4, The Herald, Monday, April 2, 1984 Bruins secure ‘first place o Bost Bruins and Washington Capitals benefitted most from the final day of the 1963-84 National Hockey League schedule Sunday. The Bruins defeated New Jersey Devils 3-1 to secure first place in the Adams Division and set up a first-round playoff series against Montreal Canadiens, while the Capitals won a battle with | Philadelphia for second place in the Patrick Divislon with a 41 victory that earned them homece advantage over the Flyers in the first round. In other best-of-five playoff matchups beginning Wednesday, Buffalo Sabres are home to Quebec Nordiques in the other Adams semifinal, and New York Islanders are home to New York Rangers in the other Patrick series. The Smythe Division has Winnipeg: Jets at Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames, and the Norris features Chicago Black Hawks at Minnesota North Stars and Detrolt. Red Wings at St. Louls Blues. JETS BEAT FLAMES ‘ Other resulta Sunday: Buffalo 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2; Winnipeg 3, Calgary 2; Chicago 4, Detroit 3; the Islanders 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 1; and the Rangers 2, Hartford Whalers 0, Satuntay results: Boston 2, Montreal 1; Toronto 6, St. Louis 4; Calgary 10, Minnesota 3; Edmonton 4, Los Angeles 3; Quebec 4, Buffalo 1; the Islanders 3, . Washington 1;- ‘Chicago 4, Detroit 2 and Hartiord 3, the Rangers 3. Edmonton’s Wayne Gretzky wou the scoring race . with 67 goals and 118 assists for 205 points. Quebec's Michel Goulet was second to Gretzky in goals with 56. The Oilers’ Paul Coffey was second in points with . 126 and his 40 goals ranked him with Bobby Orr as the Akeem has. SEATTLE (AP) — Akeem has his dréam tonight. So do the rest of United States college basketball fans —.a dream. matchup between seven-footers Akeem Olajuwon of Houston and Patrick Ewing of ' Georgetown, with the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship at stake. They will be in the pivot, but they may not be the . pivotal players once the game, set to begin at 9:12 p.m. EST, gets under way before a sellout crowd in the 38,613-seat Kingdome. The play of the senior Georgetown guards, six-foot- five Fred Brown and six-foot-two Gene Smith, and six-foot-nine freshman forward Michael Graham, of Houston's six-foot-two sophomore guard Alvin . Franisls and. forwards. Rickie Winslow, a alx-foot- |: elght. freshman, and Michael Young, a six-foot-seven .. senior, will be of equal impdrtance, if not as riveting. - Perhaps it will be Georgetown's depth, coach John Thompson's propensity for running players into and out of the action to keep them from burning out during the Hoyas’ Intense and ever-present full-court press. They will be working against a Cougar offence rarely substituted by coach Guy Lewis: Olajuwon, who averages 16.8 points a game and has a U.S.-leading 491 rebounds and 205 blocked shots, has played every minute of the past three games. Ewing, who averages a team-high 16.6 points and has 362 rebounds and 129 blocks, gets ample rest under Thompson's free-substitution system. And, due to early foul trouble in the semifinal, he played only 28% minutes against Kentucky. TWO SIMILAR . “T think it's going to be a. tremendous matchup between Ewing and Akeem,” Lewis said Sunday, before . the teams peacticed. “They do the same. things. “They're both outstanding defensive players. They both cause the opposition team:to shoot seven, eight, nine percentage points leas than they normally do. They're both great rebounders and certainly great shot-blockers. 1 think the biggest dilference between them is the color of their uniforms.” Thompson, for two years a reserve centre behind Bill Russell on Boston Celtics, agreed Ewing and Olajuwon are mere that each is exceptional. And Gao ee? Sat. 