European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes thursday March 26, 1992oilers tie flames make playoffs by the associated press Calgary a when is a tie As Good As a Victory you could ask both the Edmonton oilers and Calgary flames. Their 4-4 standoff tuesday night clinched a playoff berth for the oilers and kept the door open for the flames. A the Guys never died a said Mike Vernon who earned his ninth tie of the season As the flames came Back from a two goal deficit in the third period a they kept coming Back. That a what we need a not to Lay Down. A this thing is far from  meanwhile the new York rangers wrapped up first place in the Patrick division with a 4-3 Victory Over Philadelphia. Elsewhere it was new Jersey 4, san Jose 3 Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 3 Quebec 5, the new York islanders 2 and Vancouver 4, Minnesota 2. The oilers were leading 4-2 Early in the third period but Calgary got two Quick goals from Gary Roberts and a1 Mclnnis. Gary Leeman and Theo Fleury had the other goals for Calgary. Bernie Nicholls Craig Simpson Scott Mellanby and Dan Currie scored for  8, capitals 2 Landover my. A Murray Cra Venus successful penalty shot highlighted Hartford s four goal second period. Hartford now has 60 Points and Quebec the fifth place team in the Adams division has 47 with six games left. The capitals missed a Chance to Clinch second place in the Patrick division. After taking a 2-1 Lead Washington gave up seven straight goals and suffered its worst Home loss of the  a flyers 3 Philadelphia the rangers reached the 100-Point Mark for the first time since the 1972-73 season beating the flyers on Tony Amonte a tie breaking goal with 3 59 left in the third period. The rangers unbeaten in their last seven games 6-0-1pushed their nil leading Point total to 101 a the most they be Nad since a 102-Point season in 1972-73. The loss snapped Philadelphia a five game winning Streak and dropped the flyers to 1-5 against new York this season. A the big difference tonight was their penalty killing a Philadelphia a Mark reds Dibble sidelined with shoulder tendinitis by the associated press Rob Dibble will not need surgery on his sore right shoulder and that a the Good part for the Cincinnati reds. The bad part is that their Ace reliever will miss the rest of Spring training because of tendinitis and no one is sure when Dibble will pitch again. A a in a not going to be out the whole year a Dibble said tuesday. A i will be ready to pitch within a month i Promise you  Dibble 28, underwent an Fri exam tuesday morning and the results were Spring training evaluated in the Early evening. Reds consulting physician Richard Jolson recommended a 10-Day program of weight lifting to strengthen the shoulder and Arm followed by a throwing program. A if in a ready it pitch one week into the season i May not have to go on the  Dibble said. Dibble who saved 31 games last season has been ineffective this Spring. He has Given up 10 hits five walks and six earned runs in 644 innings for an 8.10 earned run average in exhibition games. In games played tuesday padres 4, cubs 3 Yuma Ariz. A Catcher Rick Wilkins throwing error in the Bottom of the ninth inning allowed the winning run to score As the san Diego padres beat the Hie ago cubs. Reliever Randy Myers whose error allowed the cubs to score the go ahead run in the eighth gave up one unearned run on three hits struck out three and walked one in two innings indians 5, mariners 4 1 Tucson Ari. A Mark Whiten doubled in the tying run and scored on a sacrifice Fly by Junior Ortiz in the Bottom of the ninth As Cleveland beat Seattle. Four Seattle pitchers combined on a four hitter but one hit was whitens rib double off loser Roger Salkeld that scored Pinch runner Tony Perezchica with the lying  12, Brewers 9 c handler. Ariz. A Scott Hemond hit a tie breaking three run Homer in the eighth inning to Lead Oakland Over Mil Waukee. Walt Weiss who struck out in his first three at bats hit a three run in Side the Park Home run in the seventh inning for  4, braves 0 West Palm Beach Fla. Starters John Smoltz of Atlanta and Jeff Johnson of new York each pitched six scoreless