European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 30 the stars and stripes monday May 9, 1994 i. Byro Gloster Boston apr the new Jersey devils can t afford to celebrate for very Long after tying their playoff series with the. Boston Bruins at two games apiece. Now they face the daunting Prospect of playing at Home on monday night. The Home ice hex in the series continued saturday night As Stephane Richer scored on a breakaway 14 19 into overtime to give the devils a 5-4 win Over the Bruins. The visiting team has won All four games so far in the Eastern conference series. Richer took a Loose puck near the Boston Blue line and came in alone on Bruins goalie Jon Casey. He faked Casey to the ice and then gently Slid the puck into the open net for his second goal of the game. Nil playoffs Bobby Holik pushed the puck ahead to Richer off a face off and Richer was Able to grab the puck behind the Boston defense. V a in that situation i tried to cheat a Little bit on the face off a said Richer who scored twice in the game. Quot Bruins defens Eman Don Sweehey was a Little wide on the left Side. We got Valeri Zel Pukin Ben Hankinson and Bernic Nicholas had new jerseys other goals. Glen Murray scored twice for the Bruins who also got goals by Brent Hughes and Ray Bourque. Adam Oates had three assists for Boston. Chris Terreri made 38 saves for the devils. He won both of the games at Boston Garden after Martin Bro Deur played new jerseys previous nine games. Richer who has three overtime playoff goals in his career said winning away from Home is a key to surviving in the playoffs. "1 think the team feels More comfortable on the Road. A Good team always wins on the Road a he said. Zel Pukin opened the scoring 8 47 into the game stealing a pass outside the Bruins Blue line and faking Casey to the ice before lifting the puck Over the prone goalie from a Sharp Angle. Murray tied the game with 4 54 left in the first period with a slap shot from the top of the face off Circle to Terreri a right. The Bruins out shot new Jersey 12-5 in the second period and took a 3-2 Lead. Richer took a Cross ice pass from Jim Dowd and scored on a Power play 6 15 into the period to give the devils a 2-1 Lead. But Boston responded with a pair of goals. Hughes completed a 2-on-l with Oates by tipping the uck past Terreri Midway through the period and Lou Rquel a 50foot slap shot went through Terreri a legs on a Power play with 4 35 left in the period rip . World hockey by Daniel Wakin Milan Italy apr another american Quot Miracle on ice evaporated at the world hockey championships saturday . Hopes for a Gold medal vanished As Finland beat the penalty plagued americans 8-0 in a semifinal game before Canada avenged its sudden death loss to Sweden in the olympic final nine weeks ago with a 6-0 Victory. The canadians will face Finland in sundays championship game. Team Usa will play Sweden for third place. The americans will be trying for their Best world championship finish since 1962 when they were . Team evoked memories of its stunning Quot Miracle on ice Victory at the 1980 olympics with a 31 quarterfinal upset of Russia. The win was the americans first Over a russian or soviet team since winning the Gold 14 years ago. However the Chance of another Miracle faded quickly As the finns scored six goals in the first period three on Power plays. The first was scored by former new York islander Mikko Makela at 4 58 on a Power play the next by former Buffalo Sabre Hannu Virta 46 seconds later and the . Teams play sagged. Sweden a fast skating wide open game broke Down under the close checking physical style of the nil pros from Canada. Luc Robitaille of the los Angeles Kings had three capitals goalie Don Beaupr� stops first period shot by rangers Adam Graves in saturday nights it aloft game. Avert Ranger sweep Landover my. Apr Washington ruined the up in ref pan of re int re. Fri n a it a new York rangers bid for a second straight playoff sweep saturday night getting two goals from Todd Krygier in a 4-2 Victory that kept the capitals alive in the Eastern conference semifinal series. The rangers losing for the first time after winning a club record seven straight playoff games still hold a commanding 3-1 Lead in the Best-of-7 series. Game 5 will be held monday night at Madison Square Garden. Washington did not have a shot on goal in the final period the first