European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sports thursday december 2,1993 or. It. It pc 31 by the associated press it sounded like a meeting of the Brian Leetch fan club. The keynote speakers were teammates Mike Richter Ana Mark Messier after the new York rangers 3-1 Victory Over the new Jersey devils tuesday night. Quot Jyrle plays All the important shifts penalty killing Power plays a Richter said after improving to 12-0-2 in his last 14 starts in goal. Quot we look to him to get things going at the Point. He a the Guy who does it. Leetch had two goals both on deflections to Gay new Jersey defens Emen. That did no to matter to Messier the rangers Captain who threw around some big names in praising Leetch. Quot we played a pretty Good game defensively got great goal ending from Mike Richter and Brian Leetch controlled the game like Bobby err and Denis Potvin did a Messier said. Quot he was All Over the ice defensively offensively. Those two Guys were just outstanding. Quot i have never seen a defens Eman since Orr Potvin or Paul Coffey control a. Game like Brian Aid today. He must have played 38 minutes got two goals killed penalties. He controlled the game just like the greats  in other nil games tuesday night it was Boston 5, Quebec 2 the new York islanders 6, Washington 4 Dallas 2, Calgary 2 and Winnipeg 8, los Angeles 6. Leetch a goals came on a shot from the Point and on one while skating in from the Point. The first came just 1 21 after new Yorkus Tony Amonte tied the game 1-1 at 13 25 of the first period. Center Sergei nem chinos got him the puck at the left Point. The All Star defens Eman fired and the puck deflected off the stick of defens Eman Ken Paneyko and Slid by goalie Chris Terreri. Leetch a 10th goal of the season his eighth on the Power play came with 1 23 left in the second period and put visiting new York ahead 3-1. Mike Gartner who also had an assist on Leetch a first goal set it up by finding Leetch in stride breaking into new Jersey ice. Leetch took two Steps and fired at Ter Reri. Halfway there the puck seemed to tip every so slightly off the stick of devils defens Eman Bruce Driver and beat Ter  Quot one was real Lucky a Leetch said. Quot Mike Hudson went to the net and screened everyone and the second i had an open slap shot and put my head Down and it went in.�?�. A the rangers Are 14-1-2 in their last 17 games while new Jersey is 15-6-2 in 23. Cores Millen scored the devils goal at 5 38 or the first period on a funny rebound. Bruins 5, Nordques 2. Bryan Smolinsky had two goals and Ray Bourque added three assists As the visiting in wins improved to 38-10-8 Over Quebec since the 1986-87 season. Slanders 6, capitals 4 Travis Green had his first career hat trick and Derek King scored twice As the islanders beat Washington at the Nassau coliseum for the first time since nov 30, 1991, a six game stretch. Washington which held three one goal leads in the first period dropped to 1-8 against Atlantic division rivals. It was to be Dale Hunters first game at Nassau coliseum since his 21-game suspension for separating Pierre tur cons shoulder during the playoffs but Hunter was injured sunday night when Gehi _ a a _ tripped by Alexei Kovalev of the new York rangers. Stars 2, flames 2 Ulf Dahlen a Power play goal Dallas second of the game tied it Midway through the third period. Derian Hatcher gave the stars a 1-0 Lead and Gary Rob. Erts tied it with his 200th career goal. Joe in Ouwendyk gave the hosting flames a 21 Lead 2 53 into the third period. A jets 8, Kings 6 the jets trailed 4-1 when they scored n held off the it in a Row. Alek the rangers Adam Graves left cliches the devils Claude Lemieux with a High As Bobby Holik right looks on during first period action tuesday night. 45 schools to hit the visiting Winnipeg a first three goals. Wayne Gretzky had two goals and two assists for the Kings. Prep starts saturday with 41 teams by Den Abrams _ _ prep sports editor its time for tip offs and take Downs in Dodds. The cagers go courting Friday the madmen begin pinning saturday in All of Dodds except Italy and Turkey which done to make their Winter debuts until after the holidays. Forty five boys and girls teams will be competing in basketball in eight leagues. This year. Italy with nine teams has the f most. Six teams have been assigned to division i and divisions Iii North and South division u East and West and the . Will Field five teams apiece and Turkey will have three Pitburg has been upgraded to division i from division u West and Vilseck has been elevated from division 111 South to division ii East for basketball and wrest forty one schools have a wrestling program this Winter but some of the smaller schools probably will be Able to Field Only partial teams because of the continuing draw Down. Conspicuously absent is Augsburg which had been a wrestling Power Over the years. Quot we have lost a few students but we really Haven to been affected that much by the draw Down a Augsburg principal Paul Finkbeiner said tuesday Quot there just does no to seem to be that much student interest in wrestling. I thought perhaps that our football Success might carry Over into wrestling. But we Only had a couple of athletes sign up for the  Dodds Germany athletic coordinator Tom Leblanc said tuesday that everything is in place for Competition this week. Quot with the exception of Augsburg not wrestling everything is go this week a Leblanc said tuesday. About a half dozen schools Arentt Able to Field girls Jav basketball teams because of the draw Down but the Overall picture is  the . Offers the Blue plate specials this weekend with tournaments in both basketball and wrestling. The five league teams will be joined by Kef Lavik in the Cage action at Alconbury. The mat com petition is scheduled at Lakenheath. Kef Lavik also will Complete in wrestling and american school in London will Field its first wrestling team this week. Germany Bennor schools have no conference basketball on the Agenda Friday and saturday. The wrestling format starting with saturdays action has been revised to feature tournament style Competition in four bigger meets each week instead of a flock of dual and triangular events. A basketball and wrestling tournaments will be staged As usual at the end of the respective seasons. Kef Lavik will compete in both . Tournaments and the . Will be represented in Germany Bennor basketball tournament Competition and the Central european wrestling championships. The basketball formats Haven to been finalized according Leblanc. Quot we Are looking into two different formats for the basketball tournament com petition a Leblanc said. Quot one is to stage division Iii North and South tournaments to establish a Small schools Field and to stage division i and ii tournaments to set the Field for a big schools meet. We have no site for the Small schools but Mannheim is set for the big schools again. I a the other is to have division i ii and Iii tournaments with representatives from each program advancing to a Central european championship at Mannheim. Both tournaments include . Representation a whichever format is chosen the Competition will be feb. 17-19, the us. Championships Are scheduled at Alcon buy feb. 10-12 Germany Bennor Competition takes place feb. 11-12, the Italy finals Are feb. 2426 at Aviano. Conference championships it u in if log. Involving Germany Bennor teams take 29 at Brussels Karlsruhe it Hape and Vilseck division eliminations follow feb. 4-5 at accent ans Bach and Frankfurt. The . Finals Are at Lakenheath feb. 5, and the Central europeans unfurl feb. 10-12 in Kitzing in. Italy s wrestling tournament is feb. 25-26 at Sigo Neua