Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 7, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Nesbitt Burns it Mir of it sink of Mon Rel group of Cem Pinti pay corporate dont 10 year Coll in 5 resp Ell table Call Andrew or Claire 9498018 satyr it to re tango and a Allawin sunday free press sports Section Julian Rachey 6977285 c1 team overcomes sluggish performance to Edge flames jets win one for shabby o by Tim Campbell sports reporter their sense of timing has been uncanny in the last two so Why should any body be surprised for a the Winnipeg jets carried their Nikolai Khabibulin jets 4 flames 3 their Effort was less than spleen but the sluggish jets found a Way to Edge the Calgary flames 4 3 last night at the foldout tightening the Western Confer ence race even Khabibulin was victimized by Cory still mans 45foot shot with to a goal that put the flames into a deserving 32 but goals 55 seconds apart by Mike Eastwood and Keith the letters Marker with sent the jets Over the top for their third straight win and fifth in the last six jets coach Terry Simpson noted that Khabibulin still made some remarkable but allowed that a couple of the Calgary goals were the Guys human and we tend to forget that every once in a while because Hes played so Well for Simpson Hes going to let a goal in now and i did think that third goal was a bad goal but the team came Back and won the game for Hes won some games for so that the one positive thing we can talk the other is that the jets joined the flames at 75 Points and could finish the night no worse than in seventh Vancouver was also at 75 Points the jets would win the tiebreaker with both teams and playing a late game in los Winnipeg is also within three Points of Louis and who Are tied for fourth with games in hand on both and a Date tomorrow in the Victory included a goal from Forward Eddie Back in the lineup after a 13game absence because of a of have to give the flames some Olczyk they took it to us and Nikky had to make some big saves for he let in that soft one but we went Down there and told him to keep the rest out and Well give you a Chance to Nikky Hast Given up very Many of those Type of for sure it want one of our better Joe free press Joe free press jets forwarded Olczyk checks Calgary Steve Chiasson during the first period last games but we found a Way to Tkachuk his 49th goal of the was a Short shot that came from the right Side of Calgary goalie Rick Tabaracci it went almost straight up under the after Craig Janney had blocked an attempted Clear by Jocelyn Lemieux and nudged the puck Over to him through Tabaracci i dont think we played very Well but who we got the Tkachuk there Are still a lot of games left and we need to win if we do we wont have to worry about anybody it was probably All my fault tonight because i didst play he that the Gap ing net in the late going was his i want going to i Tell you that Tkachuk considering How poorly i i certainly want going to miss that the jets problems last night were getting the puck Over their own and getting it deep when presented with the Opportunity in the Neutral it was obviously something the flames were responsible but those were things Winnipeg had done very Well in its latest from bad to worse mounting injuries haunt struggling flames by Tim Campbell sports reporter c jets Kris flames Jamie Huscroft Trade Ould the news possibly get any worse for the cal Gary flames they had to make do last night without heartland soul left Winger Gary who was suffering from More neck problems and didst make the Road then in the third on a seemingly harmless Trent Yawney was firing the puck around the Glass and Down the ice to relieve pressure in the tied it went Over the How and struck Theoren Fleury on the right Side of the knocking him backwards off the players Bench with blood Stream ing out of a Nasty despite All of the flames still seemed to be on the attack All game Long and finally forged ahead 32 with goal from Cory Stillman with five minutes to it was not the end of the bad Mike Eastwood scored on a wraparound off goalie Rick Tabaracci pad and Keith Tkachuk converted a Giveaway by Jocelyn Lemieux with Only to sending the flames to their third loss in the last four Fleury had some blood collection behind his right Eye and was taken to Misericordia general Hospital for rays and other treatment last in Fleury said after the before heading to the hos for quite a by the looks of my nose int like i its my i cant play if i cant see out of my right i never saw the i was just sitting then there was All this flames physiotherapist Terry Kane said Fleury wont lose his its a Kane theres blood collection under Neath the he wont lose the the Eye is not that the Good Calgary dropped All four games to Winnipeg this season and has fallen into a tie with the each team at 75 Points with four games to we did enough to coach Pierre Page we did a lot of Good things but they did a lot of the right i was Happy with the Way we stuck being Down 10 and the who have lost three of the last go on to Edmonton for a game tomorrow olympic flame begins trek associated press Athens the flame that will Burn at the summer games began its Long Jour