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40 DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, ROCHESTER, N.Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1992 Panaggios are enjoying occasional CBA coaching encounters By Jim Litke Mauro's 11 grandchildren, spent most of "Two of -my boys wound up in business and another is a minister. My two daughters used to work as teachers, but now they've gone into business with their older brother. "Since he was little, Dan was the only one uhrt pvpr trtnlr an in. Brockport State. While there, he broke the school scoring record set by his brother, Mike, who had broken the record established by none other than their father.

It was about that same time that Mauro began the heart-to-heart talks with Dan. "All my kids played sports, but Dan was always the student of the game, the one who never left my side," the elder Panaggio recalled. "He was never afraid to ask me why I did this or that and then he'd take this or that and find a way to fit it into his own personality. "I told him all about the problems. The gut-wrenching decisions, the way it plays on your emotions, the turmoil, the travel, the time it takes you away from your family.

Everything. "And the last thing I told him," Mauro said, "is that you better really love it." Dan chuckled softly at hearing the advice one more time. "No matter what he says, I think he takes pride in the fact that I followed in his foosteps. I don't know how he couldn't," Dan said. "I don't think he necessarily thinks it's the ideal profession for anybody there are so many pitfalls But I think even the bad thinps he told me, he told me in a halfhearted way, because I think he knew that I was too committed by the time we started talking." The accommodation went smoothly over the next few years.

After Dan completed successful coaching stints at McQuaid Jesuit High School and Monroe Community College, Mauro, then coaching the CBA's Thunder, put him on his staff as an assistant They spent three seasons together and Dan took over at the helm in Quad City when Mauro retired after the 1990-91 season. All would have been well had it ended there. But when Rockford got off to a 3-15 start this season under Coach Lanny Van Eman, Lightning management tried to coax the elder Panaggio out of retirement. Before he accepted the offer, father called son to make sure that nothing between them would change except of course, those 48 minutes a few times each season. "And it hasn't," Mauro pointed out quickly.

"I lose, I buy him dinner. I win, I still have to buy him dinner." the day before the historic Panaggio vs. Pannagio I on Feb. 15 playing with grandpa and then let it be known where his sympathies resided. Needless to say, his father refused to let him on the bus yesterday until he had taken a loyalty oath.

"Everybody is trying to be diplomatic, but I knew my dad would have the edge inside the family," Dan said, "if only because of the sympathy vote. "But I think they're starting to lean my way. I just sense it I mean, my dad's already the winningest coach in CBA history and his team hasn't got a shot at the championship. This is my first year and we've actually got a chance to win this thing." After hearing the father and son talk, it should come as little surprise that the one quality each sees mirrored most in the other is competitiveness. What might be surprising, though, is the long and profitable partnership they fostered in the spirit of cooperation.

Dan, a major college prospect in high school, turned down a number of Division I offers to play for his father at Division III The Associated Press ROCKFORD, 111. Mauro Panaggio isn't much different from fathers everywhere in that he wants the world for his son. Except, that is, for the 48 minutes every couple of weeks when their worlds collide. Literally. Mauro Panaggio, 64, is coach of the Rockford Lightning and dean of the Continental Basketball Association.

Dan Panaggio, 37, the second oldest of his six children, is the rookie coach of the Quad City Thunder of that same CBA circuit. Panaggio vs. Panaggio might sound like the pilot for a network sitcom or working title of a case in divorce court somewhere. In fact, it is the only father-son coaching confrontation in the history of professional sports in the United States. "I never tried to point any of my kids in any direction," Mauro said yesterday afternoon, several hours before the third battle this season between the Thunder and Lightning and him and Dan.

terest in my profes- Dan Panaggio sion. And it's just my luck," Mauro said, shaking his head slowly, "that all of the others had the good sense to listen to the advice the old man gave them." It is not hard to imagine the strain this father-son rivalry has put on the rest of the Panaggios even before you know that Dan won the first two meetings. Rita, who married one of them and gave birth to the other, can't sit in the stands. With the exception of Mike, Dan's older brother and his father's most ardent supporter, none of the siblings have dared to take sides publicly at least. Dan II, Dan's 10-year-old son and one of HDfl STAHDIHGS EASTERN CONFERENCE But Chicago, which has lost to only two teams all season, snapped out of its stupor behind Jordan.

