European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 c the stars and stripes i Nursaray i arc i Leblanc Blackhawk Triumph thursday March 12, 1992 by the associated press Chicago olympic goal ending hero Ray Leblanc enjoyed the Chicago stadium fans and his nil debut. But the opposing coach threw cold water on the americans evening and the Chicago Blackhawk 5-1 Victory Over the san Jose Sharks. A i thought i did really Well a a Little nervous though a said Leblanc the 27-year-old Massachusetts native who starred in the Winter games after eight seasons in the minors. A a it a Good to play before great fans in the Chicago stadium a said Leblanc who stopped 21 shots and got three standing ovations from the crowd of 17,871. But san Jose coach George Kingston criticized Leblanc a play. A a there a a Good reason he has not been in the nil. There Are a number of flaws in his game a Kingston said. A a in a Happy for him but i have to be honest. They played very Well in front on him a it was the kind of night that was Given Over to emotion rather than  the Only goal Leblanc allowed was a 15-foot wrist shot by Mike Sullivan at 1 36 of the final period. The puck went Over the goalies right shoulder As the Blackhawk were caught in a defensive change that left them shorthanded. Chicago came Back at 5 34 with a goal by Stephane Matteau to put the Blackhawk in front 4-1. Dirk Graham wrapped up the scoring at 17 41. The Blackhawk got off to a Quick Lead when Dan Vincelette scored at 1 52 of the opening period. Leblanc had 13 saves in the first 20 minutes. The Blackhawk 9-0-4 in their last 13 games at Home got two goals Early in the second period to go ahead 3-0. Chris Chelios scored at 3 31, and Brian Noonan came Back with another Chicago goal 1 07 later., Leblanc was recalled 24 hours earlier from Chicago s Ihl far club in Indianapolis because no. I goalie de Belfour wanted to be with his wife who gave birth tuesday. Leblanc was called up for one game on oct. 10 As a backup goalie but did no to play. I Leblanc had a 5-2-1 record As goalie for the . Olympic team including an electrifying performance against the Gold medal winning unified team in which he stopped 50 of 55 shots on goal. The purpose of recalling Leblanc was to make him eligible for this Summers expansion draft Blackhawk officials explained. In other games tuesday night islanders 5, flyers 2 Uniondale . A a1 Arbour be Capie Only the second coach in nil history to win 700 games As the new York islanders beat Philadelphia behind two Quick second period goals by Ray Ferraro and Hubie Mcdonough. I Arbour was named the games a first Star a normally reserved for players and received a standing ovation from the crowd of 9,329 at the Nassau coliseum. The other coach with More than 700 wins is also still Active a Scotty Bowman of the Pittsburgh penguins who has 770.penguins 5, flame 2 Pittsburgh a Rick Tocchet who has regained his scoring touch since being traded to Pittsburgh scored twice late in the first period and Joey Mullen Perkin s last second Trey pulls lakers past kicks by United press International new York a Pat Riley a new team lost to his old team for the second time in 13 Days. This time they were two Points and a Quarter second Short but Home and close Felt no better to the transplanted coach. The los Angeles lakers came to new York tuesday night edging Riley a kicks 106-104 after a Blowout less than two weeks ago at the great Western forum. A this loss was like a knife to the heart a Riley said after Sam Perkins made a 3-Point jump shot with 2.3 seconds and Xavier Mcdonald a Buzzer shot was denied. The a Nicks 81-68 loss to los Angeles feb. 26 marked their lowest Point total since the 24-second clock was introduced into the Aba 40 years ago. So Dale Threatt led the lakers with 42 Points tuesday night but the outcome was decided by Perkins clutch shot and referee Darell Garret Sony a controversial Call on an 18-foot jumper by Mcdaniel. Garretson ruled the shot was taken after time expired. The sellout crowd of 19,763 at Madison Square Garden included magic Johnson whose replacement at Point guard for the lakers grabbed the moment. Threatt hit 16 of 22 shots and 9 of 9 free throws for a career High total. Perkins had 21 Points and 11 rebounds. For new York Patrick Ewing was High Man with 37, but missed iwo key free throws in the final minute. Mcdaniel had 18 Points. In other games tuesday night pacers 101, bullets 91 Indianapolis a detlef Schrempf scored 25 Points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lift the pacers to their third straight. Reggie Miller scored 20 Points and Dale Davis added 13 for the pacers winners of seven straight at Market Square Arena. Pervis Ellison scored 22 Points and grabbed 17 rebounds for  129, nets 122 Oakland Calif. A Sarunas Marciulionis came Oft the Bench to score 13 of his 27 Points in the Tourish Quarter to lift the warriors. Chris Dudley of the nets a .460 foul shooter for the season hit 9 of l i from the line and Drew new Jersey