Ney to Atlanta yesterday As the City that played Host to the first modern olympics celebrated their rebirth 100 years athletes from the United Greece and the eight other countries that took part in the 1896 games competed in four track and six Field events in the Al Marble a Nathinaie stadium that held the first modern the flame lit one week ago by the suns rays at the ancient Sanctuary of Olympia was the Centrepiece of the Celebration to Mark the Cen attended by More than athenians who braved a Windy evening and a cold drizzle to watch the this was a historic ceremony even though we did not have Greece traditional we Attal said Ioc president Juan Antonio on this 100th anniversary permit me to Salute the Cradle of an ancient civilization and the olympic the Celebration and reenactment was an Effort by the Ioc to mend fences with Greece after it chose Atlanta Over sentimental Favourite Athens for the Centennial although the bitterness of Many greeks has much of the resentment still lies just below the dont give them the a Lone voice was heard to cry As the Torch entered the silent and darkened stadium after a we Klong metre relay around Athens mayor Dimitris Avramopoulos later told the crowd that his City would make its bid for the 2004 games a sacred common goal that will unite All the celebrations to Mark the Centennial began with 121 athletes dressed in simple Tan coloured shorts and shirts competing in the events that marked the arrival of a greek tradition dating Back at least the other countries that participated were Denmark and the flame will arrive in los Angeles on april 27 for the relay around the United states that ends in Atlanta on july when the games the highlight of the ceremony came when the Atlanta Torch lit a cauldron in the mid dle of the a group of actress priestesses that had lit the flame one week ago at ancient Olympia by using the suns con ducted a prayer ceremony for the Success of this Summers the first recorded olympics were held every four years at the ancient Sanctuary from 776 until they were abolished in 394 by the Christian roman emperor they were revived in the late 19th Century by French Baron Pierre de Cou Bertin with the first modern games held in this gleaming White Scott Taylor the suns rays were used to Light the flame one week fans feeling festive at rink it was a rare but refreshing sight outside Winnipeg Arena yesterday nearly a Hundred of were milling around in the parking enjoying the late morning Sun and waiting for the Winnipeg jets to finish their pre game for a there were no the depression of a Winter with a Lam Duck franchise seemed to be the Atmos phere was for the first time since the Spring of Winnipeg hockey fans were feel ing pretty Good about their it could be they have every right to feel the Way they with last nights 43 Vic tory Over the Calgary the jets improved to five Points ahead of ninth place Ana Heim in the race for the final playoff berth in the Western con of what the fans should feel Good about is not so much that the jets will make the play but that their team could very Well finish As High As fourth in the As you enjoy your morning the jets Are Only three Points behind the fourth place Toronto Maple the Story of the 199596 Winnipeg jets is really a tremendous after this is a team that now has Only one legitimate scor ing three teenagers and a roster full of it also has a re hot goaltender who should ultimately be the teams More Treyve battled their Way into the playoff Hunt despite an Atmos phere that would cripple other knowing they were Leav ing the City at the end of the sea the 199293 Minnesota North stars went from second to last in just 36 games they went 8208 Down the the knew they were Leav ing Winnipeg in August and yet Treyve fought through the Poten tial disaster with heart and head coach Terry Simpson suggested there were a number of intangible reasons Why the jets had played so hard in recent i think from an organizational there has been a commitment to the playoffs All sea Simpson i think its very important to president Barry Shenkarow that we get Hes been struggling with the team leaving All year and it would give him some sense of satisfaction if we so a playoff berth has been a priority of the franchise since the Start of the see the playoffs simply As nothing More than the Reward for playing hard for 82 feel were a team that should be in the Centre Eddie Olczyk who returned from a knee injury to score a big second period goal last but it has been a very difficult you can sense the animosity around the City towards the play ers and while it makes it i can certainly understand Why people feel the Way they i grew up in Chicago and i could never imagine that City without the i feel sorry for the Young kids who dont understand Why the team is that really gotta be we Arent trying to make it to the playoffs for any reason other than to be in the were just out there trying to play the Best hockey we can play every last in front of wildly appreciative they May not have played their Best but they did get the Job now the Winnipeg jets Are on the verge of one final cherished memory for a City that now appears As if it really does want them to ;