Jordan made a pair of three-point plays, hit a 17-foot jumper and capped the 18-point surge with a thunderous dunk for a 79-67 lead with 4'2 minutes remaining in the third quarter. The league's top scorer had his 31st game of 30-plus points this season. Maxwell hit seven of 10 from three-point range for Houston. Hakeem Olajuwon had 13 of his 22 points in the fourth period, and Kenny Smith added 20 points and nine assists. Maxwell finished with 25 points.

Reserves Brian Shaw and Kevin Edwards led Miami, which has lost four straight Shaw had 20 points and Edwards added 17. Houston now is 6-2 since interim Coach Rudy Tomjanovich took over Feb. 18. Chicago .30 23 33 27-111 26 2 19-100 NEW YORK: McDaniel 8-14 0-1 16. Oakley 1-2 2-2 4.

Ewing 12-19 7-12 31. Jackson 4-6 9-9 18. Wilkins 2-6 2-2 6. Mason 3-5 0-0 6. Starks3-12 6-9 12, Anthony 2-4 0-0 4, Vandeweghe 2-7 0-2 4.Totals 37-75 25-37 101.

Thru poinl goats Los Angeles 2-4 (Grant 1-1, Harper 1-1. Smith 0-1. Mayes 0-1). New York 2-10 (Jackson 1-1. Starts 1-5, Wilkins 0-1.

Vandeweghe 0-1. McDaniel 0-2). Fouled out Grant. Rebound Los Angeles 42 (Norman. Vaught 8).

New York 55 lEwmg 11) Ateiets Los Angeles 17 (Grant 8), New York 31 I Jackson 16) Total touts Los Angeles 27, New York 25. Technical Los Angeles illegal defense. Attendance 15.743. Bullets 119, Mavericks 109 LANDOVER, Md. Pervis Ellison had 21 points and 10 rebounds as Washington snapped a five-game home losing streak and handed Dallas its 16th consecutive road loss.

Ledell Eackles scored 23 points for the Bullets and Michael Adams had 20. The Bullets, who hadn't won at the Capital Centre in more than a month, are the only team in the NBA with a better record on the road (11-19) than at home (9-21). Derek Harper led Dallas with 30 points and Rolando Blackman added 21. The Mavericks have lost seven of nine overall and are winless on the road since beating Houston on Dec. 23.

22 19 28 27- 93 Houston ..31 24 20 39-114 Burton 3-7 1-2 7. Lona 2-8 4-4 8. Seikalv 5-10 2-J 15 Atlantic Pet. GB Streak Home Away Conl. New York 37 23 .617 Won 2 23-7 14-16 23-15 Boston 33 26 .559 3 Won 2 23-6 10-20 20-17 Philadelphia 28 31 .475 8 Won 2 18-11 10-20 18-23 New Jersey 27 32 .458 9 Lost 1 19-11 8-2117-21 Miami 27 33 .450 9 Lost 4 20-9 7-24 19-18 Washington 20 40 .333 16' Won 2 9-21 11-19 11-25 Orlando 14 46 .233 23 Lost 4 9-21 S-25 10-29 Cantral Pet.

GB Streak Home) Away Conl Chicago 49 12 .803 Won 1 26- 4 23- 8 31- 6 Cleveland 38 20 .655 91 Lost 1 22- 5 16-15 29- 9 Detroit 35 25 .583 13Vi Won 2 20-11 15-14 24-18 Atlanta 29 29 .500 18Vi Lost 2 18-11 11-18 16-21 Milwaukee 26 32 .448 21'j Lost 1 21- 9 5-23 17-23 Indiana 27 34 .443 22 Lost 1 18-11 9-23 16-22 Charlotte 22 36 .379 25' Won 5 16-14 6-22 16-22 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Pet. GB Strt-ak Homa Away Conl Utah 40 21 .656 Won 2 27- 3 13-18 25-11 San Antonio 35 24 .593 4 Lost 1 22- 6 13-18 23-16 Houston 32 28 .533 7Vt Won 1 21- 8 11-20 19-16 Denver 20 39 .339 19 Lost 7 16-14 4-25 11-26 Dallas 17 42 .288 22 Lost 3 12-19 5-23 11-23 Minnesota 11 47 .190 27 Lost 3 7-23 4-24 8-28 Pacific Pet. OB Straafc Homa Away Cont Portland 41 18 .695 Won 2 24- 6 17-12 23-12 Golden St. 40 18 .690 Vi Won 1 22- 8 18-10 26-13 Phoenix 39 22 .639 3 Won 3 27- 4 12-18 24-14 Seattle 33 27 .550 8V Lost 1 19-10 14-17 22-14 LA Lakers 31 28 .525 10 Won 1 18-12 13-16 19-19 LA Clippers 30 29 .508 11 Lost 1 21-10 9-19 17-20 Sacramento 20 39 .339 21 Lost 2 16-13 4-26 9-24 CHICAGO: Pippen 9-213-421. Grant 5-6 0-2 10.

