European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports monday May 2, 1994 canucks Sharks Send flames wings packing nil by the associated press. The Vancouver canucks spent a Little extra time at work this week and it paid Oft. / Quot Pavel Buret a second goal of the game on a break away at 2 20 of the second overtime gave the canucks a 4-3 Victory Over the Calgary flames in game 7 of Western conference quarterfinals saturday night in saturdays other game 7, san. Jose continued its rup at nil history As Jamie bakery a third period goal lifted the Sharks to a 3-2 Victory Over the Detroit red wings in the deciding game of their Western conference quarterfinal series. Quot the Sharks the Only sub-.500 team to qualify for the playoffs head to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs in game 1 of their Western conference  night. / a a a a a the canucks will travel to Pallas to take on the stars who have been Idle for a week after sweeping St. Louis in four games. Both series will feature a 2-3-2 Home away Home format to Cut Down on travel because they pit Central division teams against Western division teams. That Means san Jose and Vancouver will hold games 3, 4 and 5, if necessary in their respective series. The Eastern conference semifinals a featuring the usual 2-2-1-1-1 format a were to begin yesterday with Boston in new Jersey and Washington in new York to face the rangers. Canucks 4, flames 3 at Calgary Alberta Bure took a Lead pass from Jeff Brown and heat Calgary  Mike Vernon As the canucks became the 10th team since 1987 to rally from a 3.-1. Deficit to win a playoff series. And they did it the hard Way. The canucks won game 5 on Geoff court Nally a goal at 7 15 of overtime. They won game 6 when Trevor Linden scored at 16 43 of overtime. Then came saturday nights double overtime Victory. Vancouver a Greg Adams forced saturdays overtime by scoring with 3 37 left in the third period. Courtnell also scored for the canucks. Theortri Fleury with a pair of goals and Ron Stern scored for the flames who last won a playoff series in their 1989 Stanley cup championship season. Sharks 3, red wings 2 at Detroit the red wings have failed to Advance past the first round for the second straight year losing in game 7 each time. A Detroit out shot the Sharks 11-5 in the third period but never seriously challenged arturs irbe who faced 30 shots in the game. Detroit goalie Chris Osgood who faced 17 shots cleared the puck right to the stick of Baker on the left Side. Baker without hesitation rifled Home a slap shot from just inside the Blue line at the 13 25 Mark. The red wings pulled Osgood for an extra attacker with 47 seconds remaining but they managed Only one weak shot before the final Horn. Goals by Johan grape nov just 47 seconds into the game and Sergei Makarov gave the Sharks an Early 2-0 Lead. Kris Draper scored late in the first period and Vyacheslav Kozlov pulled the red wings into a 2-2 tic Early in the second Canuck do Senseman Jeff Brown 22 checks flames Gary Roberts in front of goal at Calgary saturday j Blank . Soccer team Albuquerque . Apr a goals by Rodrigo Barrera and Pedro Gonzalez gave Chile a 2-0 Victory Over the  in an exhibition soccer game saturday. The United states with Only one Victory since mid january is 2-4-7 with less than two months left before it opens its world cup Campaign against Switzerland on june 18 at Pontiac Mich. Chile Isnit in the world cup Field. Barrera scored late in the first half and Gonzalez clinched the Victory with a goal past diving american goalie Tony Meola with a minute left in the game. The United states struggled with its offence in the first half and got off Only two shots. The americans were better in the second half with seven shots on goal but could not avoid the shutout. A we created chances but did no to finish a said american assistant coach Steve Sampson. A we had problems in the first half. There was no  tinted states coach Bora Milutinovic made four substitutions in tin second half but Chile a de Feuse prevailed. Chile a goalie Pat Reio Toledo had four saves in the second half. A the game included 18 fouls against each team and two yellow cards one against american Marcello Balboa in the first half and one against Chile a Barrera in the second half. Several of the top players on the american