European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday december 29, 1992 new jerseys Janne Ojanen Hooks Hartford Sandrew Cassils in first period action sunday. Ojanen Drew a two minute penalty. Kovalev Caps four goal rally As rangers Rush past Bruins by the associated press new York a Alexei Kovaleva a limited English requires him to use an interpreter. The russian rookies play on the ice needs no translation. Kovalev the new York rangers top pick in the 1991 draft completed his first nil hat trick by scoring with 36 seconds remaining capping a Lour goal rally in the final 6 41 As new York stunned the Boston Bruins 6-5 on sunday night. Quot i told everyone i could play this Way and i m showing i can Quot said Kovalev. T he winning goal came when Kovalev punched his own second rebound past Andy Moog left defenceless by his teammates As the rangers roared in. The rangers trailed 5-2 and appeared headed for a third straight loss before goals by Mike Gartner and Kovalev in a 16-Scc-Ond Span provided a spark Gartner scored a Power play goal at 13 19 and Kovalev got his second of the night on a breakaway. The game looked lost for the rangers when Bostons Steve Heinze scored his second goal of the game Early in the third period. But Gartner connected on the Power play at 13 19 and Kopelev scored on a breakaway 16 seconds later. With the sellout crowd of is,200 Back in the game Gartner lied it with 2 03 left. In other games sunday penguins 4, sabres 2 Buffalo . A Mario Lemieux nil recorded his 98th and 99th Points of the season with two assists As Pittsburgh beat Buffalo. Rick Tochet Bob erred Jaromir jagr and Kevin Stevens scored for Pittsburgh. Alexander Mogiln i Ltd both goals for Buffalo. Canucks 5, Canad Lens 2 Vancouver British Columbia a pave Bure scored twice in the final period As Vancouver beat the slumping Ca Nadies for its fourth win in a Row. The canucks set a team record by extending their unbeaten string at the Pacific coliseum to 13 games 11-0-2. Nordques 6, senators 1 Ottawa a Steve Duchesne had a goal and three assists As Quebec scored five Power play goals to hand Ottawa its seventh straight loss and move into a first place tie with Montreal in the Adams division. Joe Sakic had two goals and an assist and Mike Ricci scored twice for the Nordques. Red wings 4, Blackhawk 0 Chicago a Tim Chc veldae stopped 32 shots for his third shutout of the season As the Detroit blanked Chicago Jim , Steve Chiasson Sheldon Kennedy and Sergei Fedorov All connected for Detroit. Flames 7, oilers 3 Edmonton Alberta Gary Roberts had three goals and Paul Ranheim scored twice As Calgary downed Edmonton for its sixth straight Victory. Maple Leafs 6, blues 3 St. Louis a Doug Gilmour had a goal and two assists and Grant Fuhr stopped Brendan. Shanahan on a penalty shot for Toronto. Fuhr made 37 saves and faced 19 shots in the second period he made a stick save on Shanahan a penalty shot at 18 39 of the Middle period. Jets 7, North stars 4 Winnipeg Manitoba rookies Teemu Velanne and Keith Tkachuk each scored two goals As Winnipeg took a five goal Lead and held on to beat Minnesota. Winnipeg Lead 5-0 Early in the third period but had to hang on to earn a split of its Home and Home series. Minnesota won 5-4 at Home on saturday. Devils 6, whalers 2 East Rutherford . Janne Ojanen scored a goal and added two assists As new Jersey beat Hartford. Bruce Driver and John Maclean scored 59 seconds apart in the first period to stake the devils to a 2-1 Lead while Ojanen and Randy Mckay had goals 1 29 apart Early in the second period. Czechs nip . Juniors in hockey Uppsala Sweden apr the United states dropped a narrow 6-5 decision to Czechoslovakia on sunday for its second straight setback in the world Junior ice hockey championships. The americans who lost the opening game 3-0 to Canada on saturday led by one goal four times and also blew a 5-3 Edge after Pat Peake of the Detroit or. Red wings and Jim Campbell of the Hull oly piques scored within 2 14 Early in the third period. Roman Kadera started the czech comeback at 8 08 when he made it 5-4. David by body tied it less than three minutes later and Kamil Kolatek snatched the game Winner at 16 17, the game was delayed 45 minutes because the lights were partially switched off in the Arena. Peake Mike Pomichter of Boston uni world championships varsity and Peter Ferraro of the University of Maine each had one goal and one assist for the americans. Brian Rolston of Lake Superior state scored the other . Goal. Jan vopat led the czechs with three goals. By body also had two assists. Team Usa which finished third last year for its Best showing Ever in the tournament is now sixth in the eight team standings going into tuesdays third round game against Japan. Canada came Back twice from one goal deficits and held on for a 5-4 Victory Over Sweden and joined Russia and Finland with 2-0 records. Russia the canadians next opponent on tuesday blanked Germany 4-0 for its second straight shutout and Finland overwhelmed Japan 7-0. Germany and Japan a newcomer in Junior hockey a elite group Are also win less. Canada trailed 0-land 1-2 before taking control late in the second period. Jeff bes broke a 2-2 tie at 17 12, beating swedish goalie Petter Ronnqvist with a wrist shot from the right Circle. Paul Kariya made it 4-2 at 3 42 in the third period but the swedes kept on coming Back. Markus Naslund who was the Pittsburgh penguins first pick in last years nil draft Cut Canadas Lead to 4-3 just 45 seconds later. Tyler Wright gave Canada a two goal Cushion again poking a Backhander Between Ronnqvist a legs from close Range at 5 05. Peter Forsberg who leads the swedish hockey leagues Points race rounded out the scoring with a Power play goal at 8 49. Naslund accidentally slashed Wrights Throat with his stick at 13 39 and Drew a five minute penalty. So instead of chasing a tying goal the swedes had to concentrate on defense toward the end of the game. Wright was not injured and returned to the ice a few minutes after the incident. Martin Lapointe and Ralph Intranuovo also scored for Canada in the second period. Forsberg who was drafted by Philadelphia in the 1991 nil draft but dealt to Quebec in the Lindros Trade before this season also had three  practices scheduled to play in january by the los Angeles times Inglewood Calif a Wayne Gretzky was the first player to hit the Iee at the forum sunday skating around with defens Eman Paul Coffey about 15 minutes before the los Angeles Kings scheduled afternoon workout. It seemed like the smile never left his face the entire practice. For Gretzky the routine drills were anything but tedious. 1 his was his first regular full practice with teammates since lie suffered a herniated thoracic disk at training Camp in september. A it s Nice to be Back Quot Gretzky said. Quot this is a Little tougher than a game Day skate. 1 started by myself and then with a couple of other players and now this. I feel Good. In a excited and everything is  Gretzky is talking in terms of returning in a couple of weeks. Quot hell play in  coach Barry Melrose said. Melrose wants Gretzky s doctors to evaluate him he watching team scrimmages during a Light period in the schedule Jan. 3-5. Quot he a in shape to play right now a Melrose said. Quot his conditioning is Guod. As soon As the doctors say he a ready. He thought he was ready two weeks ago. He a worked very very  under Ideal conditions Gretzky and the coaches would prefer him to make his return at the forum. But in two weeks the Kings will be in the midst of a four game nine Day trip to Winnipeg Chicago Ottawa and new Jersey