Cartwright 7-8 0-0 14. Paxson 4-8 1-1 9. Jordan 14-26 5-5 33, Armstrong 4-8 0-0 6. Perdue 8-11 0-0 16. Levmgslon 1-3 0-0 2, Hodges 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Hansen 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals 52-94 9-12 113. MINNESOTA: Glass 6-14 2-314. Mitchell 3-8 0-0 6. Breuer 0-3 0-0 0. West 5-11 7-9 17, Richardson 10-18 0-0 22, Longley 3-9 2-2 8, Bailey 9-14 0-0 18.

Randall 3-4 1-1 7, Campbell 4-110-0 8, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0. Brooks 0-1 0-0 OTotals 43-93 12-15 100. Thret-poml goers Chicago 0-1 (Hansen 0-1). Minnesota 2-3 (Richardson 2-2. Randall 0-1) Fouled out None Rebounds -Chicago 50 (Perdue 11).

Minnesota 48 (Longley 9) Aeersts Chicago 33 (Pippen 8). Minnesota 21 (Richardson 8). Total touts -Chicago 16. Minnesota 16. Attendance 19,006.

Suns 118, SuperSonics 105 PHOENIX Kevin Johnson scored eight of his 24 points during a 17-3 third-quarter run as Phoenix beat Seattle. The Suns were outrebounded, 38-21, in the first half, but took control of the boards, 19-7, in the third quarter when their five-minute burst brought them from four points down to an 81-71 lead with 2:48 left. Johnson, who had 12 assists, capped the spurt with two free throws, a 17-foot jumper at the end of a fast break and an assist on a basket by Jeff Hornacek. Knicks continue mastery over I Clippers, 101-91 The Associated Press NEW YORK Patrick Ewing sees little difference between winning when he scores four points and winning when he scores 31. Mark Jackson, the New York Knicks' point guard, says it makes all the difference.

"As Pat goes, so go the Knicks," Jackson said after Ewing broke out of a scoring slump with 31 points in New York's 101-91 victory over the Los Ange- les Clippers last night. "I had to get him involved in this game," said Jackson, who finished with 18 points and 16 assists. "To get Pat in the offense, I just create and he knows how to feed off that" Ewing, averaging 13.4 points in the five 'previous games when he failed to score 20 in each, had four points on two-for-seven shooting in a victory over Dallas on Tuesday. Against the Clippers, he was 12-for-19 from the field with 11 rebounds and six blocked shots. "When I scored four points in the last game, we won and that's the bottom line," Ewing said.

"I just wanted to get back in the groove. I needed to play well and stay out of foul trouble. Mark did an excellent job of getting me the ball in excellent position." The Knicks held Los Angeles to 11 points on two-for-13 field-goal shooting in the fourth quarter to beat the Clippers for the 12th straight time since Feb. 23, 1986. 23 21 28 37-109 -WMfWIQIQfl ..29 25 25 40-119 Coles 3-50-06, Shaw 8-14 4-4 20.

Edwards 6-12 4-6 17, Kessler 5-9 5-5 15. Morion 0-4 0-0 0. Askms 2-6 0-0 4. Ogg 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 36-78 20-23 93 HOUSTON: Johnson 0-3 2-2 2.

Thorpe 10-12 5-5 25. Otamwon 8-14 6-7 22. Maxwell 9-14 0-0 25. Smith 9-15 2-2 20. A.Johnson 1-4 0-12.

Bullard 2-6 0-0 6. Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Floyd 2-5 0-0 4. Rollins 0-10-0 0. Jamerson 2-3 0-0 4, Turner 2-3 0-0 4Totals 45-80 15-17 114 Three-point goate Miami 1-4IEdwards 1-2, Morion 0-1.

