European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Penguins return to finals with Lemieux led sweep by Howard Ulman Boston apr Mario Lemieux returned from a broken hand and the Pittsburgh penguins returned to the Stanley cup finals. Lemieux sidelined for the series opener scored two sensational goals saturday night As the defending champions captured the Wales conference title capping a four game sweep of the Boston Bruins with a 5-1 Victory. A the s the Best player in the league Quot Boston s Ray Bourque said. A one of the greatest if not the greatest  Quot its almost scary Quot said Bostons Dave Poulin. A it looks like he a toying with you like he can turn it on at any moment. That show Good he  _ Lemieux Hurt in the previous series when he was slashed by Adam Graves of the new York rangers opened the door to the Stanley cup finals. They begin tuesday night in Pittsburgh against the Chicago  cup playoffs Chicago also swept Edmonton making it Only the second time in Best of seven semifinals that both finalists advanced with sweeps. Boston and the new York rangers did it in 1972 when the Bruins won their last Stanley cup. Boston had played Pittsburgh evenly in the opener but lost 4-3. Lemieux who said he did no to expect to return until the fifth game came Back in game 2 and made sure there was no fifth game. A me wanted to play game 2and it made a lot of sense for me Quot penguins coach Scotty Bowman said. A you done to want to take a Chance of losing a Home game and As it turned out he kept getting better and  Lemieux had two goals and an assist in a 5-2 win in game 2 and three assists in a 5-1 Victory thursday night before scoring twice saturday night. Jaromir jagr scored 4 51 into the game and the second goal at 13 09 of the first period was All Lemieux. Boston had a 4-on-3 advantage and Joe Juneau had the puck in the right Corner of the penguins zone. He tried to pass to Bourque at the left Point but the 6-foot-4 Lemieux stretched his Long right Arm and intercepted the puck in the right Circle. He steamed up the Middle evaded a retreating Bourque near the Boston Blue line and flipped a forehand shot into the upper right Corner of the net a a he a the Only one who can do that a teammate Kevin Stevens said. After Paul Stanton made the score 3-0 at 5 27 of the second period Lemieux connected again with an outstanding individual Effort at 13 58 of the period. He used his strength to shake off de fens Man Gord Murphy whose stick was hooked into his right hip Cut to the Middle and beat goalie Andy Moog with a 20-footer Between the pads for his 11th goal tying Stevens for the playoff Lead. The stars and stripes May 25,1992 Page 28inside sports texan Breaks Doohan a Cycle Streak a Page 21 Galaxy ends 7-game skid in finale a Page 22 Jordan a defense puts bulls up 2-1 a Page 25 Eli hockey coach picked for games a Page 27last shall be seconal Unser or. Nips no. 33 Goodyear by half car length Eddie i Hewer leads Mario and Michael Andretti through turn i at Indianapolis sunday. From wire reports Indianapolis Al Unser or. Won the closest finish in Indianapolis 500 history sunday edging Scott Goodyear the 33rd starter by half a car length. On a cold blustery Day marked by a barrage of crashes Unser or. Averaged 134.212 Mph in his Galmer Chevrolet for his first indy Triumph and eighth for the Unser family. His father Al Unser sr., sundays third place finisher has won four Landys and Uncle Bobby Unser won three 500s before retiring. A it s a dream come True. I done to know what to say. It was awesome a Unser said. A i was running hard those last five laps. I started to get a Little bit Loose. On the last Lap i lifted a Little bit on turn four and Scott got a run on me like you   the margin of Victory was .043 seconds breaking the Mark of .16 seconds set by Gordon Johncock in his 1982 Victory Over Rick Mears. Unser a winning Speed was the slowest since Pat Flaherty averaged 128.490 Mph in 1956. The crashes which eliminated 13 Drivers forced the slow Pace. Crashes sidelined Mears Mario Andretti Emerson Fittipaldi Arie Luyen Dyk Jim Crawford Jeff Andretti Gary Bettenhausen Tom Sneva and Stan Fox and rookies Jimmy Vasser Brian Bonner and Philippe Gachic. Other Drivers out of the race because of mechanical problems included Scott Brayton Scott Pruett Johncock and Ted Prappas. Only 12 cars were still running As the race ended one of them was driven by Lyn St. James the second female Driver Ever in the race and the Only Rookie to finish sunday. Danny Sullivan finished fourth with Bobby Rahal Eddie Cheever Raul Boe Sel John Andretti John Paul or. And . Hut rounding out the lop 10. St. James finished 11th and Dominic Dobson 12th. Roberto Guerrero who set a Speed record during qualifying became the first pole Winner not to Complete a race Lap at indy. During the second pee Lap his car veered into a Wall. He was not injured but the car was too damaged to race. A we were warming the rear tires a Guerrero said. A i gave it a Little bit of Power and it swapped ends on me. It was the Only mistake i made the whole month and it Cost me the  Michael Andretti led 163 laps and had a 25-second advantage on Unser or. With 10 laps remain ining when his Lola Ford co Worth lost Power allowing Unser or. And Goodyear to pass. He finished 13th. Unser jr., 30, of Albuquerque n.m., held off Goodyear the rest of the Way running a final Lap of 222.668 Mph to keep his car nose in front. Goodyear took Over a car qualified by Mike Groff and therefore Haa to Start at the Back of the Field. He matched Snevah a accomplishment of 1980 by starting 33rd and finishing second in a Lola Chevrolet. Michael Andretti shot from the outside of the second Row into the first Lap Lead passing front Row starters Mario Andretti and Cheever. Michael Andretti a Lead grew to four seconds by the second Lap and nine seconds by the fifth Lap. Sneva the 1983 indy Champ hit the outside Wall in turn 4 on Lap 11, leaving him in 31st place and sending him to methodist Hospital with minor injuries. Michael Andretti briefly lost the Lead when pitting during the yellow bag caused by Snevah a crash but again dashed past Cheever for the Lead when the Green Light appeared on Lap 19. He uncorked consecutive laps at better than 227 Mph with his 228.653 on the 44th Lap giving him a 15.8-second Edge on Cheever. He lapped the entire Field except Cheever by Lap 61, when Johncock blew in engine and finished 29th