European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Penguins sweep peat Pittsburgh claims 2nd straight cup Mario in Mioux curries the Stanley cup while leading his teammates in a Victory skate. By Ken Rappoport Chicago a the Pittsburgh penguins did no to need to be perfect to win their second straight Stanley cup. Despite a sub parenting performance by Tom Barrasso and a sub Par Job by their defense the penguins Man Sce Page 25 for More Stanley cup news aged to beat the Chicago Blackhawk 6-5 to Complete a four game sweep in the Stanley cup finals on monday night. In the end it was the penguins Superior Overall Talent that clinched their second league title. A a they be got a collection of great players a Chicago coach Mike Keenan said. A once they won one championship they were hungry for another. They have youth experience and the greatest player in the  that would be Mario Lemieux. Lemieux the no la a scoring Leader despite missing almost a Quarter of the season won the Conn smythe trophy As Stanley cup map. He missed six games of the playoffs after his hand was broken on a slash by Adam Graves in game 2 of the Patrick division finals with the new York rangers. But he returned against Boston in the Wales conference finals and finished the playoffs with 16 goals in 15 games. Lemieux became Only the second player in nil history to win consecutive Conn smythe awards. The other was Philadelphia goaltender Bernie Parent in 1974 and 1975. The Blackhawk gave it a valiant Effort before becoming the 16th team to be swept in finals history. Chicago played from behind All game trailing 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3 before the penguins finally broke a 4-All tie on a goal by defens Eman Larry Murphy at 4 51 of the third period. That quieted the crowd of 18,472, who the stars and stripes june 3,1992 b Page 28 had thrown hundreds of hats on the rink in the first period when Dirk Graham scored a record tying three goals for the Blackhawk. Murphy drilled a shot from the top of the right Circle past backup goaltender Dominik hasek who came in for Belea cured de Belfour then Ron Francis made it 6-4 with a shot from the left Circle at 7 59 and that was All the Cushion the defending champions needed to become the first team to Post consecutive championships since the Edmonton oilers did it in 1987 and 1988. The crowd came to life when Jeremy Roenick scored his first goal of the Stanley cup finals on a rebound at 11 18. But the penguins defense which had allowed the Blackhawk to attack their goal suddenly turned Chicago away. For the penguins their uth straight playoff Victory  have been sweeter. It capped a season of distraction and turmoil starting with the tragedy of the loss of coach Bob Johnson who died of brain cancer last fall. Scotty Bowman took Over As coach during an inconsistent season when the penguins finished sixth in the league with a modest 39-32-9 record for 87 Points. Along with Murphy and Francis Jaro Mir jagr Kevin Stevens Lemieux and Tocchet scored for , Sabatini Seles Sanchez win Paris apr jolted by losing sets for the first time in the tournament Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini stormed Back against Tough opponents today and advanced to the semifinals of the French open top seeded Monica Seles the two Lime defending Champion and Aranta French open Sanchez Vicario also advanced. Seles out slugged no. 5 Jennifer Capriati 6-2, 6-2. Capriati 16, won the first two games in the match but seemed to lose Eon fide Nee when she blew a 40-love Lead with a siring of errors to go Down 42 in the first set. A a in a pretty disappointed a to lose with not even a real Battle Quot Capriati said. Sabatini the no. 3 seed seemed on the Brink of defeat alter dropping the first set to Conchita Martinez of Spain and trailing 0-3 in the second. Suddenly the seventh seeded Martinez unravelled and Sabatini won nine straight games in route to a 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 Victory. Second seeded Graf a two time French open Champion battled past Natalia Zvereva 6-3,6-7 7-46-3. Sanchez Vicario seeded no. 4, beat unseeded Manon Bollegraf of the Netherlands 6-2,6-3. Graf served for the match at 5-4 in the second set but was broken then lost the tiebreaker. She rebounded to win the first four games of the final set. Seles is now 36-2 this season a one of those losses was to Capriati at key Bis Cayne fla., in March. Seles will play Sabatini in one of thursdays semifinals and Graf will face Sanchez  sports baseball draft reactions a Page 23 jays top twins on White homers a Page 26 Pressley wins Good wrench 200 race a Page 27 Sabatini who admitted to nervousness at the Start of the match said she came alive at 0-3 in the second set out of desperation. A i knew i had to do something a she said. A i just started hitting the  Graf Hopes to regain the title from Seles the Winner Here in 1990 and 1991, and also atone for a humiliating 6-0, 6-2 loss to Sanchez Vicario in last years semifinals. Zvereva has now lost All nine of her matches with Graf including a 6-0, 6-0 defeat in the 1988 final Here. This was Only the second time she had extended the German to three sets. Top seeded Jim courier of the United states was scheduled to face hard serving Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia in the opening menus quarterfinal later tuesday. Third seeded Pete Sampras was to follow against Lith seeded Andre Agassi in an All american showdown. The last two menus quarterfinals Are scheduled for wednesday pairing Frances Henri Leconte against Sweden s Nicloas Kulti and Andrei Cherkasov of Russia against Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia. Korda seeded seventh is the Only seed left in that half of the  finals Start tonight a see Page 24