European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 19, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 25penguins Spear game 1 Victory with jagr s stick it a it a a i t f i Pittsburgh apr they were Outson cd out shot outplayed and most of All were out of emotion. But the Pittsburgh penguins still had Jaromir jagr and he can single hand edly neutralize any disadvantage and any defense. Jagr contained most of the night by Bostons Blanket defense skated through the Bruins to beat goaltender Andy Moog at 9 44 of overtime sunday night and rally the penguins to a 4-3 Victory in the opener of the Wales conference finals. The penguins shut out since the first period and playing without the High intensity that keyed their Patrick division playoff upsets of Washington and new York trailed 3-2 until Shawn Mceachern swept in the puck at 12 27 at the third. Both teams killed off Power plays in the overtime until jagr poked the puck away from defens Eman Don Sweeney in the penguins zone. Defens Eman Kjelin Samuelsson tracked it Down at his own Blue line and passed up ice to jagr the Star of the penguins six game upset of the rangers. Jagr one of the no la a most dangerous players in open ice skated around defens Eman Matt Hervey and threw a fore Stanley cup playoffs hander on the net where it ticked her veyts stick and Slid past Moog who had throttled the penguins most of the night. The goal was jagr a third straight game Winner and seventh of the playoffs a and maybe his biggest. Boston had been 3-0 in playoff overtimes and was 6-2 during the season. Pittsburgh is 2-1 in playoff overtimes. The Bruins had dominated most of the game out shooting the penguins 41-31 while keeping them off the scoreboard for nearly two periods. A they a Victory is a Victory is a Victory a said Center Bryan Trottier who scored the penguins first goal. A you can Analyse this thing to death and look How close we came to losing but we Glen Wesley had Given the Bruins a 3-2 Lead at 19 16 of the second period powering a shot from the left Circle off goaltender Tom Barrasso a Glove following a flurry of missed shots. Barrasso continued his Strong play turning aside 38 shots. The Bruins Are 0-4 in Pittsburgh during the Wales conference finals the last two seasons. Game 2 will be tuesday before the series shifts to Boston on Galaxy c Tom Barrasso stops the shot Ulf Samuelson puts the stops on Bruin Peter Douris 16. By Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany forget that upbeat music played alter the Galaxy a seventh straight loss sunday night. The Bright Side of life May never come for the 1992 version of the Frankfurt Galaxy whose 2-0 Start seems Light years away. It was the san Antonio riders and Ronnie Williams in particular who turned out the lights on the injury plagued Galaxy As Williams pulled in three touchdown passes in a record setting 43-14 Romp Over Frankfurt on sunday. Earlier in the week Frankfurt coach Jack Elway said the remainder of the season was All about playing for Pride since Frankfurt was 2-6 at the time and locked out of the world league playoffs. But it was Flay and his band of walking wounded who were swallowing their Pride for the seventh straight time. A a there a no embarrassment Here a a Battle weary Elway said alter watching his Galaxy drop its fourth straight at Home be Loie a crowd of 31,641. It would t allow any of these player to be embarrassed. I done to like the word Del vial yes. Frustrated yes. a yes. 1 can probably think of a Tew More words that i prob he said on National i he insult to the injury was a it 1 Abc sports zapped the game Back to the . As part of to National coverage. Elway and riders coach Mike Riley were u ired for i he Galaxy was More than riot wired. Punch drunk comes to world league mind. On the second play of the game quarterback Chris Cochrane fumbled the Ball away to san Antonio at the Frankfurt 36. Eleven plays and 29 Yards later Jim gallery gave the riders a 3-0 Lead with a 22-Yard Field goal. Early in the second Quarter the riders jumped to a 10-0 Lead when a botched Field goal attempt resulted in another san Antonio score. Holder Kent Sullivan fielded a High snap then rolled left and sky hooked a 22-Yard pass to Williams for the touchdown. A it was a Fluke