Askms 0-1). Houston 9-18 (Maxwell 7-10. Bullard 2-3. Floyd 0-1. Jamerson 0-1.

Smith 0-3). Fouled out None. Rebounds Miami 39 (Long 8). Houston 43 (Olaiuwon 10). Aunts Miami 23 (Coles 6), Houston 38 (K Smith 9).

Total fsula Miami 18, Houston 23. Attendance 13.884. Warriors 116, Cavaliers 108 OAKLAND, Calif. Sarunas Marciu-lionis matched his season high with 29 points as Golden State beat Cleveland. The Warriors forced the Cavaliers into 18 turnovers that led to 30 points for Golden State, which has won its last five home games against Cleveland.

Cleveland had a season-low seven turnovers Wednesday in a 109-108 win over Sacramento. The Cavaliers were led by Larry Nance and Brad Daugherty, who had 20 points and 10 rebounds each. Crawland 23 28 26 31-108 Golden State 24 29 34 29-118 SCHEDULE 9eaHle Phoenix 29 23 25-105 ..25 28 37 21-111 Wednesday's games Boston 125. Orlando 100 Detroit 1 10. Indiana 107 (OT) Portland 129.

Denver 100 A Lakers 101. New Jersey 92 Philadelphia 107. Atlanta 102 Charlotte 119. Milwaukee 110 Utah 102. San Antonio 93 Cleveland 109.

Sacramento 108 DALLAS: T.Davis 3-9 2-2 8. 0 Smith 4-7 0-0 8. Hodge 4-7 1-2 9. Blackman 8-17 2-2 21, Harper 10-17 8-11 30, White 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 9-150-0 18, McOay 1-6 0-02, luaolino 3-7 0-0 7, Moore 0-3 2-2 2. Howard 1-1 0-0 2, Quinnett 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 44-91 15-19 109 WASHINGTON: Eackles 10-18 2-4 23. Jones 1-13-4 5. Ellison 8-125-621, Adams 7-13 4-7 20, Wingate 6-10 3-3 15. Grant 3-8 2-2 8. Turner 1-2 3-3 5.

L.Smrth 2-20-04. English 6-10 6-6 18. Totals 44-76 28-35 119 Three-point goers Dallas 6-16 (Blackman 3-5. Harper 2-5. luaolino 1-4.

T.Davis 0-1. Moore 0-1), Washington 3-7 lAdams 2-5. Eackles 1-1, Wingate 0-1) Fouled out None Rebounds Dallas 48 (T Davis. Williams 9). Washington 42 (Ellison 10).

Aaaista -Dallas 22 (Harper 5), Washington 32 lAdams 8). Total tours Dallas 26. Washington 23. Technical Dallas Coach Adubato. Attendance 6.165.

Bulls 113, Timberwolves 100 MINNEAPOLIS Michael Jordan scored 10 of his 33 points during an 18-0 third-quarter run as Chicago downed Minnesota. Playing almost as poorly as they did Tuesday, when they blew a 22-point first-quarter lead and lost, 103-101, to Indiana, the defending NBA champion Bulls trailed expansion Minnesota, 67-61, with 7:51 left in the third period. Yesterday's games New York 101. L.A. Clippers 91 Chicago 113.

Minnesota 100 Phoenix 116. Seattle 105 Washington 1 19. Dalles 109 Houston 1 14, Miami 93 Golden State 116. Cleveland 108 SEATTLE: Cage 2-6 1-2 5. McMillan 3-9 04 6.

Beniamin 3-112-4 8. Payton 5-15 0-0 10. Pierce 9-17 4-5 23. Kemp 3-12 12-14 18. Barros 8-10 2-3 19.

Brown 3-6 1-2 8 Johnson 2-7 2-2 6. Kofoed 1-2 0-0 2. Conlon 04 0-0 0. Totals 39-95 24-32 105. PHOENIX- Chambers 10-16 7-10 27.

Perry 6-11 0-0 12. West 1-2 1-1 3. Horancek 6-14 1-2 14. Johnson 5-10 13-15 24. Lang 4-8 2-3 10.

