From: lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Pens-5 Canadiens-2
Keywords: Lemieux-17 points
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:09:19 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.Bw827u.2w5.1
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

Sorry I'm a little late with this.  Clari.sports.hockey hasn't been updated
yet on our system, so I had to run out and buy a USA Today to get the box
score.

Tocchet update.  Rick has a bruised foot (I didn't catch which foot), and
is out indefinitly.

Bowman used 7 defensemen again, with Fogarty seeing time on the power play
unit.  He had 2 assists last night, one at even strength and one on the 
power play.  Fogarty is more of an offensive defenseman.  He has 3 or 4 
assists in 2 games.

Lemieux's scoring streak continues.  He had a goal and 2 assists, giving him
17 ponts in 5 games. (6 goals, 11 assists)

Barrasso had another strong game in goal, giving up 2 goals on 34 shots.
Barrasso was interviewed last night on KDKA-TV.  He was asked about his good
start this year.  Barrasso, in the past, has been a notoriously slow starter.

He said, "There are 2 reasons for this.  One is maturity.  I've been playing
professionally for 10 years*, and I know what to expect and feel comfortable
with that.  The second reason is that the season, due to the playoffs, seems
continuous.  There is no downtime between seasons.  In the past, we were 
knocked out of the playoffs and we sat through the summer.  But in the past
2 years we've played though May, to June.  It feels like last season hasn't
ended."

*I think he meant 10 seasons.  I figured it out last night.

Lemieux agreed with this.  "We want to keep going from last season.  It's
important to keep that feeling going."

Montreal drew first blood last night, scoring a little over 3 minutes into
the period.  Igor(sp?) Petrov(Savard)deked Ulf Samuelsson at the Pens' blue 
line and broke down the center of the ice, with 3 Pens in hot pursuit.  He
made a slight move on Barrasso and beat him on the glove side. 3:27.  Montreal
would not score again until 12:50 of the 3rd period.

Pittsburgh scored 16 seconds later.  Kevin Stevens, skating from left to right
in front of the net, took a pass from Lemieux and slipped the puck between
Roy's pads to tie the game. (Jagr. 3:43).

Exactly 3 minutes later, Ron Francis scored his first goal of the season, 
thanks to a nice set up by Shawn McEachern. (This kid has really impressed
me in these first few games.  His speed is incredible, and he works hard all
the time.)  McEachern carried the puck into Montreal's end, and faked a
shot on net, and drew the 2 defensemen to him.  As the defensemen moved in,
he passed to Francis who had been trailing the play.  Francis walked right in
and scored.

At 15:28, Jagr scored a really great goal.  Mario was caring the puck down
center ice, and the 2 Montreal defensemen honed in on him.  He dished the
puck off to Jagr, who skated in alone on Roy.  Roy came out of the net to
challenge Jagr, who deked him with a fake.  Roy took the bait and fell on
his backside while trying to make a phantom save.  Jagr skated around him,
and slid a backhander into an empty net.

There was an interesting penalty/reaction in the first, that plays a role
in a penalty in the third.  At 12:16 in the first, while the Pens were on a
power play, Mike Keane was cutting through the Pens' crease when he and
Barrasso hooked each other with their sticks.  Barrasso went crashing to the
ice, and was called for a dive.  (The offical call is "unsportsmanlike 
conduct.")

Barrasso was furious.  He was screaming at Kerry Fraser to the point where
Lemieux had to come over and calm him down.  Barrasso had been playing very
well up to that point, but after that he played like a man possessed.

Pittsburgh had the only goal of the second, Lemieux scoring on a Troy Loney
rebound.  Lemieux had set Loney up.  Loney broke in on Roy, and shot.  Roy
made the intial save, but fell across the goal mouth in the course of the
save.  Lemieux walked in and tapped the puck into the net, just under Roy's
legs.(Fogarty. 5:53)

Barrasso came up with some great saves.  He had to, because the Pens' third
and fourth lines were really having a hard time defensively out there.  I
will be so glad when Errey and Mullen return to the lineup.

At 3:00 in the third the Pens scored on a power play.  Roy made the intial
save on a Paul Stanton slapshot, but bobbled the puck and dropped it.  The
Canadiens' defenseman fanned a clearing attempt.  Shawn McEachern stepped up
and knocked the puck past a standing Roy.

At 6:12, it was payback time for Barrasso.  Keane and Paek got into a bit of
an altercation behind the Pens' net.  Both players were getting ready to
fight, and skated out from behind the net.  Keane was skating backwards, 
getting ready to drop his gloves.  While he was skating backwards, Barrasso
took his goalie stick, and calmly stuck it between Keane's feet and flipped
him on his ass.  Keane just sat there, kind of stunned.  It was hilarious.
Paek and Keane were called for roughing, and Barrasso was called for tripping.

Keane may have exacted a little bit of revenge.  At 12:50, he fed puck to
Kirk Muller, who had just jumped onto the ice.  Muller shot from the top
of the left faceoff circle and beat Barrasso, who had come out of the net.

Scratches: Bob Errey(torn ligament, left foot), Joey Mullen(knee surgery), 
Rick Tocchet(bruised foot), Jeff Chychrun, Jay Caufield, Martin Straka.

BOX SCORE REPRINTED WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM USA TODAY:

Montreal:   1   0   1---2
Pittsburgh: 3   1   1---5

First Period: SCORING-1, Montreal, Petrov 1(Savard)3:37.  2, Pittsburgh, 
Stevens 5(Lemieux, Jagr)3:43.  3, Francis 1(McEachern)6:43.  4, Pittsburgh,
Jagr 3 (Lemieux, Stevens)15:28.  PENALTIES: Damphousse, MON(cross-checking),
11:36.  Barrasso, PITT, served by Jagr(unsportsmanlike conduct),12:16. Murphy
(roughing)17:21

Second Period: SCORING-5, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 6 (Loney, Fogarty)5:53.
PENALTIES: Muller, MON (holding the stick)3:02, Damphousse, MON (tripping)
8:04, Dejardins, MON (holding)12:45, Muller, MON (slashing)14:10, Loney,
PITT (high-sticking) 17:57

Third Period: SCORING-6, Pittsburgh, McEachern(Stanton, Fogarty)3:00 pp.  7,
Montreal, Muller(Keane)12:50.  PENALTIES: Petrov, MON (interference), 1:07.
Keane, MON (roughing)6:12. Peak, PITT (roughing)6:12.  Barrasso, PITT, served
by Daniels (tripping)6:12. Muller, MON (boarding)10:35.

Shots on goal: 

Montreal   14  13  7--34
Pittsburgh 15   8 12--35

Power play opportunies:  Montreal 0-4, Pittsburgh 1-7.  Goalies: Montreal, Roy
(35 shots, 30 saves: record 1-2-1).  Pittsburgh, Barrasso (34 shots, 32 saves:
record 2-0-2). A: 16,002.  Referee: K. Fraser. Linesmen: Murphy, Scapinello

Lori 
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