European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Devils Stephan a Richer left pokes the puck past goalie Mike Richter As rangers Craig Mactavish watches from in front of goal. Something to prove devils even Ranger series at 2-2 by Tom Canavan East Rutherford . Apr if there san attitude that has character izod the new Jersey devils under coach Jacques Lemaire its us against them. They feel they get no respect from any one and definitely no Breaks from the nil. A. A faced with a 2-1 deficit in the Eastern conference final against the new York rangers and the leagues one game suspension of Center Bernie Nicholls the devils reached inside and came up big saturday night Martin Brodeur stopped 20 shots As the fired up devils beat the rangers 3-1 saturday night behind goals by Stephan Richer Bill Guerin and Valeri Zeleph Kin. The win sent the Best-of-7 series Back to new York City a Madison Square Garden tied 2-2. Game 5 will be played tonight. / a a that a been this team All year Long a Devil defend scan Ken Paneyko said. A we done to have two or three Guys who can carry us for a game. We count on  and everyone came through for new Jersey in game 4. The performance was the devils Best nil playoffs in the series and it came in a game where they might have had a letdown. Losing game 3 in double overtime was bad enough but having the nil suspend Nicholls for Cross checking Alexei Kovalev of the rangers made it worse. However new Jersey dominated from the Start scoring two first period goals to drive rangers goalie Mike Richter from the game. Nicholls did t know whether the suspension sparked the team. A i just know they knew How important this game was a he said. A i think they showed it the first period. They came out and 1 can to recall us playing As Good a first period. We set the Tempo of the game. We re a Good team when we get the  the devils played so Well they had Ranger coach Mike Keenan scrambling All night. He shuffled his lines and a benched several players including Star do Senseman Brian Leetch. Keenan refused to explain Why Leetch sat on the Bench for periods of seven and eight minutes in the first and second periods. A i did no to play very Well my first three four or five shifts a Leetch said. A it was mikes reaction to my actions on the  Leetch Wasny to alone in sitting. Center Craig Mactavish and Wing Brian Noonan did no to play the second and third periods and defend scan Jeff Beuk Boom sat when Leetch sat. The rangers did get As dose As 2-1 Down Midway through the second period on a Power Plav goal by Stephane mat teau who had the game Winner thursday night. However Brodeur kept the rangers at Bay the rest of the Way with his Best Stop coming on Steve Larmer Early in the third period on a give and go with Adam a Graves. A �?o1 thought our play improved after the first period but Brodeur was spectacular a Keenan said. A the came across with the leg and stopped Larmer that was a game Saver for  Zel Pukin eventually put the game away with 6 42 to play after Ranger backup goalie Glenn Healy and defens Eman Al expander Karpovtsev had a miscommunication behind the net. Zel Pukin got the Loose puck came out and tucked it into an open  from Page 32 in fourth place for much of the race moved him outside turning for Home and guided him to Victory. The Colt Drew the no. 1 Post which Lukas bemoaned. Reminded of that after the race the Trainer said Quot i have a tendency to cry a Little bit a a it was laughter however that Wayne Lukas was full of after his third Preakness Victory. A anytime you get one of these classics its special a Lukas 58, said. A this one probably Means a Little More for several reasons. Jeff is the obvious  Lukas also said he was pleased for owners breeders David p. Reynolds 78, and William Tyoung 76, a who have supported our program for so Many a  a a a a a a a a a go for gins Victory in the Kentucky Derby came on a Sloppy track his third win in five races in Sloppy or Muddy going and some observers thought he needed a wet surface to do his Best. Go for Gin Wasny to beaten by a fast track on this brilliantly sunny Day he was beaten by Tabasco cat. The loss kept go for Gin from being the fifth Derby Preakness Winner since affirmed became the last triple Crown Champion in 1978. Tabasco cat paid $9.20, $4.60 and $4.60. Go for Gin who finished six lengths ahead of stretch running concern returned $4.60 and $4.40. The Pamlico based concern Ridden by Garrett Gomez returned $6.40 As part of an entry with looming. Vandaly the Louisiana Derby Winner scratched out of the Kentucky Derby because of the Sloppy track finished fourth another half length Back he was followed by numerous Blumin affair looming Silver Goblin Powis Castle and Polar expedition. Each starter carried 126 pounds. The Victory was Worth $447,720 from a purse of $688,800 and boosted Tabasco cats earnings to $930,757 on a record of six wins one second and one third in 11 a starts. A a a a a. Quot a a a a a a a a a rivals head for Belmont Baltimore up there will be no triple Crown Winner this year but there is a new racing rivalry to hold fan interest. Preakness Winner Tabasco cat and Kentucky Derby Victor go for Gin will Square off again june 11 in the Belmont stakes the last jewel of the triple Crown. A. A numerous is the other Preakness starter heading for Belmont where he will run As part of a Charlie Whittingham trained entry with Kentucky Derby run Crup Strodes  defense again fails u from Page 32 13 for the nuggets who were making their first conference semifinal appearance since 1988. Dike be Mutombo got 12 Points 17 rebounds and two blocked shots to extend his Aba playoff record for the series to 38. A Malone told me As the game ended a it was a hell of a series great  and 1 wish him Well and Good Luck a Mutombo said. A a in a Happy with the excellent season we  the loss ended a remarkable playoff run for the nuggets who fell behind Seattle 2-0 in the first round Only to win 3-2 and become the first no. 8 conference seed to beat a no. 1 seed. Those three victories the three wins Over Utah and saturdays loss meant that Denver faced elimination seven times in one year surpassing last years Mark of six by Phoenix. By Ronald Blum Cleveland a finally the United states has a hot Forward in Frank Klopacs. If Only the defense can get its act together. _ _ Klopacs scored two goals to give him six in As Many games but the americans new five Man defense broke Down several times saturday in a 3-2 loss to German league Champion Bayern Munich. �?o1 just think its a matter of communication a . Sweeper Marcelo Balboa said. A we played too stretched out Quot defender Csc Kooiman said. The americans who have just three exhibition games left before starting world cup play against Switzerland on june 18, twice wasted one goal leads. Two defensive changes did no to help. Brian Bliss of Carl Zeiss Jena in Germany made his first Start since december 1990, and Kooiman who plays from Cruz Azul in Mexico made his first appearance since last october. . Coach Bora Milutinovic began to integrate his Europe based players inserting forwards Ernie Stewart and Eric Wynalda in the second half for Klopacs and Hugo Perez. Klopacs who spent four years with ask Athens in Greece scored 11 goals during the. 1991-92 season but spent the following Lvi years recovering from a torn Anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. A a in a not going to say in a comfortable a said Klopacs who is threatening to Force his Way into the starting lineup in the world cup a now in a 100 percent. I done to want to look Back. 1 want to look Forward. I just want to thank the lord in a  Klopacs 27, from Chicago played just three games for the National team in 4vi years before feb. 18, when he came on in the second half against Bolivia. Despite the hot Streak Milutinovic took him out at halftime in order to give time to Stew Art who just completed his season for Willem ii Tilburg in the Netherlands. A somebody who scores goals in a not going to change him a Milutinovic said. A but other players need to play.�?�. Kropas put the United states ahead in the 21st minute. Claudio Reyna a Corner kick was headed toward the goal by Kooiman and bounced off defender Markus Munch to Klopacs who headed it in. Mehmet Scholl who had 11 goals during the season got the first of his two goals on an assist from Bruno Labbadia 14 minutes later when midfielder Thomas Dooley a slowness caused an offsides trap to fail but Klopacs got his second two minutes later from 12 Yards out on a pass from Cobi Jones after Munch slipped. Christian nerlinger beat goalkeeper Brad Friedel 11 minutes into the second half off a Corner kick from Scholl and Scholl got the go ahead goal four minutes later with a Solo run that beat Reyna and Dooley