Maierle 9-19 7-8 25. Burn 0-2 0-0 0, Ceballos 1-2 1-2 3. Mustat 0-0 0-0 Totals 42-64 32-41 118. Three-point geels Seattle 3-9 Pierce 1-2, Barros 1-2, Brown 1-4, McMillan 0-1), Phoenix 2-8 (K Johnson 1-2, Hornacek 1-3. Bunt 0-1.

Maierle 0-2) Fouled out McMillan. Kemp. Rebounds Seattle 58 (Kemp 191. Phoenix 57 (Chambers 101. Aunts Seattle 21 (Payton 12).

Phoenix 28 (K.Johnson 12). Total fouls Seattle 32. Phoenix 29. Technical Champers. Attendance 14.496.

Rockets 114, Heat 93 HOUSTON Otis Thorpe had 23 of his 25 points in the first half and Vernon Today's games A Clippers at Boston. 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta. 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Milwaukee.

9 p.m. New Jersey at Utah. 9 30 Dallas at Philadelphia. 7:30 m. Miami at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Detroit at Denver, 9 m. Sacramento at Portland. 10 CLEVELAND: James 2-7 0-0 4, Nance 7-1 1 6-6 20. Daugherty 8-18 4-6 20. Ehlo 5-12 0-0 10, Price 3-12 0-0 6.

Williams 3-8 5-6 11. Brandon 7-1 1 3-4 1 7. Battle 5-7 1-1 1 1 Ferry 2-4 0-0 5. Kerr 1-31-2 4. Totals 43-93 20-24 108.

GOLDEN STATE: Hill 4-7 4-4 12. Mullin 8-18 1-2 18. Alexander 5-10 0-1 10. Hardaway 7-12 3-4 19. Owens 6-11 3-3 15.

Maraulionis 13-20 3-4 29, Petersen 0-2 0-0 0. Galling 3-4 0-0 6, Askew 0-2 0-0 0, Eire 3-4 1-1 7 Totals 49-100 15-19 116. Three pomt goate Cleveland 2-11 (Kerr 1-1. Ferry 1-2 James 0-2. Ehto 0-3.

Price 0-3L Golden Slate 3-9Hardaway 2-5. Mullin 1-3. Ei 0-1 1 Fouled out None Redounds -Cleveland 56 1 Daugherty 121. Golden Slate 53 (Owens 12) Aunts Cleveland 29 (Ehlo 91. Golden State 25 IHardaway 11) Total fouls Cleveland 17.

Golden Stale 17. Attendance 15.025. 24 32 24 11- II I Clippers New Vork .27 21 22 24101 Tomorrow's games Charlotte at New York. 7:30 m. Cleveland at Atlanta.

7 30 p.m. Minnesota at Indiana. 7 30 p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio. 8:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Seattle. 10 p.m. Houston at Golden 10:30 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Washington at Baltimore.

7:30 is. LA CLIPPERS: Manning 8-17 2-3 18. Norman 5-13 0-2 10, Polymce 3-6 2-3 8. Grant 4-100-09. Harper 7-108-823, Vaught 5-8 1-2 11.

Smith 3-7 3-6 9. Mayas 0-2 1-2 1, Kimble 1-1 04 2. Totals 36-74 17-26 1. HDL STANDINGS NHL WALES CONFERENCE Vancouver. Murphy's 50-foot shot went off Vancouver defenseman Jyrki Lumme's stick and passed goalie Troy Gamble, who was spelling Kirk McLean in only his 11th game of the season.

.1 1 6 1-2 Amerks' Haller begins search for confidence By Kevin Oklobzija Democrat and Chronicle Kevin Haller's mission in his return to the Rochester Americans is to find the intangible ingredient that will help him be a solid National Hockey League AIIL STflriDIIlGS Northern Division W-L-T Pta. GF GA Springfield 32-25-8 72 247 236 Capital Disl 28-26-9 65 213 220 New Haven 30-29-4 64 234 243 Adirondack 30-31-4 64 269 263 Maine 20-38-9 49 245 279 Southern Division W-L-T Pts. GF GA Binghamton 35-20- 9 79 262 215 Rochester 29-25-10 68 227 199 Hershey 28-26-10 66 253 260 Utica 28-31- 6 62 222 259 Baltimore 24-32- 8 56 235 243 Atlantic Division W-L-T Pts. GF GA Fredencton 36-24- 9 81 257 223 St. John's 31-25-11 73 268 237 Cape Breton 26-30- 7 59 261 263 Moncton 26-32- 7 59 227 243 Halilax 21-30-15 57 231 268 SCHEDULE Wednesday's games Bingtiamton 3.

