From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Blues beat Red Wings 4-3
Keywords: Blues, Hull, Janney, Red Wings, Yzerman, Brawl
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 14:51:04 GMT


   The Blues beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in a very wild game Saturday
night at the St. Louis Arena. The game was marked with a major brawl just
54 seconds into the game that also involved both goalies. It all started
after Kelly Chase and Jim Cummins squared off for a fight. Chase clearly
won the fight by dropping Cummins to the ice with a right hander. But as 
Chase was led to the penalty box, Probert went after him and a melee ensued. 
Dave Lowry jumped in and grabbed Probert. As Probert was pounding Lowry, Rick 
Zombo jumped in to help Lowry, but he was tackled by Brad McCrimmon. Bob
Bassen then came to Lowry's aid, and seeing that Probert was outnumbered
two-on-one, Tim Cheveldae skated out of his crease to join the fun. Curtis 
Joseph skated to Cheveldae and the two goalies went at it. Joseph clearly
won his fight as he pummeled Cheveldae with some strong right punches.
The result was a very swollen left eye for Cheveldae.

Four players were ejected -- Probert, Cummins, Lowry and Zombo. Cummins
left the penalty box to rejoin the fights and received a double game
misconduct. Probert went after a fan -- the fan called him a name -- while 
in the penalty box. Lowry and Zombo were ejected for being the third men 
into altercations. Joseph and Cheveldae might well have been ejected too,
but referee Dan Marouelli was lenient handing both goalies minor penalties.

The Red Wings outshot the Blues 20-9 in the first period, but spectacular
goaltending by Joseph enabled the Blues to come out with a 3-2 lead at the
end of the period.  Brett Hull scored the first goal of the game at 4:17.
Nicklas Lidstrom's pass around the boards in his end deflected into the slot.
Cheveldae stopped Ron Sutter's shot, who pushed the rebound to Hull in the
right circle. Hull snapped a quick shot right back at Cheveldae, sending the
puck between his legs for the 1-0 lead.

Kennedy tied the game at 5:51. Bret Hedican mishandled the puck behind his
own net, Paul Ysebaert picked it up and passed it to Sheldon Kennedy. Kennedy
waited for Joseph to go down and scored to tie the game 1-1. With the Blues
two men short, Fedorov picked up a loose puck from behind the Blues net and 
moved in all alone on Joseph to score and put the Red Wings ahead 2-1.

Brendan Shanahan tied the game at 13:26 on a nice set up from Craig Janney.
Nelson Emerson shot the puck from just inside the blue line and the rebound
went to Janney in the slot. Janney flipped a backhand pass to Shanahan who
scored to tie the game 2-2. Brett Hull gave the Blues a 3-2 lead with his
second goal of the game at 19:02. Janney carried the puck from his own end
and dropped a pass to Hull who returned it to Janney who gave it right back
to Hull, and Hull fired a rocket past Cheveldae for the 3-2 lead. 

The Red Wings retied the game early in the second period with a power play
goal. Mark Howe snuck in from the right point and fired a quick shot through
the pads of Joseph after Dino Ciccarelli fed him from the left circle. 

Kevin Miller gave the Blues a 4-3 lead on a power play at 14:47 on a setup 
from Janney - his third assist. Janney faked a shot from the right circle
and sent a cross-ice pass to a wide open Miller, who directed the puck into 
the open left side of the net. The Blues played very defensively in the third 
period to preserve the lead, but still needed some unbelievable saves by 
Joseph in the final minute of the game when the Wings pulled the goalie for 
an extra attacker. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 42-21.

The game's three stars:  1 - Curtis Joseph
                         2 - Craig Janney
                         3 - Brett Hull

Game notes:

- Center Bob Bassen was back in the lineup and Russian Igor Korolev was
  scratched for the first time this season.
- The Blues really miss defensemen Jeff Brown and Lee Norwood who are out
  with injuries. The opposing team is scoring goals on turnovers and bad
  plays by the defensemen.

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