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The Islanders’ Mike Bossy finished with 5 goals, . hitting the 50-gcal plateau B | seventh consecutive Season. ; . Braing 3 Devils 1 Steve Kasper, John Blum and Mike Git each. scored as Boston won its fifth in a row to overtake Buffalo. New Jereey’s Aaron Broten scored the only , Devil goal. “A lot of people had us written off: a few ‘weeks ago,” said Brain defenceman Ray Bourque, everything jelled — we played asa amit and won ‘alot gf games. a” Capitals 4 Flyers 1 - Mike Gartner scored his 40th oat: ‘of the a season mond Bobby Carpenter, Bryan Erickson and Gaetan Duchesne added one each as Washington won its sixth. inits last seven snapping Flyers! eight-game winning atreak. Paul Guay scored the only Flyer goal. ' “Tt's always nice to start a Playoff’ series ‘In your own building,” said Gartner, a Sabres 4 Leafs 2 ; Rookle John Tucker scored three times in the Firat ' period for Buffalo ending a three-game losing streak. - Lindy ‘Ruff also scored for the home team. Terry Martin had his second two-goal game. in-as - _ many nights-for Toronto, which set a- single-season, . - ¢lub record by losing ita 45th of the season: wi Jets 3 Flames 2 In Winnipeg, Lucien DeBlois scored his ssrd and 34th goals as the Jets beat Calgary for the first time this season. Morris Lukowich algo scored for the Jets, while Lanny McDonald and Neil Sheehy, with his first - NHL goal, scored for the Flames. his dream he said the outcome of thelr meeting “won't tdectée ; which of them is the best big man. I saw men en outplay,. Russell but he was the best." ; Further, Thompson said, there's far more to the : game than the collision of seven-footers. “People always get caught up in the star figure,'! Thompson -said. “But Young (Houston's leading . scorer) is a very outstanding player, “Whoever. checks Young is’ going to. be. Nery important. They call him the Silent Assassin-and 1 think that's very true in relation to the'attentiod that”. Akeem gets or a person like Patrick gets. . Houston comes intd the game with a32-4 record, the’ list victory a 49-47 overtime decision Saturday covery ., outmanned Virginia. Georgetown is 43-8 incliding.ite’: ° . 33-40 semifinal rout. of Kentucky: whieh*vollapsed th’ ~ to squander B 20-22 halftime lead. . “But. Hawks 4 Wings 3 ‘ In Chicago, Troy Mira and Billy Gardner gave the Black Hawks a first-period lead, diminished in the second by Detroit's 1a Bo Boldirey. Tom Lysiak made it 3-110 seconds into the final period, Serge Aubry ~ pulled Detroit back within ane, Al Secord made it 4-2 Chicago at 12:18 and Boldirev added his 35th of the season to close out scoring at 19: a. (slanders 2 Penguins 1 Brent Sutter scored his s4th goal P the season with 6:43 lefttolift New York to the win in Pittsburgh. Pat LaFontaine also scored for the Islanders, while Norm Schmidt scored for the Penguins, who lost their sixth straight to finish the most unproductive season in their 17-year history. : Rangers 2 Whalers 0 Goaltender Glen Hanlon, returning after missing - WHL | Roundup It ‘was almost like old times at Queen's Park Arena Sunday night, complete with barrages of garbage at the visiting goalle and wire-guided rubber chickens dancing across the ice. New Westminster Bruins, once the wildest team ‘in junior hockey with fans to match, scored four unanswered third-period goala to defeat Portland Winter Hawks 8-4 and get back into their Western Hockey League best-of-nine West Division semifinal. _ In WHE play ‘Saturday, Kamloops Oilers wrapped - up-the other western semifinal five games straight “with'a 7-2 victory over Seattle Breakers. At New Westminster, Bruin rookie centre Clif Ronning opened the scoring, provided the winning goal and collected two assists. Randy Maxwell also ‘ seored. two, including the go-ahead goal short- handed, and Kevin Griffin contributed another pair. Each of the four third-period New Westminster goals prompted a hail of debris tossed at Portland goaltender Ian Wood by members of an exuberant audience of 2,452... “Two fans also came equipped with rubber chickens _ on wires which made periodic appearances on the ice. . Wood. finished. with 24° saves, while New ‘Westminster goalie Pokey Reddick stopped 92 shots and was named the game’s first star. At Kamloops Saturday, Bon Saunders scored three " goals and Jim Camazzolavadded two’ for. the Oilers,: who ‘tore: hrough ‘the ‘Breakers ‘after -finishing 30 :. the second half, hitting three of ane eotatempls mA points ahead of: an second-place Brains and 35 up on ~ . - fourth-place Seattle during the regular season, Vancouver. loves baseball VANCOUVER (CP) — Molsen will continue’ to press for a major league baseball -franchise for Vancouver after a ‘three-game. exhibition series between Toronto Blue Jaya and Milwaukee Brewers" drew over’ 106,000 paid admissions. “This was a vivid demonstration that Vancouver yeally does love baseball,” said: Norman Seagram, president of Molson Western Breweries Lid. “We - showed that we can put on a show like any other © major league city.” Molson, which took over territorial baseball righis | in Vancouver by purchasing Vancouver Canadians of the minor Pacific Coast League, now will concentrate on another presentation to major league owners at the summer all-star game in San Franelsco. ' The Blue Jays won the weekend series when they blanked Milwaukee 8-0 Sunday before an announced crowd of 90,152 at B.C. Place Stadium. Toronto took the opener 2-0 Friday and the: Brewers won 12-1 turday. ; Saturday’s game drew 44,765 spectators, inclnding the promotional San Diego Chicken, - “We have some definite ideas we are working on to sell to the major league owners,” Seagram said, “We certainly would like to bring some major Tenge teams back into our domed stadium.” LIKED FACILITY , There were no major complaints from the players about conditions in the. 60,000-seat stadium, said general manager Harry Dalton of the Brewers. “Our centre fielder, Rick Manning, said there was abit of abreeze, but he had no trouble picking up the flight of the ball," sald Dalton. “I really do like the sight lines of the building. . “It's an impressive building, to say the least. The dimensions are good and, all in all, everyone seems to be quite comfortable playing here.” Air pressure generated by large fans high along the wails is used to support the Teflon roof. It was the firat time major leaguers had played at BC, Place. An oldtimers game and PCL contest last summer drew 41,876 fans. “The facility is major league all the way, * gaid Toronto field manager Bobby Cox. “I'd love to find Vaneativer playing with us in the American League because it's a great city.” ‘LONG HOMER Right fielder Jesse Barfield of the Blue Jays, who clubbed a long three-run home in a five-run fifth Roberts hoping Bruce Roberta is hoping ' DULUTH, Minn. (CP) — history will repeat Iteelf this week when the men's world curling championship returns to Duluth Arena. When the skip from Hibbing, Minn., won it here in 1976, he had brother Joe at third along with lead Jerry Scott and Gary Kleffman on the front end. That foursome hadn’t played together since, but - Bruce decided last fall it was an opportune time to sea if lightning strikes the same place twice, “| didn't have any sort of premonition at all when ‘we got together last fall,’’ sald Roberts, who will be directing the team again this year although he has delegated brother Joe to throw skip stones. ‘I just thought it would be a good idea to enter, especially with the Broom so close to home. © “We're not what you'd calla travelling team. Heck, these guys bitch about travel if we have to go 200 inning Sunday, sald he felt more comfortable by the third game. "It takes some getting used to because the roof is slightly difficult to handle,” Barfield said, “But the turf Is one of the big pluses because you can charge the ball on defence and be aggressive.’ Field manager Rene Lachmann of the Brewers, after being shut out in two of the three games, said he was disappointed that his team didn't produce more runs. “Tt’s a major league complex and we should have hit better,” said Lachmann. “After the blahs of spring ‘training,. it was good to get ready for the ” opener with this kind of mini-series.” ,. Randy Ready, who will open the season at third base for the Brewers in place of injured Paul Molitor, _ sald he was especially pleased with the turnout. Ready played Jast season for the AAA Canadians, Milwaukee’ 8 top farm. club. - GAME'S NEEDED “This city proved that there's a lot of interest in major league bageball,” Ready said. ' Vancouver has to get more games here to keep influencing people to watch baseball. ’ “The other players tell me that you can see the ball better here than. in indoor stadiums at Seattle-and Minneapolis.’ Designated hitter. clit Johnson of the Blue Jays said Vancouver has major league potential. “The ball doesn’t carry here,” said Johnson, “but I still feel that the guys that are capable of hitting the ball out of the ball park ; . homers anyway, .. - get it all, you’re not going to hit it out," Toronto righthander Jim Gott pitched seven scoreless innings Sunday and got the win. Moose Haas was the loser after giving up the five filth-inning riins. Emie Whitt nailed a two-run singleand Barfield followed with his 400-foot homer to left field, . | The Blue Jays, 13-15 in exhibition play; finish their - Pre-season schedule tonight in Portland, Ore, against Seattle Mariners. Toronto opens ita American League schedule Wednesday in Seattle, with righthander Jim Clancy, 15-11, ta start, . The Brewers finished exhibition play at 15-13 and have their AL opener Tuesday in Oakland with righthander Don Sutton, 2-15, tostart against the A’s, history. repeats. 7 miles up the road to Winnipeg for a 'spiel.”” Bruce Roberts won his first U.S. title 19 years ago | curling out of Fargo, N.D. This world championship, — he says, will be his last. Playing at home in the’ 10-rink, round-robin competition which begins today will help. “Sure, it’s got to be a bonus when you get all those - people out there cheering you along. But there's a lot of good teams out there, so youcan't take any of them fot granted, They're all going to be tough." " REPRESENTS CANADA ~ Canada Is represented by Mike Rit "a rink's f Winnipeg. More than 500 fans, including thres Hlaneloads ‘from the Brandon area, gave Riley's fourgzome support at the championship in Victoria in March. “I think w they’ re going toget thelr - “It’s like the Astrodome (in Houston). If you don't 7 Canadian | men’s | five games from a back allment, recorded his’ ‘fist mee in more ‘than two seasons and Pierre: Larouche and Don Maloney scored the goals as Ne a York finished with more polnts (83) than:’ dt. accumulated in 10 previous SeBs0ns. — i w Larouche finished with 48 goals, failing ina bid to. become the first NHL payer to spore 50 goals with: three different teams. - NHL Standings Final . Wales Conference Patrick Division WLT FAP. y-Islanders 50 26 4 357°269 104 x-Washington 48 27 5.308 226 101 x-Phila 44 26 10 350 290 98 — Rangers = 42: 29-9 S14 504 89 - NewJersey: 17 56 7231 141: Pitt JSP 3 44 3PO 98 . Adams Division y-Boston 49 25 6 $36 262 104 x-Buffalo 49 25 7 315 257 103 xQuebec 41 28 10 360 276 94 x-Mon (. 35°40 5 286 296 75. Hartford = 28 42 10 288 919 66 | Campbell Conference Norris Division y-Minnesota 39 31 10 345 344 88 St.Louis 32 41 7 201 316 71 x-Detroit 31.42 7 208 323 69 xChicago 30 42 9 277 311 6B ’ Toronto 26 45 9 903 387 61 Smythe Divislon y-Edmonton 57 18 5 448 312 119 xCalgary' 34 32 14 311 314 82 x-Vancouver 32 39 9 308 329 73 x-Winnipeg 3138 211340 374 78 Los Angeles ° 23 4413-92037 6 69. ane "gland pth ott Bay 2292 2 a y-clinched first place Sunday Results. Boston 3 New. Jersey 1. _ Chicago 4 Detroit 4 NY Rangers 2 Hartford 0 Buffato 4 Toronto? — we NY Islanders 2 Pittsburgh «| Washington 4 Philadelphia t ‘ Winnipeg 3 Calgary 2 Saturday Results - Chicago 4 Detroit 2 Boston 2 Montreal 1 2 Hartford 5 NY Rangers 3 F Quebec 4 Buffalo 1 Tony _ NY Islariders 3 Washington 1 Toronto 6 St, Louls 4 __ Calgary 10 Minnesota 3 Edmonton 4Los Angeles 3 End Regular Season . 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