European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rags 30 the stars and stripes sports thursday. December 16,1993stanley cup finalists struggling nil by Ken Rappoport a hockey writer times have sure changed for the Montreal canadians and los Angeles Kings since last seasons Stanley cup finals. The cup winning canadians Are having problems scoring goals and winning games. The Kings the other team in the 1993 finals can to buy a Victory on the Road. Both continued to struggle tuesday night the canadians skating to a 11 tie with lowly Tampa Bay and the Kings losing 4-2 at Pittsburgh Quot we re at a Point where we have to win hockey games a a Wayne Gretzky said after the Kings lost their eighth straight Road game. Quot close does no to matter. I done to care if it s 2-1 or 8-7, just As Long As we  if the playoffs started now the Kings would be out. The canadians would barely make it under the new conference setup. Spent with Montreal. Quot they re in a rut but  come out of it one said. Quot they have great leadership and Are proven winners. Elsewhere in the nil it was Detroit 5, Anaheim 2 the new York islanders 4, new Jersey 1, and Calgary 8, Vancouver 4. A a a Penguin 4, Kings 2 Rick Tocchet and Joe Mullen scored in the third period As the penguins beat the Kings who Are 2-12-1 Overall on the Road this season. The Kings had a 2-1 Lead Midway through the third period but could t hold it despite 45 saves by goaltender Robb stauber. Tocchet broke a 2-2 tie at 15 03, streaking toward the net and firing in Bryan Trottier a pass for his 10th. Mullen scored his 14th at 11 38. Pittsburgh Kevin Stevens shoots Between los Angeles goalie Robb stauber legs but can to find the net tuesday  8, canucks 4 Joe in Ouwendyk scored three first period goals to Lead the flames Over the visiting canucks. It was Nieuwe Endyke a ninth career three goal  1, lightning 1 Montreal goaltender Andre Racicot turned away 33 shots in place of the injured Patrick Roy As the canadians and Tampa Bay tied. The tie marked the third consecutive wingless game for Montreal 0-2-1while Tampa Bay improved to 9-18-3 in the first of five lightning games being played in Orlando this season. A crowd of 9,433 attended tuesday nights game at the Orlando  wings 5, mighty ducks 2 Detroit won a season High fourth straight As Sergei Fedorov Haa two goals and two assists. Fedorov s assist on Paul Coffey a fifth goal giving Host Detroit a 1-0 Lead at 2 35 of the first period was his 300th nil Point since coming to Detroit from Russia in july 1990.islanders 4, devils 1 Ron Hextall stopped 25 shots and four different goal scorers contributed to the is Landers Victory Over the visiting devils. New York won consecutive games for the first time since nov. 18 and 21. Probation hits Auburn where it hurts i Montgomery Ala. A Auburn s football program would appear to be on top of the world. A perfect season. A top five National ranking. Hie coach of the year. But beneath All the hoopla the cold hard numbers show that Mcaa probation has put a financial stranglehold on the tigers athletic program. A How much so athletic director Mike Lude announced tuesday that Auburn was dropping Southern Mississippi from its 1994 schedule in order to arrange another game before the fiscal year ends on sept. 30. Quot its a heavy Load a Lude said. Quot when of done to have television when you Don t Jave bowl Money its very difficult Well try to make up a Little bit on Gate receipts but u takes a lot of $20 Bills to Mare a  it takes even More to make $4.6 million a the amount that Auburn says it lost this year by being on Mcaa probation which barred the tigers from appearing on live television or in a bowl game despite an 11-0 record. Next year Auburn can appear on television but is still banned from participating in postseason games. Quot its the lesser of two evils next year a said Terry Bowden who was named coach of the year in his first season at Auburn. Quot under the circumstances this is the Deal we get stuck  Bowden wont get a Chance to go against his younger brother Jeff who coaches the receivers at Southern miss. That a one Good thing about the switch the Auburn coach said. Quot i like it when we done to have to play each other a he said during a Book signing at a Montgomery mall tuesday evening. The tigers were scheduled to meet Southern miss oct. 22 at Jordan Hare stadium. Lude requested that the game be shifted to sept. 24, an open Date for Auburn but the Golden eagles already have a game at Texas a amp a that Day. Quot we discussed it and tried to work out something a Lude said a when we  they graciously said Well just not play this  Auburn has two Homes games in september and wanted to play another. With each game generating some $1.6 million in ticket sales alone at the 85,000-seat stadium its easy to see Why. Auburn did not compensate Southern miss financially for dropping the game Lude said but did agree to add an extra year to the existing contract. Southern miss will rejoin the tigers schedule in 1995 and travel to Jordan Hare through the year 2000. Quot we have a great relationship a Lude said. Quot we be played for years and years and Well continue to play them. They were very helpful in  Bowden said the tigers were expected to add East Tennessee stale a division i a school to their 1994 schedule. Lude said he would not have an official announcement until Early next year. The tigers other out of conference opponents next season Are East Carolina and Northeast Louisiana which will be playing its first season in division i a. �?o1 really Don t want to play one i a school but next year we re not eligible for the bowls anyway a Bowden said. Quot at this late Date you can to get another i a  Auburn pays Southern miss a sizable guarantee somewhere in the neighbourhood of $250,000, so dropping the Golden eagles for a lesser known opponent will further ease the financial woes. Lude however said that was not a consideration. Southern miss athletic director Bill Mclellan meanwhile said he has not been Able to line up another game for next season but there was a Good Chance it would be at Home. That would be Good news for coach Jeff Bower who in addition to Texas a amp a also has Road games against Alabama Florida and leu. Quot we be got a Good relationship with Auburn and we want to maintain it a Mclellan said Quot it s put us in a Little bit of a bind but we want to continue to play them in the  Auburn looks Forward to playing Southern miss again when the financial crunch is Over. In the meantime Lude is asking fans to donate to the Quot Auburn loyalty fund a which Hopes to raise $1 million for the athletic program while studying ways to Cut Corners even More. A a we re trying to be very frugal in our expenditures a Lude said. A we certainly done to want to be so Chintzy that we done to handle things in a first class manner but we done to want to be throwing Money  to head East team in shrine game san Francisco a Glenn Foley who Quarter backed Boston College to a 41-39 upset of then no. I notre Dame will Lead the East team in the East West shrine game next month. Foley the big East offensive player of the year ranked fifth in the nation in passing efficiency and eighth in total offence completing 222 of 363 passes for 3,397 Yards 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The eagles finished 8-3 and earned a berth in the car quest bowl against Virginia. The East roster for the Jan. 15 game at Stanford stadium also includes Florida running Back Derrict Rhett who rushed for 4,163 Yards during his career and broke the gators record held by Emmitt Smith. The squad will feature two top players from division i a Princeton running Back Keith Elias and Dartmouth quarterback Jay Fiedler. Elias the Ivy league player of the year holds 21 school and three i a records and scored 21 touchdowns this season. Fiedler threw for 2,542 Yards and 20 touchdowns in 1993