Solid Lemieux Haunts Flyers

The Prince George Citizen — Wednesday, October 19,1988 — 17 Hiltonf Solid Lemieux Hines match haunts Flyers by Canadian Press Red Wings 4 Blackhawks 3 (OT) Pittsburgh Penguins rookie In Detroit, Steve Yzerman still on coach Gene Ubriaco opted for un scored just as the buzzer to end overtime sounded to lead the Red WINNIPEG (CP) - Junior mid derstatement to' describe the deeds dleweight champion Matthew Hil of his superstar, Mario Lemieux. Wings over Cliicago in a Norris Di ton of Montreal will still fight “Our ace came through,” Ubria vision match. American Robert Hines Nov. 4 in co said Tuesday after Lemieux The Blackhawks disputed the Las Vegas despite a change in the scored three goals and had an as goal, to no avail. Yzerman wristed card’s main event featuring Tho sist as the Penguins downed the a shot over rookie goalie Ed-Bel- mas Hearns, match maker Bruce visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-2. four from a scramble for the game Trampler said Tuesday. It gave Lemieux 12 points in his winner, his sixth goal of the sea “The show is going to go on,” past two games, following his son. said Trampler in a telephone inter team-record eight points in a 9-2 Detroit’s Lee Norwood and Paul view from Las Vegas. triumph Saturday over the St. MacLean had forced overtime with “ H ilton’s fight w ill go on as Louis Blues. goals late in the third period that scheduled. Tommy Hearns isn’t a Lemieux also solidified his lead erased a 3-1 Chicago lead. Shawn champion. Matthew is.” in NHL scoring, with 19 points Burr had the other goal for De Hilton, 22, will lay his Interna from five games, four more than troit, 2-2-2. tional Boxing Federation crown on Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles the line against American Robert Kings, who has played six times. Hines. Also on the undercard at the Lemieux, 23, who wrested the Soviet star Las Vegas Hilton Hotel, IBF mid scoring championship and the dleweight champion Michael Nunn league’s most valuable player will face Juan Domingo Roldan. award from Gretzky last season, 'punished' Hearns, the first fighter to win helped the Penguins hand Philadel world titles in four weight divi phia and its rookie coach Paul sions, was slated to battle World Holmgren their first loss of the for talking Boxing Association super middle season. TORONTO (CP) — Soviet hockey weight champion Fulgencio Obel- The two teams are tied atop the star Igor Larionov says he’s being mejias. But Obelmejias, of Vene Patrick Division at 4-1. punished for an interview he gave zuela, has developed a rib injury. “We thought we had, to check a Canadian journalist two years “Nobody believes it,” said them a Uttle closer and that’s the ago. Trampler. “But if he’s not going to way it happened,” said Lemieux of In a report from its Moscow cor fight, he’s not going to fight. Pittsburgh’s solid defensive effort respondent published Tuesday, the “We’ve got some people down after giving up 21 goals in the first Toronto Star says Larionov has there with him right now. They are four games. criticized the Soviet, sport estab trying to decide if its a shakedown, Elsewhere in the NHL on Tues lishment and cites the action taken a phony thing or not.” day, it was: the New York Island against him as a result of the in Trampler said James (The Heat) ers 3, Vancouver Canucks 2; and terview as evidence his country’s Kinchen, 31, of San Diego, a for Detroit Red Wings 4, Chicago sporting prowess is based on strict mer United States Boxing Associa Blackhawks 3, in overtime. military discipline that forbids tion middleweight champion, will It was Lemieux’s 14th three-goal open contact with foreigners. probably fight Hearns. game and came in Pittsburgh’s “I nearly forgot about that (Ca Hearns, who has a record of 45 Tabor Mountain Ski Resort owner Clarence Fillion cuts the tall 600th victory in their 22 NHL seanadian) interview, but you, Viktor wins and three losses, will be fight grass and willows on Tabor in preparation for the ski season. The Getting ready sons. Vassilievich (Tikhonov), didn’t,” ing for the first time since he was mowing helps extend the ski season by permitting a lower cover of Larionov says, referring to the na upset by Iran Brakley last June. snow needed for a base. Citizen photo by Dave Milne "Lemieux is a great hockey tional team head coach, in an open He’s also been knocked out by Sug player and probably was the differ letter published this week in the ar Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagl- ence