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"ye "If F4 CALGARY HERALD May 21, 1989 i STANLEY CUP Hero's welcome a shutout Mullen scores elite award in plus-minus Eric By Allan Maki (Herald writer) MONTREAL All hail the overtime hero? Well, not exactly. When Montreal Canadiens' Ryan Walter arrived home early Saturday morning after scoring the winning goal against Calgary, all his visiting relatives and most of his family were asleep. "They were exhausted after watching the game," Walter said. The only one who wasn't tired was Walter who, despite playing a 98-minute Stanley Cup final playoff game, couldn't get the excitement out of his system. "I heard the birds singing at 4:15 a.m., so I got up and got ready for a (promotional) breakfast I had to be at." A ifj; i I err A Ti iiminiiMimni.iiii.nrim nnmm I ni n.

mniir ir ir I I in n. ii hi mmm mtmm mTmifm AlMSt, tTf Canadian Press Cup luncheon on Saturday in Montreal. Mullen was the top plus-minus player in the NHL 1988-89 regular season. AWARD WINNER: Calgary Flames' forward Joe Mullen accepts the Emery Edge Award from Marty Howe at the Stanley Ziegler sees expansion, more Soviets In 1 990s Walter was still flying and smiling Saturday afternoon when he attended the National Hockey League's annual Stanley Cup 1 luncheon. There, he received the loudest ovation of the all the Canadiens' players and spent i another hour of his time talking about his goal with reporters and fans.

"When Mats Naslund scored late in the third period (to force OT) that gave us a big lift. I knew we'd win after that. Sure, there were some nervous moments and (Flames' goalie) Mike Vernon played really well. But I felt somebody on our bench would get the goal. I wasn't sure it would be me, though." Walter has never been known for his goal-scoring abilities.

Over the years, he has turned into one of the game's better checking left wingers. And as part of the Canadiens' commitment to team play, Walter said he has no individual bonuses in his contract. Everything is linked to how well Montreal performs en masse. "I certainly don't have a bonus for scoring overtime win- ners," said Walter. "Ever since I came to Montreal (from Washington in 1982) our style has been to scrap out wins.

We do what we haye to do. You can take home a lot of satisfaction from playing in a 3-2 game and not scoring a goal. Guys like Bob Gainey taught us how to be that way and how to make us all winners." Asked how he felt about referee Kerry Fraser, whose penalty call on Calgary's Mark Hunter led to the winning goal, Walter laughed and recalled his own days as a referee. "I used to ref peewee games and the moms and dads would scream at me. That's why I'm a big fan of referees.

I like Kerry. He's only human. He has to go by what he sees in the game. He 't called what he saw. It happened and we won the game, but the series isn't over.

Calgary will come out hard (tonight)." Can the overtime hero make the same promise? "Oh yeah. I just need a lot of sleep first." '3 Duhatschek "You're using the wrong word," said Crisp. "Did you not see the ice melting? Superman would have been proud of me." An unidentified person on the Flames' bench heaved a water cooler at referee Kerry Fraser following the game. "It wasn't me," said Crisp, "but whoever it was, the Blue Jays should sign him." Flames' general manager Cliff Fletcher said he had no new word from the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation regarding the availability of Sergei Maka-rov. A Toronto Star story quoted Viacheslav Koloskov as saying that four members of the Soviet national team including Makarov, a Flames' draft choice would receive permission to play in North America.

"We'll know in another seven or eight days," said Fletcher. If Makarov becomes available, when will the Flames decide to sign him? "When this series is over," said Fletcher. In addressing yesterday's luncheon, NHL president John Ziegler said he was bothered by the anti-European sentiment expressed by some players. "That's extremely dangerous," said Ziegler. "This league was built on the principal that nationality doesn't matter." Vernon called Ryan Walter's overtime goal "just one of those things that happened.

We knew that it wouldn't be a fancy goal that won it. It'd be one of those ugly ones. And that's what happened. They put it out in front and jammed away at it." The Flames received one break in Friday's game when referee Kerry Fraser waved off an apparent goal by the Canadiens' Brian Skrudland when Macoun pushed the net off its moorings just as the puck crossed the line. "All three of the officials saw the goal was off its moorings," said Fraser.

"The moorings I could lift off with one finger at that particular end. It wasn't secured very well at all." practices banged in Stephane Richer's pass at 18:08 of the second extra period, ending 98 minutes of hockey over nearly five hours. The goal came one second after a controversial boarding penalty against Calgary's Mark Hunter expired. It was the first man advantage handed out by referee Kerry Fraser since the end of the second period. Burns defended Fraser, who disallowed a goal by Brian Skrudland in the second period that video replays show was good.