play that a for sure a Elway said. A the snap was a Little High and i really get it on the ground right a said Sullivan an sex i who was stationed at fort Irwin Calif. A i knew Jim get a Good piece of it so i just took off. I had the Ball in my left hand and in a right handed. So when i saw Ronnie there in the Flat i just kind of heaved it to a that play kind of reminded me of Garo Yepremian a Riley joked perhaps forgetting that the Dolphin kickers super bowl pass attempt resulted in Washington a Only to that Day. A that was a big play a said Galaxy running Back Steve bar Talo playing for the injured Tony Baker and Anthony Wallace. A if we throw them for a loss or get a big play out of it we get the Ball and the momentum. If they get it then they have the momentum which was the Story of the f this is momentum riders quarterbacks Mike Johnson and Brad Goebel and Holder Sullivan combined for a 401-Yard passing Day which saw san Antonio convert 56 percent of its third Down plays and rack up a world league record 583 Yards of offence on the beleaguered Galaxy defense. And this is a downward spiral in its last two games Frankfurt has been outscored 94-14. The Galaxy defense ranked last in the league has allowed 241 Points and 3,188 Yards offence against it. Frankfurt a minus-12 Takeaway differential is also the worst in the league. A offensively we re shooting ourself in the foot a Elway said. A a we re making mistakes and we re not Good enough to overcome those mistakes. The injuries have just killed us. Quarterback Mike Perez went Down Early then our offensive line suffers some key injuries then Baker and Wallace go out this week in practice. We planned on playing with two backs and playing More of a maximum Protection offence. When Baker went out and Wallace went out last Friday we had to create a one Back offence. We took real Good care of Bartalo Friday night and spurred by a song entitled a always look on the Bright Side of life from the soundtrack of Monty pythons Ufa of lir inn the Frankfurt fans had clearly Given up on their team by the Middle of the third Quarter. That song is usually Only played after the final gun of a Galaxy loss. Some fans wore bags Over their Heads and some flashed banners denouncing the hapless Galaxy in front of the Abc Cam eras. One Banner read a the loosens sic arc Back in town a a play on thin Lizzy so the boys Are Back in that Banner did not sit Well with linebacker Pat Moorer. A i just want to Tell those people with that Banner thank you. T Hank you from the Bottom of my heart a Moorer said a smile nowhere to be found on his Haggard face. A next time get the spelling a you can to Salvage this season a Bartalo said. A this season is beyond any belief of being salvaged. But we re professionals who Are getting paid to win football games and we will go into this last game against London next weekend ready to win it. Its a Battle to stay out of last place and it becomes a matter of a i guess losing is something you done to look Forward to in a coaching career a Elway said. A i guess i never Learned How to lose Well. But in a not disdainful of this football team. Not at in other games sunday London 45, Montreal 13 Montreal a Stan Gelbaugh threw touchdown passes of 16, 39 and 16 Yards to Bernard lord and London snapped a four game losing Streak. Linebacker Danny in Tckett added two touchdowns a a 77-Yard Fumble return and a 14-Yard interception return. He also had five sacks. Fords three touchdowns and Phil alexanders 44-Yard lie i goal produced a 24-0 first half Lead for London 2-6-1. The photo rider Ronnie Williams. 3 to catches Michael proctors 2-Yard run on the final play of the half pulled Montreal z-7 to 24-7.fire 24, Thunder 23 Birmingham Ala. Apr running Back Elroy Harris rushed for 77 Yards and two touchdowns to Lead Birmingham Over Orlando. Phillip Doyle a 22-Yard yield goal gave the Eire a 24-17 Lead with 5 40 left. On the thunders next Possession Scott Mitchell threw a 3-Yard touchdown pass to Grantis Bell with 1 55 left to Cap a nine play 80-Yard drive and Cut the margin to 24-23. T he Thunder 7-2 elected to go with a 2-Point conversion but Mitchells pass fell incomplete. The Eire 6-2-1 needs a Victory Over Ohio on sunday to secure at least a wild card playoff berth