Rochester 2 St John's 3. Cap. Dist 1 Springfield 7. Hershey 3 Moncton 6. Maine 4 Haitian 5.

Mew Haven 4 Yesterday 'a same Fredencton 4. Mame 3 Today's games Roch at Baltimore. 7 30 Moncton at Cape Breton Adirondack at New Haven St John at Spnngtield Hershey at Utica Quebec ends 39-game road winless streak The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. The Quebec Nordiques ended their 39-game road ivinless streak and nearly a year of frustration last night, routing the Hartford Whalers, 10-4, behind Mate Sundin's five 'goals. Sundin, whose five goals broke a Quebec record held by Peter Stasny and Michel Goulet, also had two assists.

Va-leri Kamensky, playing in his eighth NHL game since returning from a broken left leg, had two goals and three assists Owen Nolan had a goal and five assists. Patrick Diviaion W-L-T Pta. GF OA Homa Away Div. NY Rangers 42-21- 4 88 269 215 23- 7-3 19-14-1 15-12-0 Washington 37-23- 6 80 276 227 19-10-1 18-13-5 18- 9-0 New Jersey 34-22- 9 77 245 207 20-10-3 14-12-6 13-11-4 Pittsburgh 29-27- 8 66 273 247 13-13-6 16-14-2 13-14-3 NY Islanders 27-30- 8 62 236 253 15-14-5 12-16-3 10-13-4 Philadelphia 24-30-11 59 194 212 16- 8-7 8-22-4 6-16-5 Adams Diviaion W-L-T Pta. GF GA Horn Away Div.

x-Montreal 38-22- 8 84 226 167 24- 7-3 14-15-5 16- 8-5 Boston 30-26-10 70 223 225 19- 8-5 11-18-5 12- 9-4 Buffalo 24-30-11 59 232 246 17-11-4 7-19-7 9-11-5 Hartford 20-33-11 51 204 235 11-14-9 9-19-2 10-14-5 Quebec 14-41-10 38 199 263 13-16-2 1-25-8 7-12-5 CAMPBELL CONFERENCE Norrls Diviaion W-L-T Pta OF GA Homa Away Div. Detroit 36-21- 9 81 273 213 23-10-3 14-10-6 17- 8-2 St. Louis 31-26- 9 71 233 218 21- 9-3 10-17-6 8-14-3 Chicago 28-24-14 70 213 199 19- 6-8 9-18-6 12-10-4 Minnesota 28-34- 5 61 209 229 17-13-3 11-20-2 11-11-3 Toronto 24-36- 7 55 201 249 17-14-3 7-22-4 11-14-2 Smythe Division W-L-T Pta GF GA Homa Away Div. Vancouver 35-21-10 80 239 201 21- 9-5 14-12-5 18- 8-3 Los Angeles 30-24-13 73 247 245 16- 9-9 14-15-4 13-10-5 Edmonton 30-30- 7 67 248 249 18-12-3 12-18-4 14-12-4 Winnipeg 26-29-11 63 202 208 16-13-4 10-16-7 8-13-5 Calgary 25-31-10 60 242 256 14-11-6 11-20-4 12-12-2 San Jose 14-46- 5 33 170 290 12-19-3 2-27-2 8-18-3 x-clirvched playoff berth Van (tnconjl 106; Hewc. Van (crosKhsttrigi 16 11.

Second panod I Vancouvtr. Waft 6 (Nedvadl 2:56. 3, Boston. Am) (B.Saaney.tMrjyL9:13.rjraM 400; Moop, Bcs, saved by Ruscka (roughing) Lanonov. Van Ihoxtng) 13:20.

TMrd period 4. Boston, Murphy 4, 5:12. Penafcao Prjuta Bos fhotjrvj), 17; Van (luiesr 2:56. SirdaMan(roi BSmwiey. Bos (hootongL Burt, Van isWwvjl 6i2: Lummt, Van (unsports-mantAe conduct).

906; Poufei, Bos (unspolsmaiake conduct), Moog, Bos, served by Arm rMcrjndurX 1137; Minyn, Van (Iwwigj. 17:15 ftrtrtraa None rVattsa Sand. Van (roughing). 407; Bourqut. Bos (roughing).

