Page 6, The Herald, Tuesday, April 14, 199) > daily - fherald Lafleur remembers hardest check - STOCKHOLM (CP) — iGuy Lafleur remembers ‘nothing — except that it was the hardest check he’s ever experienced. But coach Don Cherry's recollection of the incident 47 seconds into Team ; Canada's game Monday ‘against the Netherlands is “vivid. = Cherry accused Dutch defenceman Rick Van Gog Sof deliberately running at =the Montreal Canadiens’ superstar, who had just arrived in town. Fa “t's a shame that the “people finally get to se. a = superstar over here and we have a tier two Canadian hockey player, trying to make a name for himself, burt a guy like Lafleur,” : Cherry said following the : oT ee) To ‘a. Cert tr _ Se game, which Canada won §- 1 to guarantee itself a spot in the championship round next week in Goteborg. Cherry didn't wait, until after the game to launch his verbal barbs. While the medical team was_ still tending to Lafleur on the ice, he was shouting at his Dutch counterpart, Custav Bubnik. Lafleur arrived three hours before the game following 4 marathon series of flights which began avernight Saturday night in Edmonton and included stops in Montreal, Toronto and Frankfurt. He said he had had only three hours sleep since getting up Friday morning and figures the fatigue probably dulled his senses SPORTS sufficiently that he was unable to avoid Van Gog, a Canadian with dual citizenship. . The Aurora, Ont., native, who played with Aurora Tigers of the’ Provincial Junior Hockey ‘League and Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League before deciding to play in’ the Netherlands three years ago, denied there was an ything illegal abéut the check and referee Josef Kompaia of West Germany must have concurred because he handed out no penalty on the play. Lafleur suffered a two- stiteh cut across the bridge of the nose and a’ big headache, a ee eer eT al ~ > aspeed, radio. <5 1918 SUBARU BRAT at his uae -——_ — — —- “Sudden death : is expected : Siidden death returns to St. ‘Louis and Philadelphia ‘The Blues and = Flyers, who had their chances last: Sunday night to move into the National Hockey League playoff quarterfinals, permitted a couple of revved-up underdogs to extend the preliminary round.to the maximum five - games, The Blues, second: -oaly to New York Islanders in over- all regular-season stan- © dings, could have knocked I5th-place Pittsburgh out of ‘action Sunday night... In. stead, they fell vietim to defenceman ~Randy Carlyie's two goals and one assist and were beaten 63 by the Penguins. The Flyers, sixth during the regular .season, won Sanchez is an unknown quantity Rookie pitcher Luis Sanchez is an unknown quantity to most batters but he’s no stranger to Tony Armas. Armas, whose eighth- inning tworun homer kept Oakland A’s undefeated with a 32 victory over California Angels on Monday night, said after the game he had been batting ol Banchez for 10 Sanches w was the victim of -he home run shot in Anaheim, Calif., and both the pitcher and the hitter hail from Venezuela. “We played on different teams in the winter leagues,” said Armas, who hit his third home nun of the young ‘American League baseball season. For the first time this year, Oakland manager Billy Martin went to his bullpen, - using three relievers. The victory went to Jeff Jones. their first two playoff games from Quebec and - appeared ready to dispatch the Uth-place Nordiques, « but let them off’ the hook. First, Philadelphia lost the _ third game 2-0: Then, after leading 3-1 with only 4% minutes to play Sunday 7 night, | the Flyers let Quebec tie them — and win 43 just 37 seconds into overtime on ‘Dale Hunter’s second goal of the game. “We have to win,” said Blues goaltender Mike Liut, the most valuable player in _ the NHL's allstar game this Season, “If we don't win, we don’t play any. more. “It’s that simple.” Coach Pat Quinn of the Flyers saw things in- an equally simple perspective. "It's a one-game series Two other AL games ended in 5-1 scores — Toronto Blue Jays over New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles over Boston Red Sox. Detroit's game at Kansas City was rained out. The Angels’ final batter was catcher Ed Ott. Martin signalled for a slow curve and it was shaken off. until Jones was told the manager had called