European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 the stars and stripes sunday March 8, 19924th hat trick by Lafontaine saves sabres by United press International Buffalo . A the Buffalo sabres charged Back from a three goal second period deficit Friday night to upend the new Jersey devils 5-4. Pat Lafontaine scored three times to spark the comeback and Rookie Donald Audette capped it snapping a 4-4 tie with 52 seconds left in regulation. A i think the Bottom line is we found a Way to win a said Lafontaine who notched his fourth hat trick this season and 11th of his career. A the Good teams find ways to win and before we were probably playing Well enough to lose. Its a Fine  Buffalo snapped its three game wingless Streak. The devils who lost for the fifth time in seven games 1-51received a pair of goals from Zeno Ciger. New Jersey built a 4-1 Lead Early in the second period but the sabres took Over from there out shooting the devils 39-19 for the contest. Tom Draper replaced starting goalie Darren Puppa after new jerseys fourth goal and shut out the devils the rest of the Way. A even though we were Down 4-1, 1 thought we were playing a pretty solid game a Lafontaine said. A it was a matter of execution and putting away our  the sabres began their comeback when Jay Wells found the net for just the second time this season at 15 41 of the second period. Lafontaine got his second goal at 5 51 of the third then tied it at 8 07 with his 36th goal of the year while Buffalo enjoyed a two Man advantage. Audette tallied his 27th goal of the season on a feed from Dale Hawer Chuk and Tony Tanti for the game Winner. In other games Friday night capitals 3, jets 3 Landover my. A the capitals Michal Pivonka scored the tying goal with 3 04 left in regulation. The lie extended Washington skinless Streak to five games 0-3-2. Winnipeg goalie Stephane Beauregard made 28 saves after replacing Bob Essensa who suffered strained ligaments in his right knee in the first  5, blues 3 Edmonton Alberta a Joe Murphy scored two goals and set up another to Lead the oilers to their fifth win in their last six games. Murphy whose two goals gave him a career High 28 on the season set up Kelly Buchberger at 12 03 of the second period to snap a 3-3 tie. Bill Ranford made 29 saves including 15 in the scoreless final period. Garth Butcher scored twice for St. Louis which has dropped two of its last three  7, Sharks 3 Daly City Calif. A Rick Tocchet recorded his first hat trick in a penguins uniform and Kevin Stevens scored twice to Lead Pittsburgh to its third straight win. Mario Lemieux had a goal and three assists. San Jose has lost three in a Row and is 1-10-1 in its last 12. The Ball gets away from Houston a Casey Candaele so Kansas City a Keith Miller gets away with a stolen base  hit in the ear new York up a Minnesota twins third baseman Mike Pagliarulo sustained a perforated right eardrum after being hit by a pitch in batting practice. The teams medical staff will determine monday whether Pagliarulo will require minor surgery if the eardrum does no to heal on its own. Pagliarulo will be limited to conditioning skills Over the weekend. The twins agreed to terms on a 1-year contract with 1991 american league Rookie of the year Chuck Knoblauch. Atlanta braves second baseman Jeff Treadway will be sidelined for three months after undergoing surgery Friday to repair a joint in his right hand. Or Harold Kleinert a hand specialist from Louisville ky., performed the surgery. Treadway will Wear a cast for 6-to-8 weeks before starting rehabilitation. In exhibition games Seattle nipped san Francisco 4-3 in a split squad game Seattle outgunned Oakland 16-10 in a split squad game Cleveland tripped Milwaukee 4-1, los Angeles subdued san Diego 3-1 in a split squad game san Francisco clobbered the cubs 8-2, the Yankees belted Atlanta 11-6, Cincinnat downed los Angeles 6-4 in a split squad game Mon Treal trounced the Mots 7-1, Baltimore downed St Louis 3-1, Pittsburgh knocked off Texas 5-3, Phila Delphia tamed Toronto 6-4 and Kansas City ripped baseball exhibitions Houston 7-4. Mariners 16, athletics 10 at Phoenix Jay Buhner went 5-for-6 with four runs to propel Seattle. Harold Baines collected two hits including a Homer and had six rib for Oakland. Yankees 11, braves 6 at fort Lauderdale Fla Jesse Barfield homered and drove in three runs and Don Mattingly had two hits and scored twice for new York which pounded out 13 hits off five braves pitchers. Reds 6, dodgers 4 at Vero Beach Fla Barry Larkin and Paul of Neill each blasted Solo homers to Lead Cincinnati Over los Angeles. Loser Orel Hershiser was tagged for three runs and five hits in three innings. Expos 7, mets 1 at West Palm Beach Fla., Montreal tagged new York starter David Cone for four runs in two innings. Seven different players drove in runs for the expos. Bobby Bonilla was 0-for-l in his debut with the mets. Orioles 3, cardinals 1 at St. Petersburg Fla., 1991 Al map Cal Ripken drove in two runs in an orioles three run fifth , e. Tenn. Reach Southern semis by the associated press East Tennessee state was expected to reach the semifinals of the Southern conference tournament. Marshall Wasny to. Top seeded East Tennessee seeking a fourth straight league title routed the Citadel 89-55 on Friday while sixth seeded Marshall upset Furman 83-76 at Asheville . Rodney English scored 16 Points As East Tennessee 21-6 used its Speed and defense to overpower the Citadel 1018. The buccaneers raced to an 8-0 Lead and increased the margin to 38 Points Midway through the second half before resting their starters. Tyrone Phillips scored 25 Points As Marshall 7-21 stunned third seeded Furman a team to which it lost by 16college basketball Points five Days ago. But the thundering Herd which had faltered Down the stretch most of the season because of inexperience was nearly perfect in the final a i minutes on Friday. Marshall turned the by Dover 22 times but did no to give it away at All in the final 3 36 and made 10 of 14 free throws in the last 2 11. David Stamey led Furman 17-11 with a career High 27 Points. Marshall a semifinal opponent saturday was to be second seeded Tennes see Chattanooga which routed vm1 8449. Flip other Semi will match fast Tennessee against fourth seeded appalachian state which beat Western Carolina 86-69. In the opening round of the Ohio Valley tournament Eastern Kentucky beat Tennessee state 88-67, Tennessee tech downed Austin Peay 89-68 and More head state Defeated Middle Tennessee 81-80. North Texas Defeated Stephen f. Austin 91-71 and Texas Arlington beat Nich Olls state 77-62 in the first round of the Southland conference tourney while Georgia Southern Georgia state Mercer and Samford won their openers in the trans America. Georgia Southern beat Southeastern Louisiana 106-86, Georgia state eliminated Centenary 84-69, Mercer pounded Florida International 98-72, and Samford downed Stetson 58-54. Arkansas Little Rock Louisiana tech southwestern Louisiana and Western Kentucky advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt tournament. Arkansas Little Rock edged Arkansas state 46-45, Louisiana tech Defeated Jacksonville state 80-66, southwestern Louisiana beat new Orleans 73-69 and Western Kentucky beat South Alabama 95-94 in overtime. Howard beat South Carolina state 7673, and Florida a amp a Defeated Morgan state 74-69 to Advance to the final of the mid Eastern athletic tournament. Charleston Southern ousted Radford 88-83 and Campbell edged Liberty 53-51 in the semis of the big South. St. Peters beat Canisius 71-54 in the first round of the metro Atlantic tournament in Albany