European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 34 the stars and stripes sports saturday january 23,1993 nil Bure lifts canucks by Kings by the associated press Inglewood Calif. Pavel Bure grabbed a share of the nil Lead with his 43rd goal As the Vancouver canucks beat los Angeles 5-4 despite Tomas Sands Trotno a hat trick and extended the Kings Home win less Streak to seven games. Sergio momus so gave their third Lead of save the canucks their third Lead of the game beating Kelly Hrudny from 15 feet out in the Slot for his 11th Goat and sending him to his fourth straight defeat against Vancouver. The canucks added Power play goals in each of the last two periods by Peter Nedved and Geoff court nil leaving Hrudny win less in his last six starts at the forum since dec. 3 against Pittsburgh. The Kings fell to 0-6-1 at Home since beating St. Louis on dec. 12. In other games thursday red wings 5, blues 3 Detroit Jimmy Carson and Paul Csc Bart scored Back to Back goals late in the second period to Lead Detroit Over St. Louis. The wings arc unbeaten in their last five games 4-0-1but have trailed in four of those games. North stars 7, senators 2 Bloomington Minn. A Russ Courtnell scored his third Ca Rcck hat trick giving him nine goals in his last nine games while leading Minnesota to a win Over Ottawa Courtnell also assisted on Bobby Smiths goal. The North stars arc 12-0-0 against first year expansion teams since a 1980 loss to Edmonton. Bruins 5, flyers 4 Philadelphia Dave Reid s second goal of the game with 8 43 remaining gave Boston a win Over Philadelphia. Reid picked up a rebound in the left Circle and listed the puck into the top of the net past  Tommy Soderstrom s Glove. Maple Leafs 6, lightning 1 Tampa Fla. Mike Krusic Znyski scored twice As Toronto with the help of three Power play goals beat Tampa Bay in a penalty plagued game. Five players scored for the Leafs 22-19-7who won for the fifth time in seven games and Are 4-1-1 in their last six Road games t he Maple Leafs Are in fourth place in the. Norris division and Lead St. Louis by seven Points in the Battle for the final playoff spot. Whalers 4, Sharks 2 Hartford Conn. Terry Yake had a goal and an assist As Hartford heat sait Jose ending a five game losing Streak. T he whalers raised their record to 7-0-0 against expansion teams this season. They re 6-30-4 against the rest of the league. Blackhawk 6, capitals 2 Chicago Slen Hane mat teau had two goals Tor the first time in two years As Chicago shut Down Washington a deadly Power play game and beat the capitals for the sixth straight time on Chicago stadium ice. Pc reel is not about patriots past Byro Closter Boston apr he inherits a team known for its ineptitude on the Field for making headlines off the Field with a drug scandal at its Only super bowl appear Ance and a sexual harassment Case involving a female reporter. The new England patriots that Bill Parcells now coaches have had three owners four coaches and Zero playoff appearances in the past five seasons. Quot that a history a said Parcells named thursday As the patriots 12th coach in 33 years. Quot history Means nothing in  _ for the patriots history has usually meant embarrassment. There were the frequent arrests of Drunken fans that led to a ban on monday night games at Fox Boro stadium and the 36-Point loss to Chicago in super bowl xxx in 1986, further tarnished by a drug scandal involving several players. The team was humiliated again when Lisa Olson a reporter for the Boston Herald was harassed in the locker room by players and then verbally attacked by chairman Victor Kiam a who owned the team from 1988 to Early 1992,. Even patriots coaches have been sur Bill Parcells. Looking ahead rounded by intrigue. The teams first coach was the mercurial Lou Saban known for his inability to last Long in any position. He won just seven games in 1 is years with the team. Coach Clive Rush received a severe Shock when he touched a live microphone at a 1969 news conference and Chuck Fairbanks was suspended for the last game of 1978 when he talked to Colorado University about its coaching Job. Parcells was hired in part to allow new England fans a sense of amnesia to focus on the future and forget the painful past. Quot if you re going to make a commitment to winning you Nave to go out and have people that Are winners a said Patrick Forte who As the patriots