in the game,” said Holmgren Soviet national magazine Ogonyok. er. DUNIGANSANDUSKY TRADE after his first defeat as an NHL “A friend of mine on the coach Hilton is undefeated in 29 bouts, coach. ing staff let me know that I would winning 23 of those by knockout. Lemieux scored with Pittsburgh havecertain difficulties in getting Hines, 26, of Philadelphia, the on a two-man advantage in the sec permission to play during the ‘su USBA junior middleweight cham ond period and got another at 12:33perseries’ in North America. pion, has a 23-1-1- record with 16 Lions seeking new dealon a breakaway set up by Rob The same punishment was inflicted knockouts. Brown. He added an empty net on me before matches in Italy and Most experts pick Hilton as n VANCOUVER (CP) - The Brit Canadian players would make being an aggressive, exciting of goal in the final minute. Sweden.” easy winner over the left-handed ish Columbia Lions might be able Campbell more likely to pick fence. The guy’s done his part on Larionov, a captain in the Soviet The Montreal native also set up Hines. to renegotiate the conclusion of a imports. and off the field.” army, said he was approached by Bob Errey’s third period goal. Herb Lambeck of Leroy’s Race pre-season trade that brought vet “Where are they perceived to be Dunigan missed last Sunday’s army intelligence following the Ca and Sports Book in Las Vegas, said eran quarterback Matt Dunigan to weak in terms of non-imports?” game in Regina with a sprained Philadelphia centre Tim Kerr nadian interview and told he was Hilton is a 5-1 favorite. the Canadian Football League asked Galat. "And if they take neck, but is expected to return to spoiled goalie Steve Guenette’s under more suspicion with the “The other guy is a good boxer club. imports, I think we’ve proved this the lineup this Sunday when the shutout bid with 7:19 to play in the “provocative” visit to his parents’ but I think Hilton is too strong,” he The Lions acquired Dunigan year that imports are easy to come Lions take on the Eskimos in third period and Ron Sutter added home by a Canadian woman, a said. from the Edmonton Eskimos on by.” Edmonton. another for the Flyers. member of the Canadian-U.S.S.R. Goody Petronelli, who co-man- June 14 in exchange for wide re Although the Lions have struggl “ We seem to have gotten the Islanders 3 Canucks 2 Friendship Society. aged Hagler to the middleweight ceiver Jim Sandusky, a 1989 first- ed this season and are in third muscle spasms out of Matt’s upper The unidentified woman spent championship, agreed. Veteran Bryan Trottier scored round draft pick and two players place in the Western Division with back,” trainer Bill Reichelt said the game winner at 2:12 of the sec only half an hour with his parents, “He (Hilton) is a tough mon off the Lions’ roster at the end of a 7-8 record, Galat said he’s still Tuesday. “There are still a few said Larionov, but “I was forced to key,” Petronelli said from his gym ond period as New York won its this season. happy he made the deal for Duni knots in the neck area, but with third straight game, defeating vis give an account of myself on the in Brockton, Mass. grounds that Soviet army officers B.C. would be able to protect two gan. continued maskage and whirlpools iting Vancouver by a 3-2 score for “He can fight. I ’ll have to pick have to keep their distance from players, with Edmonton selecting “Dunigan’s helped us in terms of he should be OK.” the second time this season. him over Hines. Hilton can bang. any of the remainder (excluding foreigners.” He’s too strong for Hines.” Dunigan), followed by B.C. protect Steve Konroyd and Tomas Jons- Larionov, a member of the So Hilton won his title after a rous ing one more player and Edmonton son also scored for the Islanders, 3- viet Union’s gold medal team at ing victory over Buster Drayton in selecting another. Coaching move denied 2-1, while rookie Trevor Linden, the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics late June 1987. General manager Joe Galat said with his first NHL goal, and Larry and voted the outstanding player in Ironcially, Kinchen defeated de Tuesday he and Edmonton counter TORONTO (CP) - Toronto ture is in Toronto.” Melnyk, with a short-handed effort, the Soviet league for 1987-88, re feated Drayton in a 10-round deci part Hugh Campbell “have talked Argonauts head coach Bob Ottawa announced this week scored for the Canucks, 1-4-1. All ferred to Tikhonov as a “hockey sion April 14, 1985.

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