time in franchise history the capitals ave gone an entire period without a shot. Sylvain Cote had three assists for Washington which took a 4-1 Lead into the final period and survived a five minute Power play by the rangers in the final 5 53. The rangers bidding to become the first team since the 1985 Edmonton oilers to sweep the opening two playoff series had outscored the new York islanders Ana capitals by a 36-8 in the first seven games. New York appeared poised to continue its March toward its first Stanley cup in 54 years when Adam Graves scored with just 33 seconds elapsed. But Washington goalie Don Beaupre shut Down the potent rangers attack the rest of the Way allowing Only a Power play goal by Brian Noonan with 2 44 remaining. The capitals meanwhile chased new York goalie Mike Richter during a three goal second period. Richter came in with an nil Best 1,14 goals against average and had shutouts in three of seven starts. Washington broke out of a 1-1 tie with two goals in a Span of1 56 of the second period. With the capitals enjoying a 5-on-3 advantage Joe Juneau took a pass from Dale Hunter and scored from the right Circle at 8 26. It was the first Point of the series for Juneau who had 19 goals and 66 assists during the regular season. Jason Woolley got his first Ever playoff goal at 10 22, firing a slap shot from the top of the left Circle that got past Richter. Krygier made it 4-1 at 15 26. That gave Washington four goals on 20 shots. At that Point new York coach Mike Keenan replaced Richter with Glenn Healy. It was the first time in the postseason that Richter Wasny to in the new York net. Denver goals and an assist. Steve Thomas of the islanders assisted on All three of Robitaille a goals. Paul Kariya who missed the decisive shot in the shootout against Sweden in the olympics had a goal and an assist Robitaille scored the first goal flipping the puck under the Cross bar past goalie Roger Nordstrom at 5 51. Robitaille scored again at 3 08 of the second period. Jeff Sanderson of the Hartford whalers tipped in a pass from Kariya a the Only Holdover from Canadas olympic team a at 10 27, making it 3-0. In the third period Kariya took a pass from a sliding Brendan Shanahan of St. Louis and took on Nordstrom one on one a just like in the shootout. He faked Nordstrom came out and Kariya went around his right to score. Robitaille and Rod Brindz amour of Philadelphia scored the final two goals. The americans blamed swedish referee Joren Grundstrom for some of their problems. Quot he a calling All kinds of penalties on us and i done to know Why a Scott Young of the Quebec Nordques said. A. The game matched team Usas collection of Stanley cup also rans who gathered together for the first time Only a few Days before the tournament against Finland a Well drilled olympic team plus Christian Uuttu of the Chicago Blackhawk and Jari Kerri of the Kings. The americans failed to convert on four Power plays and were out shot 44-19. Finland beat team Usa 7-2 earlier in the tournament. From Page 32 seconds left. Kemp was driving to the Basket when Mutombo blocked his 5-foot shot with 28.6 seconds left and pack then made two free throws with 18.7 seconds left after being fouled by Kendall Gill. Mutombo who averaged 4,1 blocks during the regular season had eight blocks As Well As 15 rebounds and eight Points. His 31 blocks in the five games was a playoff record. Hakeem Olajuwon had the old record a 30 in the Western conference semifinals last season. Pack led Denver with 23 Points Ellis had 19 and Brian Williams came off the Bench to score 17 Points and get 19 a so 3-for-5 on 3-Point shots making him 6-of-10 in the series. He made Only six 3010ters during the entire regular season. Denver out rebounded Seattle 58-36 and had a dozen blocked shots to two for Seattle. Gill scored 22 Points while Kemp and Schrempf each had 19 for the sonics. The sonics sent the game into overtime when Gill rebounded a Payton air bail under the Basket and Laid it in to tie the score at 88 with half a second left. Mutombo made an 8-foot jump shot at the Buzzer but referee Jess Kersey ruled it was too late a Stehle a lied Date in regulation after trailing 84-77 with 3 06 left. The sonics tied the score at 86 when Payton made a fast break Layup Over pack with 35.4 seconds left. Denver took the Lead at 88-86 on Ellis 14-footer Over Payton with 15.2 seconds left
