European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 17, 1993 sports the stars Ano stripes Page 37it s business As usual for Leafs flames by United press International the replacement officials did no to seem to upset the balance of the nil any in their first night the Toronto Maple Leafs Are still struggling and the Calgary flames Are still winning. Chris Gove Daris scored his first goal of the season with 6 22 left in the third period monday night allowing the Maple Leafs to escape with a 55 tie with the Edmonton oilers in Toronto. Gove Daris who scored one goal in 26 games with Hart Ford last season scored following a scramble in front. He beat Craig Billing ton with a High forehand shot. Despite a hat trick by Shayne Corson the oilers blew a pair of two goal leads and have won just once in their last 18 games. The Maple Leafs Are 234 after Start ing the season 100. Neither team had any serious scoring chances in overtime. At Calgary Alberta Gary Roberts and Paul Ranheim scored Short handed goals during a five goal outburst in the second period to Leac the flames to a 7-2 Victory Over Winnipeg for their fifth straight Triumph. Wes Walz Kelly Kisio and German Titov also scored during the period As the flames chased jets goalie Bob Essensa with an 18-shot attack. The jets allowed seven straight goals and have won just once in their last nine games 171. The nil officials association went out on strike monday for the first time in its history. The officials Are unhappy with the salaries offered by the league and had set a deadline of sunday night for a Compromise to be worked out. That deadline passed without any agreement being reached. The replacements were hired by the league from among minor league referees and linesmen who attended a recent Camp in Indianapolis. Some of the replacements have worked collegiate and International contests. The new officials will Wear two Way radios to allow them to communicate with nil supervisors in the stands. A they officiated a very competent game a said nil vice president Brian Burke who was at Maple Leaf gardens to watch the game. A to be fair perhaps the Linesman missed a couple line Calls but in Winnipeg recently there was one atrocious Call from our regular officials. A this is just one game and i do not know for sure whether they will hold up and How Long. Remember i think it is not fair because of the extra scrutiny on them to judge them More harshly than the regular  the oilers had taken a 54 Lead into the final period on Corsons third goal of the game with 3 27 left in the second period. Corson tipped in a shot by Adam Bennett past Felix Potvin for his third career hat trick. Billington stopped 39 shots and Potvin made 26 saves. The oilers jumped to a 2-0 Lead on Aba replacement officials Bob Morfey left and Dong Brovsseau Confer White injured Ottawa goalie Darrin Madeley is checked Fay a Trainer monday night. Goals by Craig Mactavish and Corson 71 seconds apart late in the first period. But the Leafs scored twice in 59 seconds to tie it after one period. Kent Manderville scored just nine seconds after Corsons goal and Dave Andreychuk tallied his 15th of the season on the Power play with 3 31 left in the period. Edmonton again struck for a pair of Quick goals in the second period. Corson scored his ninth of the season at the 7 29 Mark and Doug weight added his eighth just 1 32 later making it 4-2. Again Toronto quickly tied it when Wendel Clark scored his 16th and 17th goals of the season 2 03 apart. Clarks first score came on the Power play and his second came with 5 30 left in the period. Doug Gilmour assisted on both goals. In the flames Victory Roberts was for checking when the puck hit his pad and bounced to Ranheim who fed Roberts with a pass. Roberts deflected the puck past Essensa to give the flames a 21 Lead with 6 38 left in the period. Kisio boosted the Lead to 3-1 with his first goal of the season and Titova a seventh of the season less than two minutes later made it 4-1. Ranheim scored his goal with 30 seconds left in the period. Chris Dahlquist broke up a pass at Center ice to Start a 2-on-1. He passed to Ranheim who one timed a shot past Essensa for his sixth of the season. Theo Fleury and Ronnie Stern added third period goals against Stephane Beauregard. In the Only other game of the night Montreal Defeated  4, senators 2 at Ottawa Eric