new executive vice president for football operations will function much As a general manager on other teams. Quot How Many coaches have the patriots had before who have won a super bowl a Parcells scoffed when asked whether the patriots were cursed saying the team that has won nine games in its last three seasons is no More need than the Dallas cowboys a who have gone from 1-15 to the super bowl in three years. A efm not that superstitious. I done to think any teams cursed a he said. Quot you can change those curses with a few pm Mitt Smiths and Michael Irvins and Troy  by Paul Alexander Melbourne Australia apr it was business As usual today at the australian open where the Sun returned and top seeds Jim courier and Monica Seles extended their winning streaks. Courier was Back to his usual quiet self two Days after an outburst that Cost australian open him $1,000, while Seles made her usual grunts which could Lead to a confrontation in the next round. Her 6-1, 6-0 rout of american Patty Fundick in Only 47 minutes a her 17tn straight Victory Over three years Here a setup a fourth round meeting with nth seeded Nathalie Tauz iat the woman who complained about Selest trademark grunting at Wimbledon. Seles has toned Down her on court noise since then so it remained unclear whether it would become an Issue Here. Quot if it disturbs me again i will complain. If it does no to i wont a said Tauz iat who also won easily in straight sets. Courier cruised past Frenchman Guillaume Raoux 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in virtual silence although he complained afterwards about the new court Side scoreboard that keeps track of service speeds. Quot i think its stupid. 1 think it creates a thing where you say a gee i hit that one at 200, lets see if i can hit this one at 202.�?T what s the Point a courier said. Quot so Long As my serve is effective i could t care less How fast it is  As for the earlier Tantrum courier had no apologies and figured it did him some Good. Quot sometimes its very productive to blow off some steam because the pressure is building a he said. Temperatures were broiling again hitting 108 degrees at court Side a Day after rain delayed play and kept the High More than 40 degrees cooler. Courier did no to mind at All. Jim courier. Stays As hot As the weather Quot pm actually hoping it gets hot. I like it a he said. Quot pm from Florida. Pm used to the heat and its to my  courier who now has a 10-match winning Streak Here next faces no. 15 Sergi bruguera a Spanish Baseline who won a five setter Over dutchman Jan Sienie rink. Much of the Days attention was focused on the loss of an unseeded player a rising Star Andrei Medvedev a ukrainian with a solid All around game and a Sharp wit that journalists and fans alike have round refreshing. Medvedev who has risen in the rankings from 226 to 24 in the last year fell 6-4,4-6, 6-3, 7-6 7-5 to close Friend and practice partner Petr Korda the no. 7 seed who took match Point on a backhand that hit the net and just barely dropped Over. Rather than be upset about the bit of bad Luck Medvedev figured it was True Justice for what he called his own Rotten play. A "1 think i deserved to lose this match on a net Cord a he said. Quot it was the right end. It was very Good it was like a Mike Tyson punch Quot Boom the  Korda asked about the Point looked skyward and said Quot maybe that was the present for my birthday. He turns 25 on saturday. Former Wimbledon Champion Michael Slich the no. 14 seed overcame stubborn australian Jason Stoltenberg a bespectacled former top ranked Junior in singles and doubles who finally ran out of comebacks in losing 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 7-04-6,6-1. No 11 Guy forget of France dominated for the third consecutive match ripping Jamie Morgan of Australia 6-3, 6-2,6-2. In two All american Battles David Wheaton who ousted no. 6 Michael Chang a match earlier was beaten by no. 447 Kelly Jones 0-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, while Chris gamer a qualifier ranked no. 220, beat Todd Witsken who had dumped no. 9 Richard Krajicek 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4. In the women a draw unseeded Julie Halard beat no. 16 Zina Garrison Jack son. No. 6 Conchita Martinez and no. 10 Mary Pierce also advanced along with unseeded Isabelle Demongeot Nicole Provis and Gigi Fernandez