European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 3& the stars and stripes sports  december 1, 1993 nil by the associated press the Buffalo sabres Are proving they Are not doomed without pit Lafontaine. The sabres started the season 4-101 before Lafontaine a 53jgoal scorer last season ripped apart his right knee. A lot of sabres fans were ready to write the team off. Quot yep there certainly was a lot of talk like that left Winger Randy Wood said. Quot but As competitive athletes we re taking a positive View of things. We re not. Giving up. There a a lot of games left a 3-0 Victory monday night Over the Toronto Maple Leafs a the sabres scored All three goals in the third period a improved Buffalo s re Cord to 5-2-1 since Lafontaine went Down. Wayne Presley Craig Simpson and Alexander Mogiln got the goals. In other nil action Hartford beat Ottawa 4-2, Dallas beat dem Ohton 6-5 in overtime Andt Vancouver beat Chicago 21 in overtime. Quot i think we re feeling a lot like the Way Pittsburgh must be feeling without Mario Lemieux Wood said. Quot we be come to understand that Pat is not going to be with us for the rest of the season and we can t do anything about it a we can t sit Back and say a Well that s the season we have to look Forward and we have to be positive As a team and go out and play As hard As we can. There s no telling what can happen. We be got a lot of offensive. Skill Here with Dale Hawer Chuk and Mogiln and we have Strong goal ending a i done to see any reason Why we can to be a successful team this year. Tonight was an example of that. If we continue to play aggressive but disciplined hockey we re going to frustrate some teams.�?�. Dominik hasek stopped All 24 Toronto shots for his second career shutout. Mogiln whose goal with 5 40 left on a Cross ice pass from Yuri Kim lev gave him 13 for the season says the sabres arc taking the loss of Lafontaine As a Chal ,cn6e a every team has injuries a he  4, senators 2 at Ottawa Bryan Marchment broke a 2-2 tie at 3 59. Of the third taking a Cross the senators David Mcllwain Center 1, checked by the Whalene Chrly Pronger a goalie Jeff Reese watcher the puck. Ice pass from Geoff Sanderson and sending a wrist shot Over the Glove hand of Darrin Madeley. Robert Kron scored with 2 05 remaining As the whalers posted their second straight Victory., the crowd of 10,075 in the civic Centre chanted Quot we want a ref a during the second period a reference to the strike by nil officials. Before foe strike began two weeks ago the fans shouted a we want scabs a stars 6, oilers 5, of at Edmonton Alberta Dave Gagner got control of a bouncing puck and sent a High shot past Bill Ranford at 2 26 of overtime to give Dallas the Victory. The oilers twice fought Back from two goal deficits to Force overtime. Edmonton has now lost 13 games by two goals or less. A a. Ulf Dahlen Paul Broten Mike Mcphee Dave Barr and Trent Kujatt had the other goals for the stars who blew 2-0 and 5-3 leads. R Doug weight Craig Mactavish Shayne Corson Peter White Quot and Jason Arnott scored for the  2, Blackhawk 1, of at Vancouver British Columbia Dixon Ward scored on a hard wrist shot from the top of the Slot 15 seconds into overtime. Vancouver goalie Kirk Mclean who made 20 saves started the play with a Clearing pass. Cliff Ronning carried the puck olt or the Blue line and fed Ward for his third goal of the season the canucks trailed 1-0 in the third a cried before Pavel Bure came out from behind the net and backhanded a shot pasted Balfour at 5 26. Joe Murphy scored a Short handed goal for Chicago in the second period pacers wipe out big deficit by United pres International the Trio of Walt Williams Mitch Richmond and Lionel Simmons helped Sacramento charge to a 24-Point Lead in the third Quarter but when they ran out of Gas so did the injury riddled Kings. Dale Davis scored eight of his 20 Points an the fourth Quarter monday night and the Indiana pacers erased the deficit by holding Down the Kings big three to pull out a 105103 Victory. The Kings lost for the fourth straight time for the eighth time in nine games and the third straight time at Home. Indiana which has beaten Sacramento four in a Row broke a two game losing Streak and won its third consecutive Gamp on the Road. Tho pacers used an 8-2 Tun in a two minute Span to knot the game at 100-100 with 2 03 left. Indiana trailed 88-77 heading into the final Quarter and was Down 70-46 with 10 minutes left in the third. Indiana outscored the Kings by a 59-35 margin in the second half. _ the Kings who were without Wayman Tisdale Jim Les and Randy Breuer built the Lead on the shoulders of Williams 23simmons 21and Richmond 19who combined for 63 of the Kings 88 Points through the first three quarters. Richmond finished with 26, while Simmons and Williams had 25 each. Williams tied a career High with 11 rebounds while teammate Spud Webb also matched his career Best with nine rebounds. T Davis grabbed a game High 13 rebounds for the pacers. Tisdale Les and Breuer were All out with ankle injuries., in other games monday night san Antonio held off Milwaukee 102-95 and the . Clippers routed new Jersey 118-94. Spurs 102, Bucks 95 at san Antonio David Robinson scored 12 of his 34 Points in the fourth Quarter to Lead the spurs. Robinson spearheaded a 13-4 run that gave san Antonio a 95-85 Lead with less than four minutes remaining. Dale Ellis added 22 Points for the spurs. The Bucks who trailed 58-47 at the half made a Strong charge in the third Quarter. After falling behind 75-60 with 18 remaining Milwaukee went on a 16 3 run to close the period trailing 79-96. Todd Day led the Bucks with 10 in the Quarter. San Antonio however held Day scoreless in the fourth Quarter. Clippers 118, nets 94 3 ers cored 14 gird Quarter at los Angeles Ron har of his 36 Points in the to handing the nets their fourth loss in their four game Road trip. After trailing 71-66 with 6 21 left in foe third Quarter the clippers went on a 22-5 run keyed by t harpers 12 Points. Los Angeles held an 8876 advantage after three and led by As Nany As 23 in the fourth. Danny Manning had 20 Points and Loy Vaught grabbed a career High 21 rebounds for the clippers. Armon Gilliam scored 25 Points and Kenny Anderson added 16 for the nets. Webber out Oakland Calif. A Chris Webber the Star Rookie of the Golden state warriors who missed most of training Camp because of an appendectomy will be sidelined indefinitely with a sprained ankle. A this status is Day to Day a team spokesman David Hatfield said Webber was examined monday by team doctors who confirmed the initial diagnosis. Webber sprained his left ankle during sunday nights game in Detroit when he fell Over Bill Laimbeer of the pistons. Or amp is showed no break. Webber injured the same ankle during training Camp and missed Golden state s first two games. His appendectomy was oct. O. The ankle sprain is another blow for the warriors who have Tim Hardaway Sarunas Marciulionis and Chris Mullin out with injuries