European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 36 the stars and stripes sports Friday december 10,1993 Brodeur saves Day for devils nil by Ken Rappoport the associated press what is it a a about the Montreal Ca Nadies that brings out the Best in an of kit sing player its no secret As far As new Jersey Devil goaltender Martin Brodeur is concerned. Quot it s a great win in front of All my friends Quot said the 21-year-old Montreal area native after turning in a big performance to help the devils beat the Ca Nadies 4-2 wednesday night. Quot its my Best win so far. 1 was nervous at the Start but the pressure went Down once the game  Brodeur whose father Denis has been the Cana tens team photographer for three decades made 31 saves for the devils. Quot i told. Martin yesterday he would Start Quot said Devil coach Jacques Lemaire. A i asked him if head be nervous and he said til be Fine. He a a very poised kid. He a like his father a a quiet Guy who gets the Job . The game also marked a hip coming for Lemaire who left last summer As Ca Nadien assistant general manager to coach the devils. While Brodeur sparkled in goal the devils got a Good performance for Aneth. Or Montreal area native Randy Mckay. Mckay contributed a key goal in the second period As the devils ended a five game wingless Streak. Mckay grew up near Montreal and moved to Michigan tech before entering the nil in 1988. John Maclean had two goals and Bobby Holik also scored for new Jersey 16t7-4which jumped past Philadelphia into second place in the Atlantic division. John Leclair and Gilbert Dionne 1 scored for Montreal 13-11-4which lost for the first time in four games. Brodeur was the losing goaltender when Montreal won 2-0 in new Jersey last oct. 26, but this time he got the better of a Sloppy Patrick Roy As Denis Brodeur shot six Rolls of film of his son from ringside. The canadians gave up three goals and were unable to come Back against the leagues top defensive club despite firing 17 shots in the third period. In other games wednesday rangers 1, oilers 1 Bob Beers scored with 2 14 left in the third period to give Edmonton a tie with new York As Ranger goaltender Mike Richter extended his unbeaten Streak to 17 games. Former Oiler Esa Tikkanen scored Midway through the second period for the rangers who Are unbeaten in their last 11 Home games 8-0-3 and Are 16-13 m their last 20 Overall. Richter 14-fr>3 in his last 17 decisions moved two games behind Davey Kerr s club Mark of 19 games without a defeat 14-0-3established in the j939-40 season when the rangers last won the Stanley cup. Jets 5, Maple Leafs 4 Kris King and tie Domi each scored a goal to Lead the jets Over the Maple Leafs. Darrin Shannon Alexei Zha nov and Keith Tkachuk also scored for Winnipeg 4-5-2 in its last 11, Glenn Anderson had two goals while Dimitri Mironov and Doug Gilmour also scored for Toronto 7-4-0 in its last 11. Gilmour had three assists. Sabres 3, senators 1 Donald Audette scored with 2 07 remaining As the sabres held off the senators Yuri Khz Motev and Alexander Mogiln scored second period goals for the resurgent sabres who won for the fifth time in seven games to improve to 13-13-2 a reaching .500 for the first time since their second game of the season. Ottawa a 11th consecutive Home loss tied the no la a Home futility Mark set by Boston in the 1924-25 season Ana matched by Washington in 1974, Ottawa is 1-12-1 at the civic Centre this season and 6-19-3 Overall canucks 4, whalers 1 Trevor Linden scored twice and Pavel Bure had two assists As the canucks broke a three game losing Streak. Gino Odjick and Cliff Ronning also scored for the canucks who out shot the whalers 31-22. Montreal a John Leclair is flipped to the tee by the devils Ken Paneyko on wednesday. Stars 3, penguins 2 Trent Klatt scored two goals including the game Winner in the third period As turned away 21 shots by the whalers who failed to score on All five Power play opportunities. Quot it was just a Good solid defensive game a Linden said. Quot we had to get things going our Way and a game like this hopefully gets us in the right  the stars beat the penguins. Klatt skated up the Slot and fired Mike Modano a pass from the right Side past Pittsburgh goaltender Ken Wreggit at 14 11 of the third  nearly tied the game with 15 seconds left when Joe Mullen tipped a East into the Dallas crease. Mullen raised is stick but officials after watching a videotape of the play ruled the puck did no to Cross the line. Panthers 6, Kings 5 Andrei Lomakin scored twice in less than three minutes to snap a 2-2 tie in the second period and Jesse Belanger had three assists As the panthers completed a two game sweep in Southern California. The panthers who own the no la a worst Power play on the Road and third worst Overall scored three times with a Man advantage to Send los Angeles to its 10th loss in 12 games. They also became the third team to beat the Kings and mighty ducks of Anaheim on the Road in consecutive nights joining Toronto and Tampa Bay. A a we be almost won four of the last five games but almost does no to do it Quot King coach Barry Melrose said. Quot right now we need some Veteran stability Back there and not beat ourselves. We re scoring a ton of goals and Lwen re killing ourselves by the mistakes in our  it s history Osborne says of bowl record Tom Osborne. Has Learned from bowls by . Schmidt Lincoln neb. Apr Nebraska coach Tom Osborne is not wringing his hands Over his Streak of six consecutive bowl losses. A a there a nothing i can do about it Quot he said wednesday. A a it a  of More immediate concern is the Orange bowl of new years night when no 2 Nebraska 11-0 plays no. 1 Florida state 111. A a bowl game is the last impression you leave no matter what your season was like,�?T1 Osborne said. A it s seen by a larger segment of the Public than any other game its what people talk about for years  All the bowl tosses have been to Southern teams three times to Florida state two to Miami and one to Georgia tech. A you have to prepare your team to play in the kind of climate you most often play in a he said. A in the big eight we have to play in heavy Wina Ana cold weather. You have to be Able to run and pass and play the option. Sometimes it can be hard to be proficient at All of that in All kinds of  Osborne said he has Learned from the bowls going Back to his 31-28 loss to Florida state in the fiesta bowl in 1988. A we had a Good team and we moved the Ball Well but we did no to execute Well a he said a that s when i Learned that a lengthy Layoff hurts you,1 a a passing team like Florida state can get its act together after a Long Layoff. I think Florida stale has Only 12 practices scheduled. An option team can t do  a Why the huskers May have dec. 20 and 21 off then hit the Field again and leave for Miami on dec. 23, he said he a looking Forward to the rematch with Bobby Bowdens seminoles who won last years meeting 27-14. A i have a Good relationship with him Given that we re 2,000 Miles Nart a Osborne said. A we have similar philosophies and 1 have a Good Deal of respect for  r he said Florida state and Nebraska have a lot in common consistent programs that done to always get the recognition or respect they deserve. Cor Husker quarterback Tommie Frazier of Bradenton Fla. Said he a looking Forward to the trip. A a in it More prepared this year a he said. I Only had six games under my Belt last year but All i have to do now is play the Way in be been playing All  Frazier said be and his teammates stopped listening to the negative talk after the third game with Urcla. A we did t want to blow everybody out. We just wanted to win every game. And we did a he said. Asked if there was a greater desire to win this game to secure a National title Tor Osborne Frazier said a we want to win this game for ourselves and for the coach As much As we wanted to win every game this  said Osborne �?o1 want to win every me we play. I wanted to beat North Texas the huskers first opponent this year As badly As i want to beat Florida