26-game winning Streak the longest in the nation. The rest of the entries will be determined next week in playoffs except in the big ten and Pacific-10, whose champions Are determined during the regular season. No. 8 Iowa 22-3 leads the big ten by a game White no. 6 Stanford 22-3 is on the verge of clinching to Pac-10 title. The Cardinal won the National title in 19 and lost to eventual Winner Tennessee in the Serifim last year. The top four teams in each Region will receive byes the Mcaa tournament which begin March 18, Ai Host second round games March 21-22. Regional set finals and finals will be held in the East at Charlottt Ville va., in the Mideast at West Lafayette ind., in t Midwest at Boulder colo., and the West at seat March 26 and 28. The Mcaa women a final four will be at los a Geles april 4-5