407; Drduox, Van isJasttng), 4: 13; Pousn, (croaMnsctrigJ. 4:47. 8Mb aa goal Vancouver tW3 33 Bctlcn 9-17-t 40 Srjatrs" tpaarbaaeai Vancouver 0 01 Boston 0 0f7.GsaaM-Vincajv,Ganble,2-r-1 (40 Biots-a saves) Boston. Moog. 24-16-7 (33-311 Attendance Marti Paul Stewart.

LtmNit Kevin Coins, Leon Suck. Islanders 4, Blackhawks 4 CHICAGO Recently-signed Olympian Scott Lachance scored at 12:34 of the third period, giving New York a tie with Chicago. The defenseman from the United States team, playing in only his second NHL game since the recent Winter Olympics, tied the score with a 20-footer from the slot Goal scorers are sometimes sent down to the American Hockey League to rediscover their scoring touch. Haller is back with the Amerks to find his confidence. His return on Tuesday was wel- rnmpft hv rfmrhps fluebsc .1 i 1-N SCHEDULE nr.

.1 1 1 9-4 .1 1 1-4 Chicago Toronto 5, Edmonton 2 Wednesdays gamee New Jersey 5, Y. Rangers 4 Loa Angeles 4, San Jose 3 Yesterday'a games Vancouver 2, Boston 2 Quebec 10, Hartford 4 Calgary 5, Toronto 5 Minnesota 4, Detroit 2 Y. islanders 4, Chicago 4 Fist period Qwoac. Kamemsy 3 (Sunk), faoteiL 4:00. 2.

Harrtord, Sanderson 12 (Ardsrsson. rkl t. It. 1 HaWHurr8CrvaCaB1(7. 4.

Sunon 25 (Ton LaarJiytfiyrH 11:06 IppL S. Ouebac CavaM tt 15:53 6. Harford. Sexsran 13 lArdmex. Hoftl IS) Mia Vstscrek.

Que Itnppixj) 4:50. Nodi. Qua. map (tym Bsrgrm Ha, map Iligmmgl 753: Him, Ha (hotttgL 10-54 Hum. Ha (storing).

1744. Sesond panes' 7. Quote. Sun 26 (Ksmsnsky. Notaii 425.

1 OusMc Kamensky 4 (Sundin. Noam. 4:56 9, Quebec Sunrjn 27 (Nolan. Kammkyl 7:1 1. 10, -'Quebec, Sunon 26 (Nolan), 144)2.

11. Quebec Ton 2 (Cavatri Sakrct. 16: 10 Ipp) PanaKiea LBSchyshyn, Ce(rouohingL Bargavtn, Har ItnppaigL Kaslatc, Ha Irougtma), 16:26. Third period 12, Hartford, Verbs 17 (Andaswi. Konroydi 0:57 tpol 13, Quebec.

Nolan 34 IKarrensky, Leatctiyariyns. 1111 (pW Quebec Suri 29 iNoon. GusarovL 15-10, Nnamat Guarov. Qui (ooaKhedonoj, 732: VetscM. Qui Iroughngl.

10V4 Ksstetc Ha rougMgL MM: Hun. Ha (sMngj, 1044. Shots os (est Quebec IHZ-J 43. Halted 1V5-M 26. tarar-parr apporturrtee Quebec 3 ol Hertford 1 cUOaeles-OueSec Rest 2-4-1 (26 shoa-22 ssveil Hartford.

Stdorluewa. 9-15-5 (25-191 second. It'll) Attendance 9,883. Marts Rob Stack. LnossM Pa Dtpuoo, Bob Pledges.

Stars 4, Red Wings 2 DETROIT Todd Elik had two goals and two assists and Mike Modano added two goals as Minnesota beat Detroit It was the first time this season that the Red Wings had lost two straight games at home. Today'a gamee New Jersey at Buffalo, 7:35 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 9:35 p.m. Winnipeg at Washington, 7:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh at San Jose, 10:35 p.m. Tomorrow's games N.Y. Rangers at 1:05 p.m. Vancouver at Hartford, 7:35 p.m. N.

Jersey at Washington, 7:35 p.m. Islanders at Montreal, 8:05 p.m. Chicago at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Detroit at Quebec, 7:35 p.m. St.

