European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Canucks keep curse alive win Over rangers ties series by Mike Nadel Vancouver British Columbia apr the Vancouver canucks just wont go away and neither will the new York rangers Stanley cup curse. Vancouver 5-0 when facing elimination this postseason forced a seventh game of the finals by winning 4-1 saturday night and extended the rangers 54-year wait by three More Days. The rangers Hope it s Only a matter of Days. The canucks can make new York wait until next season again by winning tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. If that happens it would Gox Iown As one of the biggest debacles in nil history with the rangers joining the 1942 Detroit red wings As the Only teams to blow 3-1 leads in inc finals. Jeff Brown and Geoff Courtnell scored twice each for Vancouver seeking its first title since joining inc nil in 1970. A we Felt Good about our game coming out of new York and we thought wed try to continue that same pattern a Canuck coach Pat Quinn said. A we wanted to Sec if we could establish some pressure on their  Vancouver a loud Lowel waving fans mocked the rangers Stanley cup drought by chanting �?o19-40 19-40�?� in the third period. The canucks swept by the new York islanders in the 1982 finals were 0-4 in title scrips games at Pacific coliseum until saturday. It will be the first seven game finals since 1987, when the Edmonton oilers beat the Philadelphia flyers and the second in 23 years. Nine championship series have gone the route since the Best-of-7 format was introduced in 1939, with Home teams winning seven times. The canucks have already proven they can win at the Garden taking games 1 and 5 there. They made the place quiet again saturday when about 10,000 fans watched game 6on the Gard no scoreboard. Vancouver is trying to become Only the second team Ever to rebound from a 3-1 deficit in the finals Toronto which beat Detroit in 1942, is the Only one of 24 previous teams to win in such a situation. A i Don t think All the momentum is with them a Ranger coach Mike Keenan said. A they had to win a big game in new York and they did and they responded Well tonight. I done to feel there was a shift in momentum  this series resembles the 1987 finals when heavily favored Edmonton took a 3-1 Lead but then lost game 5 at Home and game 6 at Philadelphia before winning the title Back at Edmonton. Brown and Courtnell have snapped out of scoring slumps in a big Way. Brown Stanley cup finals had Only one goal in his previous 19 games before scoring three in the last two. After a 13-Gamc scoreless Streak Courtnell has two goals in each of the last two games. The canucks who played Well in the third period of game 5, opened saturdays game with their most dominant period of the series. They out shot the rangers 16-7 and kept the puck in new York ice most of the 20 minutes. If not for the acrobatic goal ending of Mike Richter who had 27 saves the rangers would have been hopelessly behind. Instead Vancouver led Only 1-0 on Browne a Power play goal at 9 42. Trevor Linden beat Esa Tikkanen on the Falcoff drawing the puck cleanly Back to Brown whose slap snot hit Tikkanen a skate and went Over Richter a Slick Side shoulder. The rangers had More pressure on in the second period almost tying it when Glenn Anderson hit the crossbar but Vancouver scored first. Just after Canuck goalie Kirk Mclean stopped Steve Larmer at the end of a 2-on-1 break Vancouver cashed in on a similar Opportunity. Jyrki Lumme lured do Senseman Doug lids or to him and passed to Courtnell who skated in front of the net and took a soft Backhander. Lidster scrambling Back into the play got his stick on the puck before it reached Richter and deflected it through the stars and Stripe sports jul him my Iii i it ill aim i june 13, 1994  a Page 32 the goalies pads and just Over the goal line for a 2-0 Lead at 12 29, the rangers got a Power play goal 2 13 later when Alexei Kovaleva a shot from the right Circle hit the skate of Murray Craven and deflected past Mclean. Brown restored Vancouver a two goal Lead at 8 35 of the third period when his Slapper from the right Point found a Small opening Between Richter a pads. Courtnell clinched it with 1 32 left scoring on a Backhander that was in and out of the net so quickly that play continued and Mark Messier scored for new York with 58 seconds left. But the officials viewed replays and awarded court Nail a goal. That put 34 seconds Back on the clock and nullified Messier a score. Tabasco takes second Crown be Mont stakes Tabasco cat Ridden by Pat Day charges to Belmont stakes Victory ahead of co for Gin. By de Schuyler or. New York a once again Tabasco cat thrilled one of his biggest fans a Jeff Lukas the trainers son and Young assistant the Colt had run Down and almost killed last december. As he had done in the Preakness three weeks ago Tabasco cat overtook Kentucky Derby Winner go for Gin in the stretch and won the Belmont stakes saturday. Immediately after the stirring Victory Lukas son of Trainer. Wayne Lukas spoke to abcs Jim Mckay on an open phone Tine while his father tried to Check Back tears in the winners Circle. A a big Effort again today a 33-year-old Jeff Lukas said from Liis Home in Glendora Calif. A the horse was game both times. It was very incredible to  Jeff Lukas who suffered brain injuries when he was run Down dec. 15 at Santa Anita will return to being a part time Trainer june 27. A a it a a Long Way from a 350-Yard race at Ruidoso Downs to a a mile Belmont in new York City a Wayne Lukas a former Quarter horse Trainer said after his first Belmont win in his eighth try. That Victory did not come easy As go for Gin burst out of the Gate along the rail and was still in front when the Field of six 3-year-Olds turned for Home. A we played cat and mouse with him All the Way around a said Pat Day the jockey on i Tabasco cat who was second from the Start until the turn for Home. Then in the stretch run Tabasco cat pounced passing go for Gin on the outside and winning by two lengths a a a a o Quot a we did it a Lukas shouted. Jowe did it. We got him a a yeah. We got him a said the 40-year-old Day who won his second Belmont in his eighth try. His first Victory was on easy goer in 1989. Go for Gin was a half length in front of Strodes Creek who was 3vi lengths ahead of signal tap. Mathos finished fifth and Ulises was last. Brocco the Santa Anita Derby Winner who was fourth in the Ken Tulcy Derby but skipped the Preakness was scratched saturday morning because of a Stone Bruise in his left front foot. The time of 2 26 4-5 was the fifth fastest running in 126 Belmont. Go for Gin who scored a front running Victory in Quot the Kentucky Derby in which Tabasco cat finished sixth also gave up the Lead to Tabasco cat in the stretch of the Preakness. A Fie fought Back again a said go for gins rider Chris Mccarron. A the tried to come Back but he Wasny table to do  Tabasco cat paid s8.80, $3.80 and $2.40 and earned $392,280 from a purse of $653,800 to boost his career earnings to $1,323,037 on a record of seven wins a second and a third in 12 starts. He has won four of six starts this year. Tabasco cat owned and bred by David Reynolds 78, of Richmond va., and William t. Young 76, of Lexington ky., became the ninth 3-year-old to accomplish the Preakness Belmont double and the first since Hansel in 1991. Go for Gin returned $3 and $2.20 and Strodes Creek the 6-5 favorite despite never having won a stakes paid $2.20 to show