Desjardins and Vincent Damphousse scored less than four minutes apart to snap a third period tie and help the canadians snap their losing Streak at three games after they had gone 6-0-1 in their previous seven contests. Ottawa lost for the third time in four games. Ottawa goaltender Darrin Madeley was taken off the ice on a Stretcher with just Over a minute gone by in the first period after suffering a severely bruised Back while trying to Clear the puck. Win 6th Philadelphia apr even though he a 6-foot-10, Matt Bullard is known for his outside shooting. He made the Philadelphia 76ers believers in the Only Aba game on mondays schedule. Bullard scored 11 of his 14 Points in the fourth Quarter including three 3-Pointcrs, As the undefeated rockets won their sixth straight 88-84, Over Philadelphia. Shawn Bradley Philadelphia a 7 foot-6 Rookie Center was elbowed in the Eye by Robert Horry in the first Quarter but played the rest of the game. Philadelphia officials said after the game that Bradley a Eye will be examined. Houston outscored the 76crs 2711 in the. Final Quarter overcoming an 11-Point deficit. Philadelphia made Only two of 15 Field goal attempts in the fourth period As the rockets held their opponents under 100 Points for the sixth straight game. A we never count ourselves out because we have so Many weapons a a Bullard said. A i think the defense was the key for us in the fourth  the rockets who have been shooting 51 percent made Only 33 of 80 shots while the 76crs converted 29 of 66. A it was a pretty ugly game but we re real glad to come out with a Victory a a Bullard said. A that was really a big win for us a a Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. A a it a hard to win on the Road but we managed to put things together in the fourth period. Give Philadelphia some credit they played very hard and they have nothing to be ashamed  a a that a a Tough one to Swallow a Philadelphia coach Fred Carter said. A it was one of those nights to make a head coach wander the streets and become a homeless person. The Guys Are working hard though and i told them Atlanta a next wednesday and i told them i expect them to work just As hard  Hakeem Olajuwon scored 21 Points and Otis Thorpe added 14 Points and 19 rebounds for Houston. Jeff Komacek had 25 Points for Philadelphia. Philadelphia led 73-61 after three pends but the rockets went on a 22-3 burst including the three 3-pointers by Bullard to take �?�7o adva an 83 . Olympic hockey team on hot Streak Lillehammer Norway a Small nil style ice surfaces or big european rinks. It does no to really matter for the . Olympic team. The team has proved it can play Well on both clinching a winning record against the nil with a 5-1 Victory Over the Hartford whalers a week ago in the penultimate game on the professional part of its pre olympic tour. The americans 3-1-1 against nil teams then went to the big rinks in Europe and swept France in a two game weekend exhibition series 7-2 at Albertville and 7-1 at Grenoble to extend its unbeaten Streak to 14 games. On tuesday night the . Squad was to face its third major International test of the year against Canada in the pre olympic Tel hockey cup at nearby Udo Vik one of two Sites that will be used during the olympic tournament next february. A a we re playing Well right new and in a especially pleased with the Progress our defense has made in the past few weeks a said coach Tim Taylor. A this tournament will provide an excellent barometer for us in assessing the Overall development and Progress of our  in other games of the six team tournament France was to play Slovakia and Host Norway was to take on an All Star team from the russian second division. Heading into the Lillehammer tournament Peter Ferraro of the University of Maine and Jim Campbell of the Hull oly piques of the Quebec major Junior hockey league Lead the . Squad in scoring with 15 and 14 goals respectively. Tuesdays .-Canada game Marks the opening of gjovik s Fjell Hall one of the most distinctive Arenas at the Lillehammer olympics. Not visible from the outside the 4,600-seat rink was blasted out of solid Rock using advanced tunnelling skills. Spectators enter the worlds first underground olympic Arena through a Tunnel some 150 Yards Long. Situated on the Lake Kjosa Norway a largest Lake gjovik is one Norway a oldest cultural commercial and Industrial centers