European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes sports thursday february 4, 1993 sabres get goalie they wanted by United press International the Buffalo sabres have been looking for a goal tender to match their potent offence. On tuesday they got one making a bold move to Ward a run at a Stanley cup by acquiring Veteran goal tender Grant Fuhr from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Fuhr a member of five Stanley cup teams with the Edmonton oilers and a former Czina trophy Winner instantly become the no. 1 net incr with the sabres. This is a major move for Buffalo. You can t ask for a better goalie than Grant Edmonton Oiler Center Craig Mactavish said. The move solidifies a team that already a lot of Talent. I really think Buffalo becomes a Strong contender now. There Aren t Many better goaltenders in the league and that s where it All starts from the goal Buffalo sent Daren Puppa Veteran left Wing Dave Andrychuk and a first round pick in 1993 to Toronto while the sabres will have an option on either a fifth round selection in 1995 or a sixth round pick in 1994. Buffalo got one hell of a Deal Edmonton coach Ted Green said. Fuhr will make a big difference for them. There Aren t Many players in the league who can turn things around by themselves but Fuhr proven he is one of the sabres with top offensive Talent in Winger Alex Ander Mogiln currently the league s leading goal scorer and Center Pat Lafontaine believe they have shored up their major defensive Hole. They reportedly been shopping for a much of the season while rotating Puppa Tom Draper and Dominik Hascle. With Grant Fuhr we feel we have acquired an experienced proven no. 1 goaltender Buffalo general manager Gerry Mcchan said. The sabres were to Host Hartford on wednesday night in their final game before the All Star break and Fuhr could make his Buffalo debut against the whal National hockey league cars. At 26-20-6, Buffalo stands in fourth place in the tight Adams division face although the sabres rank second in the league in scoring. Fuhr 30, will be reunited with his former coach in Edmonton John Muckler currently coach and director of hockey operations with the sabres. He appeared in 29 games with Toronto this season posting a 3.14 goals against average. Fuhr is 13-9-4 with one shutout in his second full season with the Maple Leafs. Fuhr whose 264 career wins Lead Active goalies been named an All Star six times and in 1987-88 won the Vezina Tro Phy As the top nil goaltender he was traded by Edmonton to Fuhr Toronto in september 1991. Fuhr became expendable in Toronto because of the emergence of Rookie goalie Felix Potvin and because the upcoming expansion draft permits teams to protect Only one goalie. It was a very difficult decision Maple Leaf presi Dent and general manager Cliff Fletcher said. We be taken a calculated risk in letting a great in Grant Fuhr go. It helps us tremendously not just with goal scoring Power for the present but with the first round Choice hopefully solidifying the Toronto scored the fewest goals in the Norris division this season and Andreychuk leaves Buffalo As the club s second leading All time scorer with 348 goals and 423 assists for 771 Points in 10-plus seasons. Andrychuk 29, Buffalo s no. 1 draft pick in 1982, 29 goals and 32 assists this season. In nil games tuesday night flames 6, capitals 4 Landover my. Robert Reichel scored the go ahead goal on a breakaway with 1 40 left in the third period helping the flames snap Washington s Home unbeaten Streak at a club record 13 games. Reichel and Paul Ranheim each scored twice for the flames who have won three straight. With the score tied 4-4, Reichel took a pass from Ronnie Stern at Center ice and fired the puck Over the right shoulder of goaltender Don Beaupre to put the flames ahead. Al Lafranc and Dimitri Hristich each a goal and an assist for Washington which is wingless in its last five games 0-3-2. Oilers 4, Bruins 3 Boston Ron tug Nutt stopped 45 shots helping the oilers hold on after their four goal first period. Tug Nutt turned aside 23 shots in the second period and extended his personal unbeaten Streak to five games. Shayne Corson scored a Power play goal six minutes into the game and Kelly Buchberger made it 2-0 with a shorthanded tally less than three minutes later. After Bruins Vladimir Ruzicka scored a Power play goal Midway through the period Sujon Podein and Petr Klima scored to Ive Edmonton a 4-1 Cushion. A go Nordques 3, Kings 2 Quebec Pwen Nolan a goal and added an assist on Scott Young s game Winner. The Nordques Are undefeated in their last five starts 3-0-2 while the Kings continue to struggle with Only four wins in their last 21 games 4-14-3. Young scored his 22nd of the season at 15 59 of the second period giving Quebec a 3-1 Lead. Injury Jinx dogs . Alpine team fallen Champion Mark o Mcara of Orlando ha., assumes a position that is certainly not typical of his golfing efforts at Pebble Beach Calif. O Mcara hit the ground after completely miss ing the Ball on a Chip off elimination on the first Hole of a shootout series tuesday at Pebble Beach. O Mcara a 36-year-old Veteran of 12 seasons on the pea tour was preparing for today s Start of the National pro am which he won lust year and three other times lie also won a California Amateur championship at Pebble Heath. By Bill Scott Morioka Shizu Kunishi Japan up a broken Back suffered by a promising Young ski racer at the world Al Pine championships continues an injury Jinx at big events for the . Ski team. Erik Schlopy 20, from Buffalo n.y., remained in Hospital wednesday under observation for five compressed vertebrae suffered in a fall during downhill training on wednesday. Doctors want to observe him for a few Days to determine if he can be transported to the states wearing a Brace. Crashes also claimed two other victims Paul Puckett strained knee ligament and Chad Fleischer Cut Chin. Puckett will be off of skis for a month while Fleischer is expected to race later during the 12-Day championships. The Trio join an injury list this season which included Rochester n.y., Down Hiller a Kitt and Eva Tward Okens who went out for Trie season in december in Canada after an Accident in downhill train ing which wrecked ligaments in a knee. This injury list sounds pretty bad but it was worse three years ago said team spokesman Tom Kelly. One year we both Tamara Mckinney and Diane Roffe out for the despite few american medal chances Here the recent rash of injuries does not help team morale. Medals were a Long shot for us said Kelly. But we of course Don t like to see our people Hurt. A Guy lying in the Hospital with a broken Back is not the same As some one with knee ligament other racers have fallen this world cup season but have risen to ski again. Fleischer was Hurt at Garmisch Ger Many on Jan. 10 at a downhill. He missed three weeks and just action when he crashed in Japan. Ski opener postponed Shizu Kunishi Japan a weather will determine whether the world Alpine ski championships will be a race to the finish or a race to get everything finished. The official opening event of the two week event the women s combined downhill was postponed after several hours of delay wednesday due to High wind and blowing Snow. No announcement of a makeup Date was made. Thursday s event was scheduled to be the women a open downhill but the weather service forecast for a blizzard prompted organizers to have a replacement event ready. That would be the slalom por Tion of the women s combined which does t require the near perfect conditions necessary for the High Speed downhill. Wednesday s wind driven Snow and Low Clouds also wiped out the men s downhill training session. Julie Parisien a first seed starter in the women s combined slalom injured her knee in Cortina Italy. Schoppy been airlifted out of bad Klei Kirchheim Austria the week before Christmas after crashing during a super giant slalom. He suffered a concussion. The women s team is still without alas Kan Hilary Lindh the olympic downhill Silver medallist last year after an operation to repair knee damage