team Are still competing in Europe and Sampson said he and Milutinovic will continue to try various lineup combinations in the remaining six exhibition matches. . Blitzed by Sweden Alba i Canazzi Italy a a frustrated and outplayed . Team crumbled1 under a five goal Blitz in the second period saturday and lost 6-2 to Sweden in the world championships. Sweden off to a mediocre Start in the preliminaries returned to the form that won it the olympic Gold medal at Lille Hammer two months ago. A the loss ended the americans three game winning Streak though they Are assured a spot in the medal round. The ., out shot 37-16, had Only one shot on Goat in the first period but that world hockey was Edmonton defens Eman Bob Beers Power play snapshot from the top of the Circle that blew by goalie Roger Nords trom. It a a the swedes 2-1-1 tied it 5 41 into the second and then rattled off four More goals in a five minute Span Midway through the period. Quebec a mat Sundin started the Binge on a breakaway faking Guy Hebert fight and scooping around the sprawling goalie the other Way. Thirty one seconds later Sundin assist cd on a goal by Tomas Forslund at 9 52. The americans began pressing forcing shots and making errors and the swedes came up with a Short handed goal. In other games saturday scrappy Norway tied the favored czech Republic 2-2 and barely kept alive its medal round prospects. Finland eliminated France from the medal round with an 8-1 Victory. In group a in nearby Bolzano Russia beat Germany 6-0 and has 29 goals in four wins while Canada dealt Britain its fourth loss an 8-2 rout. By the associated press Des Moines Iowa unfazed by a morning snowstorm that sent other athletes packing Carl Lewis and Gwen Torrence flashed Gold medal form saturday to win feature races in the cold soggy Drake relays. ,. A a a Lewis easily out sprinted three opponents in his first 100 meters of the year and hit the tape in 10.28 seconds. For rence had a More difficult time holding off a determined charge by Indiana states Mcaa Champion Holh Hyche to win the 200 in a meet record 22.40, Hyche who held the track Mark Tor track and Field rence broke finished in 22.66. Both races were run in challenging conditions although the heavy Snow that fell saturday morning had Given Way to. Rain by Early afternoon. But it was Only 36 degrees and patches of Snow Clung to the infield grass As Lewis loosened up. Although Lewis time was Well off his world record of 9.86, he was satisfied. Eastern Illinois Obadiah Cooper stayed with Lewis the first half of the race but Lewis pulled away in the final 25 meters. Cooper finished in 10.50. Parylla anchors vols win Philadelphia a Tony Parrilla the 1992 olympic 800-meter runner from Tennessee known for Home from behind tactics rallied the vols to Victory in the Penn relays menus sprint relay saturday Parrilla was fourth on the Backstretch and moved to third with 200 to go. He then raced into second coming into the stretch caught front running Savierio Nidhi of Abilene Christian with 12 meters left and  two feet. Men women top by the stars and stripes Good things came in pairs sunday for the Vilseck volleyball teams As the men and women each earned bavarian league Region Iii crowns. Fale Tagoilelagi a Spike gave Vilseck a sudden death championship Victory sunday Over Ansbach in the army a bavarian league menus volleyball tournament at Hohenfels. Vilseck and Ansbach Advance to the menus army european championship in Schweinfurt May 20-22. Vilseck went 4-0 in the double elimination regional. Ansbach lost to Vilseck in the semifinals sunday and then bounced Back against Schweinfurt 15-5, 15-12, to win the losers bracket. In the first title game Vilseck edged Ansbach 16-14. The second game was even closer with the teams tied at 16. After trading serves Vilseck Asker Mati Puletasi started the final Volley. With Vilseck a Ken Oates and Travis Silva on the front line Tagoilelagi was Able to pull off the winning Spike. The tournament map award went Ansbach a Eric Holmgren. Eight Tea participated including Italy a Seta which finished fourth. Vilseck women win the Vilseck women also needed to v the if game to claim the women a regi Iii volleyball championship in Wii Zbur Vilseck dropped Bamberg in the ii game of the 6-team double Eli Minati event but both teams Advance to t a meet