The Collegian Wednesday, April 19
Sports
NHL Playoffs
by Todd J. Irwin
Collegian Sports Editor
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
This.classic‘rivalty may not be used to the playoff scene, but it
will definitely entail its usual intensity and fury. The Flyers upset
the Washington Capitalsin first round-action, but took six games
to do SQ. The Pens swept the Rangers in four straight and have
been resting up, npt without reasohat took them over a decade to
_finally win in,the Spectrum, but they have beat the Flyers the past
two times there.
Goalie Ron Hextal may be one of the best in the league, but he
must face the league's leading goal scorer in Pittsburgh's Mario
Lemieux. What it. all boils down to Is this. Philly's first round
stand was noble; but if the Pens continue-to Play the-way they
have been, theyll be unstoppable, at least for the Flyers. • -
Q Boston
uinS -- ,jvs: Montreal Canadiens
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Besides the PenguinS,- the only other team to sweep 'their
opponeniS in the first round were the Montreal Candiens who
canned the Hartford Whalers inTour. The Boston Bruins took five
games to eliminate the Buffulo Sabres in order to 'advance to, the
Adams Final. •
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the playoffs. Boston is generally considered to be the team that
relys more on its hustle and,desire than on its sheer talent. The
Bruins must continue their infamous forechecking to contend with
the mighty Canadiens who racked up 115 points during the regular
season, second ony to the Calgary Flames in total points in - the
NHL. Boston will not fold easily, but Montreal will make losing
easier for the Brains.
Sniythe Division Finals
Calgary Flames '%;s. Los AngeleS Kings
This:should be the most interesting matchup in this'round. The
Flames postedihe best record during the regular season, but had
just about all they could handle in the first round as the Vancouver
Canucks took the Flames to overtime of their seventh game before
taking off the glass slipper.
The Kings accomplished - an incredible feat as theybecame only
the sixth; team -in•NHL history to overcome a 3-J deficit in the
playoffs;th advance against. the Edmondton Oilers. The Kings are
again upset minded as they -follow Wayne Gretzky to Calgary in
hcipes of„ catching the Flames in the same daze that they played in
during the first round. The Flames may have been guilty of
lookingiiast the Canucks, but they won't make that same mistake
this round, and Gretzky can only do so lunch.
Chiatik Blaekiawks vs. -St., Louis Blues
The Chicago : Talackhawlcs. upset the division winning' Detroit
Red Wings in six. games during the first round' ofthe playoffs and
the Pjuds stopped the Minnesota North Stars in five games :to
advance to the division finals. This match up could go either way
as the the two teams match strength against strength. St. Louis
goalie Greg Millen is the : teamis mainstay as .he collected six
regular season shutouts. Blackhawk Steve Larmer - wiil- be who
Chicago finslook to for scoring punch as he led his team with 43
goal and 87 •points on the season.
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The Blackhawks••will be:riding the upset wave in-from Detrioi,
but the honeyinoon's over and the Bites are better rested. The
winner• here doesn't much matter as "they-will have to" face the
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Patrick - Division Finals
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,Division Finals
Norris, Division 'Finals
Tennis Team Takes. Two
by John Musser
Collegian Staff Writer
The Behrend Men's Tennis
team raised their season record to
5-3 by taking two of three
matches during the past week, the
only loss coming against a strong
Division II team.
The latest victory occured on
Behrend's home courts, as the
Lions triumphed over Nazereth
College, 6-3. The key to the win
was in the singles matches, as Bill
Schmitt, Shawn Cragci, Todd
Hiller, and Steve Smith all
recorded straight set victories, as
did the doubles team of Schmitt-
Chuck Keenan. Keenan also won
his singles match, despite
dropping the first set.
Coach Michael Grignol was
quite pleased with the victory, but
has been disappointed by the lack
of fans at the home matches. "You
see a lot ihe parents at the
matches, but few of the local
students have come out. Maybe
part of it is not knowing when the
matches are or the time is bad."
Altholigh Grignol did not
blame sparse fan support -as a
reason for any home losses or
poor play, he would like to see
Behrend get a home court
over the net.
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close matches by Last Thursday, the netters
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their worst defeat of the season as
they ended their three match
winning streak, losing 9-0. lUP's
Jim Welker, who was ranked
number 13 in Division II in the
East last year, ended Schmitt's
unbeaten streak at six.
On April 11, the Lions
dismantled visiting Geneva
College, 8-1. Behrend swept all
six singles matches, with
Schmitt, Crago, Keenan, Hiller,
Smith, and Chris Benton all
recording straight set triumphs.
Schmitt-Crago and Dave Hogle-
Robert Jackson were also straight
set winners in doubles action.
"Everybody is beginning to
play consistent matches. We are
pulling out the close matches by
playing good tennis and being
tough in the crunch," . said
Grignol.
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