European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 26, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 29stars, by the associated press division winners continued to get no respect in the Stanley cup playoffs As both Detroit and Vancouver lost Friday night and moved within one game of elimination. The Norris division winning red wings were beaten 5-4 at Minnesota and the smythe winning canucks lost 3-1 in Winnipeg As both teams went Down 3-1 in the Best-of-7 series. The new York rangers who won the Patrick division and the regular season nil championship faced a 2-1 deficit against new Jersey with game 4 scheduled for saturday night at the Meadowlands. In other action Friday night Chicago beat St. Louis 5-3 to tie their Norris division series at two games apiece and in the other smythe game los Angeles beat Edmonton 4-3 to tie their series at 2-2. In saturday s other Patrick division game Washington was at Pittsburgh leading 2-1. In the Adams Montreal played at Hartford holding a 2-1 Edge and Boston visited Buffalo with a 2-1 advantage. Norris division North stars 5, Rad wings 4 Bloomington Minn. Todd Elik who had missed All but 21 seconds of the nil playoffs with sore ribs deflected the puck past Tim Che veldae with 8 33 to play leading Minnesota Over Detroit. Minnesota can wrap up its second first round upset ears when the Best-of-7 series returns to a in in As Many Detroit on sunday night. The first place red Wing finished 28 Points ahead of fourth place Minnesota u the Norris division standings. The North stars who became the first Home team to win in the series also finished fourth last season before stunning Chicago and going on to reach the Stanley cup finals. Detroit wasted three goals and an assist from Ray Sheppard and blew 3-1 and 4-2 leads. The red wings faced a similar situation in a 1987 playoff series against Toronto losing the first two games at Home and splitting in Toronto before rallying to win in seven  5, blues 3 St. Louis a Brian Noonan batted in a rebound shot for the game Winner at 5 04 of the third period As Chicago beat St. Louis. Jeremy Roenick skated in untouched slipping past defens Eman Rick Zombo and took a shot from Point Blank Range that was stopped by goalie Curtis Joseph. Noonan a first rebound attempt nit the crossbar but he knocked in the puck while it was in midair on the second. Noonan a goal his third of the playoffs quieted a St. Louis rally. The Blackhawk led 3-1 and had out shot the blues 24-6 at the games Halfway Point before St. Louis rallied for Power play goals by Curt Giles and Black Hawks de Balfour is late with a stick attempt to Block shot by Brett Hull of blues fridays game at St. Louis. Brendan Shanahan to tie the score. The Blackhawk out shot the blues 37-19 in reclaiming the Home ice advantage they had relinquished in losing game 2 in Chicago on monday. Game 5 is sunday night in  division Jett 3, canucks 1 Winnipeg Manitoba goaltender Rick Tabaracci kicked out 30 shots As surprising Winnipeg continued its Mastery Over Vancouver. The canucks were unable to find a solution to the disciplined tight checking game Winnipeg has used to frustrate their attack in the Best-of-7 Senes. Evgeny Davydov Phil Housley and Thomas Steen scored for Winnipeg which had the backing of another High powered crowd. Tabaracci a toughest save came when he Dove across period. Kirk Mclean was also solid in the Canuck net Locking 23 shots to keep the game  4, oilers 3 Edmonton Alberta a Paul Coffey a second goal in a 1 50 Span broke a tie with 6 58 remaining in regulation As los Angeles beat Edmonton. Coffey a Power play blast from the left Point off a a Wayne Gret pc pass from Wayne Gretzky beat Bill Ranford to put the Kings in front for the first time in the game. Luc Rob Taille made it 4-2 with his second goal of the game just 51 seconds later tapping in a feed from Kyosti Kaija Lainen after Ranford gave the puck away to the Kings Tony Granato. Edmonton Cut the margin to one goal with 3 47 to play when Vincent Damphousse scored his third goal of the series. The crease in the first period to Stop Cliff Ronning. He lost a shutout on Tom Fergus goal at 8 47 of the third the Kings tied the game with 8 48 to play when Granato won a Falcoff and got the puck to Coffey at the left Point for a 45-footer that beat Ranford  Tours Blackmar nabs 2-shot Lead Greensboro . A Phil Blackmar was Strong to the finish Friday and that was Good enough to get him ahead of the pack at the greater Greensboro open. After a first round fade on the closing holes left him in a six Way tie for first thursday Blackmar turned in a 6-under-Par 66 for a two Day total of 133 and a two shot Cushion Over Mike Reid. Blackmar had three birdies on the front nine hitting his Iron shots close to the pin for two of them and blasting out of a Sand trap to within 5 feet for the third Birdie. He opened the Back nine with a three putt for bogey but his 3-Wood saved him on the following Hole and he got that stroke Back. Blackmar closed his Day with two straight birdies the last one a product of a 250-Yard 3-Wood shot to 25 feet of the pin. Reid parlayed Good Iron shots into six birdies and one bogey and a second round 67 for a 9-under-Par 135. Chip Beck who started in the afternoon had a 5-under-Par 67 and was alone in third place at 6-under-Par 136. Fred couples struggled to even Par 72 and has a 142 total. David Ogrin a fourth alternate who made the Field when Duffy Waldorf withdrew to be with his pregnant wife came in with a 69 for a 7-under-Par 137 total. Lyga Rookie shares first after 65 old Hickory Tenn. Up tour Rookie Florence Descamps of Belgium shot a 7-under-Par 65 Friday to share the Lead with Tracy Kerdyk and Dana Lof land after the first round of the $525,000 Sara Lee classic. Angie Ridgeway Carolyn Hill and Tina Barrett Are in a three Way tie for second after opening round 66s, and Dawn Coe and Amy Benz each shot 67 and Are two strokes behind. Tour Money Leader Dottie Mochrie who captured last weeks inaugural Sega women a championship finished with a 69, while defending Champion Nancy Lopez struggled to a 73. Snead Nichols Pace legends Austin Texas apr after taking a one shot Lead with partner . Snead in the legends of Golf on Friday Bobby Nichols said the tournament record of 39 under Par May be in jeopardy. A a it a going to take a lot of birdies to win a Nichols said. Nichols Winner of the 1964 pea championship and Snead added a second round 63 to their opening 61 for a 20-under-Par 124 in the two Man better Ball event. Alone in second were Jim Colbert and partner Tommy Aaron who also shot 63 and stood at 125. Defending champions Lee Trevino and Mike Hill were third with Bobby Nichols hits out of the Woods on no. 8 in second round of legends of Golf. An 18-under 126. The leaders birdied nine holes including All the Par 5s. Chi Chi Rodriguez and Dave Hill who shared the first round Lead with Nichols and Snead fell into a fourth place tie at 16 under with Bruce Devlin and Don Bies. In the legendary champions division for players Over 60, defending champions Roberto Devicenzo and Charlie Sifford shot 66 to move into a tie for the Lead with Fred Hawkins and Howie Johnson at 11-under-Par 133