Louis at Calgary, 8:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at L.A., 10:35 p.m. FM eenod 1, New York, Turgeon 36 (Ttomaa, PDonj, 1:40. 2, Chaqa, Marchnarrl 5 (Matteau, Sutter). 554 3.

CNcago. Hoernck 48 (Gain. Srtvoi) 1200. Penalf. Rttgead.

NY fntarfarenooL 1606. 49 (Larma. Goutjtl 1307. 6, New York, Kng 36 (Turgeon. Kurvers) 1606 (ppl ensnee fteraMon.

NY (tnjjpaigL 154J; Voeak. NY (bcevdingL 47: Pefuao. Cla. ooutss mew (wjojwigj, Hogue, NY (Merlererictl, Chicago bench, saved by Lerom (top many men) 17-28; Chetoa, (sSering) 17 55. TlsW pteiod 7, New York.

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Kevin Haller Don Lever and Terry Martin, whose team begins a three-game weekend at Baltimore at 7:30 tonight. The Amerks are at Hershey at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow and back in Baltimore for a 7 p.m. game Sunday. Binghamton has an 11 -point lead over the Amerks in the Southern Division, so the real fight is for second place and home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

The Amerks have 68 points, Hershey 66, Utica 60 and Baltimore 56. Haller, 21, was one of the Amerks best defensemen Wednesday in a 3-2 loss at Binghamton. That's how it was last season when he was a rookie. In 52 games with the Amerks, he scored two goals and eight assists and was their best defensive defenseman when he was recalled in February. This year he earned a job with the Sabres in training camp but he never was able to put together long strings of solid play.

He had six goals, 15 assists and 21 points in 58 games but was a minus 13 in plusminus. "I was putting a lot of pressure on myself and trying to do too much offensively instead of concentrating on defense," Haller said. That may have been a natural reaction. As Haller puts it, he "never touched the power play last year in Rochester." But in Buffalo under former Coach Rick Dudley, he was a point man on the power play, and two of his six goals came with the man advantage. Then when John Muckler took over as coach and let the Sabres play a run-and-gun style, Haller looked to offense even more.

"I wanted to do as much offensively as I could and I tried to concentrate on offense," he said. "I got in a little trouble (getting caught up ice) and then I put pressure on myself and then I got into even more trouble because I wanted to do too much." Muckler's game can lead to breakdowns if all five skaters don't do their jobs. "It's a style where everyone has to make sure they're playing their position," Haller said. "It is more wide open. We'll pinch (to hold the puck in at the blue line) a lot, but we're supposed to have a forward high all the time.

If the forward isn't there, then there are two-on-ones." Haller found that when he pinched, that forward wasn't there, and away the opposition went. He said he enjoyed his AHL return Wednesday. "I had a lot of fun," he said. "The guys have been great and this is a good, solid team. "It is a different game down here.

It's a little slower and I did find I was pretty comfortable." NOTES: Amerks center Peter Cia-vaglia is ninth in AHL scoring with 25 goals, 47 assists and 72 points. He has points in 13 of his past 15 games (8-15-23), and in 10 of those games has two points The Skipjacks are 1-2-1 under new coach Barry Trotz, who was promoted from assistant coach when Rob Laird was fired on Feb. 25 The Amerks aren't home again until Wednesday, when they play Capital District. 1 1 1-4 .1 1 1-1 cl I li UMannHIMlltf IMU 12. 1058 lltlL .1 i I t-i Czechs want two players returned from Edmonton The Associated Press NEW YORK Two Caiech hockey players who signed with the Edmonton Oilers wpuld have to return to their homeland to play hockey if the Czech and Slovak Ice Hockey Federation wins a suit it filed.

The federation, which regulates its country's pro teams, wants the contracts voided and Josef Beranek and Martin Rucinsky returned to their team in Litvi-nov, Czechoslovakia. The suit also seeks $500,000 in damages from the NHL and $3 million from the Oilers. Upholding the NHL deals would cause "great injury to Czechoslovakian hockey," according to the complaint in Manhattan federal court The NHL signed a pact with the CSIHF on June 17, 1991, stating that no player under contract in one country could play for a team in the other without the consent of the NHL and the federation. 3 Oetroit. GaJait 12 (Vavmai, Sheopardl.

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