"They say the Canadiens are favored but remember, we had a goal disallowed," said Burns. "Kerry Fraser is a guy who has guts. He's not afraid to call back a goal and he's not afriad to call a penalty in overtime." The victory might have left Calgary frustrated, but the Canadiens are expecting an even tougher match tonight. "It's frustrating for a team, but I don't think it's an advantage for us," said Montreal centre Bobby Smith. "They have MONTREAL Joey Mullen received the Emery Edge award and $2,500 as the National Hockey League's top plusminus player at Saturday's Stanley Cup luncheon.

The Calgary Flames' forward received a standing ovation from the crowd, perhaps because he was the only winner apart from Montreal Canadiens' Patrick Roy in attendance. Mullen finished the regular season with a plus-51 rating. Pittsburgh Penguins' superstar Mario Lemieux won two cars a Dodge Dakota 4X4 worth $14,800 as the Ram Tough Award winner and a Doldge Spirit ES worth $16,100 as the performer of the season but he had a prior commitment and couldn't attend. His mother, Pierette, accepted the awards in his place. Wayne Gretzky earned the Performance Of The Year award for helping Los Angeles Kings move to fourth place overall from 18th in one season.

Roy received the inaugural Trico goaltender award for posting the league's top save percentage .908. Roy asked a $10,000 cheque that accompanied the award be donated to DEK Hockey of Quebec. Calgary's Mike Vernon finished third. Normally, the Masterton Trophy awarded by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship, perseverance and dedication is also awarded at the NHL luncheon. Because the annual Congress is in Minneapolis this season, it will be handed out then.

However, the Flames' Jamie Nla-coun qualified as one of four Masterton finalists. The others: Philadelphia Flyers' Tim Kerr, Detroit Red Wings' Steve Yzer-man and Vancouver Canucks' Stan Smyl. It looks as if the Kings will lose defenceman Doug Cross-man to New York Islanders to complete the Kelly Hrudey trade. The Kings owed the Islanders one more player in the deal which also sent Wayne McBean and Mark Fitzpatrick to New York. The Kings were allowed to protect 12 players, excluding goaltenders, and then the Islanders could select who they wanted.

Crossman's name was left off the list. Someone asked Flames' coach Terry Crisp if he was in a daze following Friday's 4-3, double-overtime loss to the Canadiens. Gruelling MONTREAL (CP) Players who groaned through coach Pat Burns' long, full-speed practices this season may be thanking him now. Just ask Burns. "We have tough practices with a lot of skating, lots of flow," Burns said after his Montreal Canadiens outlasted Calgary Flames in a 4-3 victory in double overtime that ended at 12:17 Saturday morning.

The gruelling victory in a steaming hot Forum gave the Canadiens a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals going into Game 4 tonight. "The guys would bicker about it," said Burns. "But I knew that in the end it was going to pay off and it did in a situation like last night. "It's fortunate that we did the work because we could have played another period. We didn't want to, but we could have." Ryan Walter spared his teammates and the exhausted Flames further agony when he ii I vi ill a.

i 1 1 4yy, ZIEGLER: All welcome defectors, regardless of pressure by Soviet hockey officials to formalize with the NHL the entry of veteran Soviet players in official cash transactions. "We're not going to ask where a player was born," Ziegler said. "We'll only ask one question, whether a player is prepared to play this game with the skill that has made this the premier hockey league in the world." NOTE: Ian (Scotty) Morrison, president of the Hockey Hall of Fame, announced that Le Soleil's Claude Larochelle and the Toronto Star's Frank Orr will receive the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award, embla-matic of their selection to the medal honorees section of the HHF. The two will be honored at the HHF's annual induction ceremony Oct. 3 in Toronto.

BURNS: Work ethic A A 3 pay off for Habs MONTREAL (CP) There will be additional teams and more Soviet players in the National Hockey League in the 1990s, NHL president John Ziegler disclosed Saturday. "We've come from a time of financial insecurity (in the early 1980s) to a time where there is stability throughout the league," Ziegler said in a speech at the annual Stanley Cup luncheon. "And the 1988-89 season was the most competitive since our last major expansion (in 1967). "As we move into the 1990s, new cities will be added to the league" and the NHL will become more involved in games against European teams. Players of all nationalities are welcome, he stressed, implying there will be no impediment to NHL teams signing Soviet first place overall at the end of the season, they'd always seem to get that late goal that tied it or won it for them." The Flames finished first with 117 points to 115 for Montreal, making double overtime in the playoffs hardly surprising between two teams likely to take the series to seven games.

"They've shown a lot of depth," said Smith. "We're the only two teams that can play 19 or 20 players in a game." NOTES: Claude Lemieux skated with the team Saturday but Burns said he will decide today whether to use him. Lemieux has been replaced by Brent Gilchrist the last two games, both victories When the Canadiens were introduced at the Stanley Cup luncheon on Saturday, Ryan Walter received the biggest ovation. OLASER 286m with a full 2 YR WARRANTY is the BEST AT compatible on the market and WISE is the best place to buy it. Come in and find out for yourself.

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