European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Into m by Mike Nadel new York a the agonizing ecstasy that is the new York rangers quest for the cup continues. Seeking their first sip of Stanley cup Champagne in 54 years the rangers earned their first trip to the nil Cham round since 1979 with a 2-1 Dou nil playoffs a overtime Victory Over the new Jersey devils on Friday night in the seventh game of the Eastern conference final. Stephane Matteau scored at 4 24 of the second overtime sending the Madison Quot Square Garden crowd into a frenzy and the rangers into the finals for the 10th time. New York which plays Host to Vancouver on tuesday 1 30 . Get wednesday on an Tomas won three titles a none since 1940. A we worked All year to get Home ice advantage a said goalie Mike Richter of the rangers who had the no la a Best regular season record. A we have . Some say it s Worth a goal a game. If it is it was Worth a series for the rangers held off their legendary cup curse despite allowing Valeri Zetic puking a tying goal with 7.7 seconds left in regulation. The rangers out shot the devils 48-32 arid dominated both overtimes but could t claim until Matteau a unassisted goal. A Matteau carried the puck behind the new Jersey net and tossed it in front. The puck went off the stick of sliding Devil do Senseman Viacheslav Fetisow Ana past goalie Martin Brodeur giving Matteau his second overtime Winner of . He scored at 6 13 of the second overtime in game 3, a i could t believe it a Matteau said. A i realized what happened in game 3.1 saturday update Ranger goalie Mike Richter stretches for a Glove save As Sergei Sobov checks devils John Maclean it first period Friday night. A still Don t believe what happened in game 7.�?� a. / v Matteau a goal capped an unprecedented comeback for the rangers we had lost each of their previous 15 Best by 7 series when falling behind three games to two they would not go 0-for-16. New Jersey took a 2-0 Lead in game 6, but Messier scored three times in the third period As the rangers rallied to a 4-2 win. That set the stage for Friday s dramatics. New Jersey still looking for its first trip to the finals also lost in seven games to Boston in the 1988 conference final both teams Are 2-4 in seventh games. Richter made 31 saves Brodeur 46. A sensational goal by Brian Leetch put the rangers up 1-oat 9 31 of the second period. Leetch got the puck along the left boards and sped behind the devils net. In and of maintaining his course Leetch med on the brakes. He then spun 180 yes to his backhand freezing Guerin re skating in front of the net and stuff a Backhander past Brodeur Ichter made the Lead stand until the waning seconds when a rebound of his own shot past the All Star goaltender. New Jersey had pulled Brodeur to get an extra attacker. It was the second time in that the devils scored late to Force overtime. Claude Lemieux scored with 42 seconds left in game i and new Jersey went on to win in double overtime. The stars and stripes May 29.1994 Page 36 saturdays baseball Cleveland 4, Oakland 2 Toronto 9, California 4new York mets 5, Cincinnati 4 Colorado 3, Montreal 2,10 innings bullets win first St. Paul Minn. Api the All woman Colorado Silver bullets made history with a 7-2 Victory Over the Richfield rockets a 35-and-Over menus Amateur team. United states 1, Greece 1 new Haven Conn. A Frank Klopacs Quot scored a goal against his former country but the United states National soccer team s defense broke Down several times in the second half. Cavaliers hit Lacrosse final College Park my. A Michael Watson scored at 2 10 of overtime to lift Virginia to a 15-14 comeback Victory Over defending Champion Syracuse in the semifinals of the Mcaa division i Lacrosse tournament. The Cavaliers will face the Brown Princeton Winner in mondays championship game. By Chris Sheridan Salt Lake City a the Utah jazz came out fast and furious. The Houston rockets came out Flat and foolish. In a game in which they never trailed the jazz beat the rockets 95-86 Friday night to Cut their deficit to 21 in the Western conference final. Utah opened a 12-Point Lead at halftime upped it to 18-in the third Quarter and did no to let Houston get closer than eight in the final period. A i thought our intensity level at the Start of the game Wasny to what it should have been in a situation like this and that sort of set the tone for the game a Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. A their Energy level was Way higher than and that Energy level Wasny to limited to one or two players. After failures in games 1 and 2 that were marked by unbalanced scoring and Hakeem Olajuwon a Domi Nance the jazz reversed those trends and got Strong contributions from almost every player. Karl Malone had 22 Points and 16 rebounds Jeff Hornacek had 17 Points Jay Humphries 15, David Benoit 14, John Stockton 13 Points and 11 assists and Tom Chambers added 10 Points a a we re a much better team when everyone is in the Aba playoffs flow of the game. We called a lot of different plays for a lot of different people a Humphries said. The rockets were whistled for four technical fouls in the first half. The officials called one each on Tomanck Vich Olajuwon Vernon Maxwell and Sam Cassell after close Calls and what seemed like Normal Backtalk from the rockets. But instead of clamming up when it was Clear the refs had Short fuses the rockets kept complaining. Quot we beat ourselves tonight a Kenny Smith said. A we did things uncharacteristic of what we normally do then we got involved with the referees and then got a lot of Tough Calls. Compound All those things and you get a Olajuwon meanwhile missed his first eight shots of the game misfired on seven of 16 free throws and was reluctant to pass the Ball when faced with double coverage. He finished with 29 Points and 13 rebounds but it was easily his worst game of , the jazz will look to even the Best-of-7 series in game 4 this afternoon 9 30 . Get on an to and radio. Game 5 is tuesday in Houston 3 . Get on an radio joined in Progress 4 30 . Get wednesday on an to. 246850 i amp a i.1. I a. R r