for the pitch, which retired Ott on a grounder. Armas’s tape-measure home rum was hit to straightaway centre field and spoiled the Angels’ home opener.” Sanchez entered the game in the eighth inning and walked. Rickey Henderson who went to second on Sanchez’s errant pickoff throw and advanced to third on Dwayne Murphy's baseball season Monday now,” he said, “It's win or pack your bags.” in the over-all standings this . season, packed their bags a lot “earlier than expected. — The 13thplace New York Rangers, after splitting the . first two games of the series in Los Angeles, blew the Kings out of Madison Square Garden 10-3 and 6-3 to move lo quarter-finals. ‘Their opposition when the second round Thursday night -— and the opponents for the other first-round winners — has yet to be determined. Also in the quarter-finals are the Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota North Stars and Calgary Flames. . There are four’ possible groundout, Sanchez struck out Cliff Johnson for the second out before Armas's towering drive over a 401- foot sign. California took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the seventh . when Oakland reliever Jeff Jones hit Dan Ford with a pitch with the bases loaded. The crowd of 38,076 was a record for opening day at Anaheim Stadiurs. Jays 5 Yankees 1 In Toronto, the Blue Jays won their fifth home opener ‘in their five years in the league, with Jim Clancy picking up the win after checking the Yankees on four hits in 7 1-3 innings. Clany had a shaky first inning when he gave up New York’s only run then settled down, retiring 14 con- secutive batters. in one stretch. He got help in the eighth inning from reliever Roy Lee Jackson, who tossed a win their home opener __Pittsburgh Pirates before 2 opens . - Mercer after the Yanks - performances they v second-round matchups, based on outcomes of games tonight: —If St. Louis and Phila- delphia win it will be Ed monton vs. the Islanders, —If Pittsburgh and Phila- delphia win, it will be Pitt. burgh vs. the ; =—[f Pittsburgh and Quebec win, it will be Pitt- sburgh vs. the Islanders, Edmonton vs. Buffalo, the Rangers vs. Calgary and Quebec vs. Minnesota. doubleplay pitch to Bobby loaded the bases against Clancy with one out - Al Woods and Alfredo Griffin led the Toronto— attack. Wood had a two-run single in a threerun fourth ining and Griffin tripled for two runs in the Orioles 5 Red Sox 1 Pinch-hitter Jose Morales's two-out bases- loaded single broke a ninth- inning tie and started a four- run burst that carried Baltimore past the Red Sox. Ken Singleton opened the ninth against rookie Boston pitcher Steve Crawford with a double. Tom Burgmeier took over and got into a bases-loaded jam on an error and Gary Roenicke's infield hit. Burgmeier got two outs before Morales grounded a single under his glove for two runs. Two more scored on a double steal and Rich Dauer's double. cen ow a ay alfa |" grid my" concentration -was™"-Seeve- fet ied legs have to National League Cy Young t as fast with 15 Award winner, earned his as they do with 40." first victory of the new ‘aise your together, they're all 10 40 good,’ said manager Dallas Green. In the only other NL games, the unbeaten Los Angeles Dodgers edged San Francisco Giants. 4-3, Atlanta Braves nipped the winless Houston Astros 2-1 in LO innings and Cincinnati Reds trounced San Diego Padres 7-1. , The Phillies received their 1980 World Series rings before the game, Then they went out and lashed 11 hits to back Carlton's one-walk, five-strikeout pitching. The Phillies took a 3) ead in the -second inning against John Candelaria. "Manny Trillo walked and one out later Larry Bowa doubled. Bob Boose singled Trio home, with Bowa going to third. Carlton grounded to first baie and Bowa scored ahead of Bill Robinsen’s throw. Smith . forced Carlton at second but Boone scored when short- night, scattering ninehits'as “crowd ‘of 60,404." Philadelphia Phillies won “When we get fo talk their home opener 5-1 aver about Lefty’s (Carlton's) 1975 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT 4 speed, radio 1971 FORD MUSTANG Ve auto. trans., radio 1979 FORD COURIER PICKUP 4 speed trans, , with canopy, very low mileage 1880 MUSTANG 3 DOOR HATCHBACK écyl.. auto. 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