within 123-120 with 2.15 left he Golden stale scored the next 6.hornets 105, Timber wolves 96 Chari o Ite n c. A Kendall Gill scored 28 got his 40th of the season in the penguins Victory Over trying to mount a late sea amp on playoff drive for the second consecutive season the penguins took leads of 3-0 and 4-1 to win their fourth in five games winning just once in their previous 10. Calgary is 1-5-2 in its last eight games. Calgary Center Joel Otto was taken off the ice on a Stretcher after skidding into the boards in the first period. Precautionary a rays proved negative and he rejoined the team after the game. Blues 5, North stars 2 St. Louis a Brendan Shanahan scored twice ending a five game goal drought and Brett Hull got his league leading 67th As St. Louis Defeated Minnesota. Hull and Ron Wilson scored shorthanded goals for the Wilson scored an empty net goal with 42 seconds to go while the North stars were on a Power play and had pulled goalie Jon  Points and Larry Johnson grabbed a franchise record 23 rebounds to go with his 24 Points to Power the hornets to their ninth straight Home  108, celtics 101 Miami a Glen Rice scored 31 Points to Lead the heat. After Boston Cut a 9-Point deficit to 2, Rice hit a jumper with 1 51 left and the celtics did not score again until there were 15 seconds left. Reggie Lewis scored 28 Points for  102, suns 100 Richfield Ohio a Mark Price scored 17 of his 24 Points in the fourth Quarter to rally Cleveland from a 9-Point deficit. Price scored the Cavaliers last 11 Points. Dan Majerle led the suns with 29  89, magic 82 Orlando Fla. A Reggie Williams scored 20 Points and Mark Macon added 18 to help the nuggets break a nine game losing  blazers 126, Bucks 112 Milwaukee a Clyde Drexler scored 16 of his 29 Points in the third Quarter and led the Trail blazers in scoring for the 47th time this season. Fred Roberts led the Bucks with a season High 25  103, Hawks 92 san Antonio a Terry Cummings scored 22 Points and Rod Strickland added 19 to spark the spurs. Atlanta a Kevin Willis led All scorers with 25  116, Mavericks 93 Houston a Vernon Maxwell scored 19 Points including 11 in the third period to Send the Mavericks to their sixth straight loss and 18th in a Row on the  98, sonics 92 Seattle a Joe Dumars scored 21 Points and Darrell Walker reached his season High with 19 Points to Lead the pistons to their fifth straight Victory. Dennis Rodman pulled Down 15  120, Kings 109 Sacramento Calif. A Kenny Norman scored 21 Points and Danny Manning added 20 to Lead the clippers. Spud Webb scored a season High 28 Tor the  Climax 2-Day shakeup by the associated press More than a dozen players changed jerseys tuesday As nil teams scrambled to fill holes prior to the trading deadline. The possibility of major trades before the 3 . Est deadline was lessened because Many general managers were tied up in mondays labor negotiations. The Buffalo sabres completed a two Day shakeup by acquiring Petr Svoboda from Montreal for promising Rookie Kevin Haller in an Exchange of defens Emen. Svoboda 26, was the canadians a most experienced defend scan but had been at Odds with coach Pat Burns. A Day earlier the sabres swapped defens Emen with the rangers sending Jay Wells to new York for Randy Moller. They also acquired right Wing Wayne Presley from san Jose for Center Dave Snuggerud on monday night and acquired Forward Dave Hannan from Toronto on tuesday for a sixth round draft pick. The Maple Leafs also were Busy. They sent right Wing Daniel Marois and Center Claude Loi Seile to the new York islanders for Forward Dave Mcllwain and defens Eman Ken Baumgartner a the Isles player representative. Toronto also dealt Forward Lucien Deblois Back to Winnipeg and re acquired Winger Mark Osborne from the jets. Marois 23, was a 39-goal scorer two seasons ago but has Only 15 goals in 62 games this season. Baumgartner who has one assist and 202 penalty minutes in 44 games this season said the Deal had nothing to do with his role in the labor talks. Quebec also was Busy dealing away disgruntled goaltender Ron tug Nutt troubled defend scan Bryan Fogarty and enforcer Greg Smyth. Tug Nutt 24, and promising Junior Forward Brad Zavisha went to Edmonton for a potential pack of trouble in Forward Martin Rucinsky. Rucinsky May end up costing the Nordques Money. The czech and slovak ice hockey federation is suing the oilers in a bid to void the nil contracts of Rucinsky and Josef Beranek claiming they were never properly released by the Litvinov club. Fogarty 22, who has been in an alcohol rehabilitation program and was in the minors went to Pittsburgh for Forward Scott Young who played for the . Olympic team. Smyth went to the Calgary flames for right Wing Martin Simard in an Exchange of enforcers. In other deals san Jose a which dealt Ken Hammond to Vancouver on monday a sent another defens Eman Bob Mcgill to Detroit for Seldom used left Wing Johan grape nov. Hartford seeking goal ending help got Frank pie Trangelo from Pittsburgh for a 1993 draft pick