European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Re go 34 r the stars and stripes sports tue Day. A Dufy in 1993 Sharks nip jets to snap Streak by the associated press Winnipeg Manitoba a the last time the san Jose Sharks had won a game George Bush was in the White House Miami was no. I in College football and the nil playoffs Hadnot even started. The sorry Sharks ended their 17-game losing in Sharks ended their 17-game lost Streak a one shy of the nil record a wit a 32 Victory at Winnipeg in sunday. Quot we re a pretty excited Bunch of Guys right now a said Kelly Kisio who scored two goals for the Sharks a its a big Load off my mind.�?�. The Sharks will now have to share a place in the record Book with the 1974-75 Washington capitals. Quot in be been very proud of How they be played despite a lot of adversity a shark coach George Kingston said. Quot i was concerned for the players because there was a tremendous pressure that was mounting on nil at 7-48-2, san Jose needs to win two of its last 27 games to avoid Matching Washington a record of eight victories in its first season. The Sharks outscored 88-31 during the losing Streak and 19-1 in their previous three games last earned a Point on Jan. 2 in a 2-2 tie with Vancouver. A win Over los Angeles on Dee. 26 broke the Sharks 13-game losing Streak. San Jose is 2-32-1 in its last 35 games. Quot its always hard to stomach when you lose to a team that you really feel you should be beating a Jet goalie kick Tabaracci said. Goalie arturs irbe who made 35 saves kept the Sharks in the game in the first period As the jets out shot san Jose 18-8 and were ahead 18-3 until two Winnipeg penalties late in the period. Winnipeg a Teemu a Clanncy a 45th goal of the season equalled Dale Hawer Chuku a Winnipeg Rokic record and pulled the finnish Rookie within eight of Mike Bossy a nil record set in 1977-78. In other games sunday sabres 7, penguins 4 Buffalo n y. Pat Lafontaine moved into a tie with Mario Lemieux for the no la a scoring Lead with a three Point game in buffaloes Victory Over visiting Pittsburgh. A a Lafontaine had a goal and two assists to increase his Point total to 104, the same As Lemieux the penguins superstar currently undergoing treatment for Hodgkin a disease. Alexander Mogiln added to his nil goal scoring Lead with his 55th and 56th empty netting the club record set by Danny Gare in 1979-80. Red wings 5, Blackhawk 3 1 Chicago Steve Yzerman had three goals and two assists As Detroit beat Chicago to move three Points behind the first place Blackhawk in the Norris division. It was yzermans third hat trick of the season and 18th of his career. Devils 5, flyers 2 Philadelphia Stephane Richer scored two goals and set up another As new Jersey finished a weekend sweep of Philadelphia. The devils ended their five game losing Streak at the spectrum. Philadelphia a Eric Lindros was penalized for Cross checking on the opening Falcoff and teammate Pelle Eklund was sent off for High sticking less than a minute later. John Maclean and Richer scored for new Jersey in the next two minutes. Claude Lemieux added another Power play goal at 4 08. Nordques 3, oilers 2 Edmonton Alberta a Mats Sundin scored at 2 28 of overtime and Quebec stopped its 14-game losing Streak in Edmonton that dated Back to nov. 21,1982. Sundin picked up the puck at his own face off Circle spun around and went up the left Wing. He crossed Over to the right Side at the oilers Blue line went around a defender and beat goalie Bill Ranford Sharks Mike Sullivan tries to push puck past Jet goalie Rick Tabaraci and Stu Barnes. With a Low shot. Maple Leafs 6, North stars 5 Bloomington Minn. De Senseman Todd Gills second goal of the game broke a 5-5 tic with 40 seconds left in the third period As Toronto rallied from a three goal deficit to beat Minnesota. Doug Gilmour just off a six assist performance against the North stars saturday night in a 6-1 Toronto Victory scored the. Tying goal and added two assists As the Maple Leafs swept a Home and Home series to move within four Points of Minnesota for third place in the Norris division. Mike Modano had two goals and an assist for the North stars. Bruins 3, lightning 3 Tampa Fla. A Steve Leach scored his 19th goal at 14 22 of the third period to help Boston tie Tampa Bay. Adam Oates recorded his 100th assist for Boston. Tampa Bay took its third Lead of the game at 3-2 just before the end of the second period on Chris Kontos 27th goal. But Leach flipped a shot past Young who had so St knocked away a wrist shot from Gord Oberts to tie the by snub Chicago a Walter Payton recently named to pro football s Hall of Fame says lie feels snubbed by his old Chicago bears teammates who did no to Call with their congratulations. Quot it hurts Quot Payton said. Quot the Only athlete who sent his congratulations was Michael Jordan. Nobody else one exception was hear place kicker Kevin Butler who visited Payton on Friday at his office in Schaumburg. And there were Many Calls from friends and business associates. For his part Payton snubbed the pro bowl in Honolulu last week where the new Hall of Farmers were introduced. Payton the a Fly a career Rushing Leader cancelled plans to attend citing a Busi Walter Payton. Quot nobody called Quot Ness conflict and a distaste for ceremonies. Payton said he will attend the Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Canton Ohio on july 31. Mirer Bledsoe top lists at nil scouting Combine Indianapolis a while quarterback Rick Mirer appears certain to be a first round pick his notre Dame teammate Jerome Bettis is hoping his versatility at running Back impressed enough nil scouts to put him High in the draft too. Bettis is recovering from a strained ligament in his left ankle and underwent Only the interviews and medical exams at the nil Combine which attracted 350 prospects Over the weekend. His football skills will be put on display next month at a private workout in South Bend. A a five done everything. Running blocking catching the football a said the 6-foot, 240 found Bettis who feels he of ers the nil a blend of Power and Speed. Quot basically i just Hope the interest by nil teams is there but i would really like to go with someone who will use me a lot. Quot i think 1 can do a lot of different things and i can upgrade the skills that 1 Bettis was one of 37 underclassmen who gave up their College eligibility for a Chance to be drafted this year. Another was quarterback Drew Bledsoe of Vwashington state who along with Mirer is seen As a first round certainty possibly even the no. 1 pick. New England has the first pick in the april 25-26 draft while Seattle a which finished last in. The nil in offence last year a has the second selection. Quot Mirer is an outstanding athlete and Leader a said Mike Allman the sea Hawks player personnel director. Quot i think he a probably going to be a Little better pro player than he was a College player because he a going to experience More different types of throws. Quot the big thing is he a been a Winner he a durable and he is definitely top Talent As an Quot we be certainly heard a lot about him since he plays in Washington but we weren to considering him until january when he declared he was com ing out a Auman said. A a he a a big tall Rangy kid with a very powerful Arm. Quot he really has a Quick release. He a Over 220 pounds he a durable and has the scope to see the Field under pressure. Quot when our evaluation is completed in a sure he a going to come out among the top five or six players a Dick Steinberg general manager of the new York jets said the 1993 draft will not have a lot of top prospects at quarterback. Quot Mirer and Bledsoe Are at the top of the list a he said. Quot Bledsoe is a Guy that we still have to figure out but those two Guys Are going to be the top two quarterbacks and what about Heisman trophy Winner Gino Torretta of Miami who set school records with 7.690 passing Yards 7,722 Yards of total offence 555 completions and 123 consecutive passes without an interception Quot Gino is probably not As Maneu Merable As we like in the nil a Allman said. Quot i think has limited Arm
