European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and strip sports june 6,1994 Page 40rangers Nab 2-1 cup Lead by Mike Nadel Vancouver British Columbia apr goodbye Pavel. Goodbye Mclean magic. Goodbye Home ice advantage in the Stanley cup finals. Pavel Bure was ejected after High sticking Jay welts in the face Kirk Mclean put the puck into his own net and the new York rangers capitalized on All that to beat the Vancouver canucks 5-1 saturday night and go up two games to one in the Bcst-of-7 series. Nil finals a maybe if the first goal does no to go in we keep the momentum a said Mclean who stopped 89 of 93 shots in the first two games but was done in by bad Breaks and his own bad play in game 3. A everything kind of collapsed from then  Vancouver was leading 1-0 on Buret a first goal of the series when Mclean who stole game 1 with his 52-save performance steered Brian Leetch a shot into the net 13 39 into the game. Simply trying to keep Possession in Vancouver ice Leetch who scored again in the second period flipped the puck toward the net. Mclean got Down on one knee and prepared to steer the puck to rangers Alex Kovalev scores third period goal on one foot against Canuck goalie Kirk Mclean on saturday in Vancouver , the Corner but it hit his right skate and trickled Between his pads. Then with the canucks on a Power play at 18 21, Bure and Wells came together near the right boards and Bure trying to lift Wells stick with his own jerked his stick into Wells face. Referee Andy Van Hollemond assessed the automatic five minute major and game misconduct penalties but Canuck coach Pat Quinn did no to think Van Helle mond made the right Call. A it did no to appear Jay was Hurt too badly a Quinn said a we have two four and five minute penalties and he elected to take the five. It was a pretty severe Call a fifty four seconds later Glenn Anderson _ scored the Winner for the second straight game and the canucks never re bonded. Bure who led the league with 60 regu Jar season goals and has a league High 14 in the playoffs will not be suspended nil senior vice president Brian Burke said. Mike Richter made 24 saves for the rangers who had temporarily surrendered the Home inc Edge by losing the opener. If they win game 4 Here tuesday night  have the Chance to wrap up the series thursday at Home As they try to win the cup for the first time since 1940. The most physical and contentious game of the series turned out to be the most decisive loss of the playoffs for the canucks whose five game Home winning Streak was snapped. Leetch the rangers Only offensive minded defens Eman because top regular season scorer Sergei Zubov was out with a Chest injury moved past Walt Tkaczuk into third place on new York s career playoff scoring list with 52 Points. Steve Larmer and Alexei Kovalev added third period goals. While Mclean allowed More than four goals for the first time in 18 games and Only the second time in the postseason Richter held the canucks to one goal for the second straight game in clearly out playing Mclean for the first time. Richter allowed Only Buret a breakaway goal 1 03 into the game. After Leetch a Fluke goal tied it the canucks still appeared to be in Good shape when Leetch was penalized at 17 56 a meaning the rangers had to kill the penalty without Leetch and Zubov their Best two defens Emen. But after Buret a penalty and Andersons goal Vancouver looked like a beaten team. With the teams skating four a Side Sergei nem chinos shot from the Slot and Anderson deflected the puck through his legs and Between Mclean a pads to put new York ahead for Good. New York made it 3-1 in the second when Mclean stopped Esa Tikkanen a shot but gave up a Long rebound by Leetch. Larmer scored 25 seconds into the third when his Backhander from Between the face off circles hit canucks John Mcintyre and Dave Babych an dribbled Between Mclean a pads. Kovalev followed with a breakaway goal at 13 03.91,123 watch . Nip Mexico 1 -0 by Ronald Blum Pasadena Calif. Apr just two weeks before opening the first world cup in the United states the americans upset Mexico 1-0 saturday before 91,123, the largest crowd Ever to watch the . Team at Home. A this is just a hell of a morale Booster for the team said Roy Wegerle who scored the goal seven minutes into the second half a if we had lost people would have just shrugged their shoulders. This will Send Waves around the  co it was Only the fourth win in 42 games against mexi for the United states which is 5-5-8 this year including 2-3-7 against world cup teams. The americans completed their Warmup schedule and now Start preparing for their tournament opener against Switzerland at the Pontiac Silver dome outside Detroit on june 18. A this has to boost our Confidence a said Eric Wynalda who set up the goal when he beat three defenders before passing to Wegerle. The Rose bowl crowd was the largest for any soccer game in the United states since the 1984 olympics and it appeared that 99 percent of the fans were rooting for Mexico. The game offered a glimpse of the atmosphere the world cup will bring to the United states when it starts june 17. Mexican fans began honking horns and see Page 36 for More on . Team and other world cup news waving flags two hours before the Start of the game they chanted a May Hee co May Hee co a and a role old a As the mexicans passed the Ball around. Wynalda who entered the game with Wegerle at the Start of the second half said the anti american crowd fired him up. He had a wild look on his face As he raced around the Field after Wegerle a goal. A that was a Little bit for my teammates a Little bit for the Lack of fan support and a Little bit for the mexican americans who were Here today a Wynalda said. A they booed the team. I wanted to show them i was having a better time than they were  the scoring play showed off the mix of the team that will be representing the United states. Wegerle is a naturalized american born in South Africa. Wynalda is a californian who plays professionally in Germany. He got the Ball on a through pass from Thomas Dooley a naturalized american who lived in Germany until a year ago. A i think the United states did a Good Job of preventing us from doing what we wanted a Mexico coach Miguel Mejia Baron said i Develt Ped when Dooley sent the Ball Down the left Side of the Field and Wynalda raced past Ignacio am Briz and Raul Gutierrez. Wynalda went around Juan Ramirez Perales in the Corner and sent the Ball into the Middle where Wegerle sped past Ramon Ramirez and scored his first International goal in two years Only his second in 17games for the United states. In other cup tuneup saturday croatian Sparks Bel Lufft Josip Weber scored five goals in his International debut leading Belgium to a 9-0 rout of Zambia in rus Sels. It was Belgium a largest margin of Victory since it began playing International soccer in 1904. Weber who was born in Croatia received belgian citizenship on March 12. The 29-year-old plays for cer Cle Bruges and has led the belgian league in scoring Iarj j consecutive seasons scoring 31 goals in both 1993andl994. Zambia which lost the Core of its National team in a plane crash last year finished second in the african nations cup this Spring. At Pomona n.j., saudi Arabia edged Trinidad and 1obago 3-2, and Argentina and Croatia battled to a 0-0 tie before a crowd of 38,000 at Zagreb