innings tuesday before Kevin Maas hit a three run double in the ninth that led the Yankees past the braves. Smoltz allowed just one hit walked none and struck out eight. Johnson allowed Only two hits struck out two and walked  3, dodgers 1 port St. Lucie Fla. Anthony Young pitched five witless innings on to Lead the new York mets past los Angeles. Young struck out five including former mets Star Darryl Strawberry twice. Torborg said. Los Angeles starter Tom Candiotti gave up All three runs on four  9, Angels 6 Palm Springs Calif. Will Clark Kevin Bass and Craig Colbert each had two of san Francisco a 14 hits and the giants rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to beat California. Royce Clayton added a two run Homer for the giants. Dave Righetti got the Victory despite allowing four runs All earned in a  3, cardinals 1 St Petersburg Fla. A Jose Guzman pitched five shutout innings and Ivan Rodriguez hit a two run double As Texas beat St. I Nuis. Guzman 1-1 allowed two hits with a walk and struck out  4, Phillies 1 Clearwater Fla. A Tim Belcher pitched two hit Ball for six innings and the Cincinnati reds beat Philadelphia. Belcher 2-0 struck out five and walked two. Darren Daulton a Homer in the fifth accounted for Philadelphia a  4, tigers 3 Lakeland Ida. A Mark go Hriczu pitched six Strong innings and Brian Howe said after the flyers went 0 for 7 on the Power  4, Sharks 3 East Rutherford . Rookie Jarrod Skalde scored the go ahead goal Midway through the second period to help the devils end an eight game wingless Streak 0-6-2. Chad Erickson made 18 saves to record his first nil Victory. Erickson recalled from Utica of the Ahl on March 16, got a second straight Start with new jerseys regular goaltenders Chris Terreri and Craig Billington sidelined with injuries. Terreri has a lower Back Strain and Billington a sprained right knee. The Sharks lost for the sixth time in the last eight  wings 4, penguins 3 Detroit a Kevin Miller scored two goals to Lead the red wings Over the penguins in a game that featured Mario Lemieux a 1,000th career Point. The Pittsburgh Center had a goal and two assists making him the 36th player in nil history to score 1,000 Points. The win was just Detroit a second in six games and increased the red wings Lead in the Norris division to nine Points Over Chicago. The loss was the second in eight games for the defending Stanley cup  5, islanders 2 Quebec a Owen Nolan scored two goals giving him 40 for the season and Valeri Kamensky had three assists As the Nordques beat the islanders. Joe Sakic with his 25th goal de Senseman Steven finn and Greg Paslawski also scored for the Nordques who again got solid goal ending from Ste Phane Fiset. The Rookie made 28 saves yielding Only a second period goal to David Volek and Benoit Hogue a goal with four seconds left in the  4, North stars 2 Bloomington Minn. Vancouver Rookie Pavel Bure continued his torrid scoring Pace with two goals and an assist As the canucks won for the 11th time in 17 games. The 20-year-old former soviet red army player set up Igor Larionova a goal 5 33 into the third period which broke a 2-2 tie. Bure who also scored a shorthanded goal in the second period has 17 goals and eight assists in his last 17 games. His 29 goals Are one Short of Trevor Linden steam record for goals by a Rookie. Baserunner Dan Gladden of the tigers takes out royals shortstop David Howard. Mcrae hit a two run Homer As Kansas City Defeated Detroit. Gubicza 1-2 gave up one unearned run on two hits. Eric King 1-1 became the first Pitcher to go seven innings for the  1, red sox 0 Winter Haven Fla. Steve Finley singled Home the Only run in the fifth inning and tour Houston pitchers combined on a five hitter for the astros. Butch Henry 3-0 and relievers Brian Williams Ai Sima and Xavier Hernan Dez blanked  jays 6, orioles 5 Dunedin Fla a Pat Borders the subject of recent Trade rumours homered and drove in two runs As Toronto topped Baltimore. Borders mentioned in a Deal thai would Send him to san Diego for Benito Santiago in a Swap of catchers hit i second Spring Home run and had an rib double. Chris Hoiles hit a two run Homer in the ninth for the orioles