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New York Rangers Don Maloney left controls the puck in front of the nets and New York Islanders goalie Glenn Resch seconds before he scores the Rangers fourth goal Sunday night Maloneys second period goal his seventh of lt miracle Rockies downCanadiens Hy NEII STEVENS The Canadian Press Colorado Rockies have won in few National Hockey League rinks so the memory of Sunday nights moment of glory in the Montreal Forum will not fade quickly Thats miracle Im telling you an exuberant Randy Pierce said after the Rockies defeated the Canadiens 75 Itsalifetimedream Right winger Pierce 22 native of Arnprior Ont has been with the Rockies for three the season was reviewed on television replays that indicated it never entered the cage in the Rangers 54 victory over the Islanders Photo years since they moved from Kansas City where they were known as the Chiefs It was dur ing those preColorado days that the franchise registered its lone victory over die Canadiens until Sunday nights firstever win in the Forum Scoreboard bridge IIMIIIIF IlIIIiTIl BRIDGE LVN NOItTII SOUTH Sue Graham Robbie Rotndoux Rosemary Sprutt Gary Edmonds EASTW EST liueic Taylor Russell hurch 1r1yiartner Ileinolents11s AIII MEMBERSHIPLUIII Olive Hersey Ia Swain John Hazel Edmonds Jean Hones Marnie Boultcr RAYS DUPLICATE BRIDGE IlB NORTHSOUTH RoscnmrySpratt John Hazell Joyce BettsMidgeStubb1ngs John Posnicoff Ernie Hines EAST WFST Dick Spratt Stan Evcringhnm John Park Scottie Church It Olive Hersey Gary Edmonds Iuturr Masters Mary Murakami Bill Barnes Russell Turner Della Hill Marc Crise Irene orrica Ill NORTIH SOUTII Lee ovelL Mary Murilktlml AMIHHIJ CONFERENCE Patrick Division Phiiii 18 7121 83 43 Rangers 1213 4113114 21 Atlanta 12 12 93 90 27 Islanders 11 95 96 22 Washing l9 78 116 15 Sinth Diilsion Vancouver 11 11 94 92 29 Chicago ti 910 71 79 26 Winnipeg 16 80 113 22 St Louis lti 81 105 22 Colorado 15 85 97 19 Edmonton 36 115 18 Sunday Results NY Rangers NY Islandeis Chicago Philadelphia Atlanta Winnipeg Colorado Montreal Edmonton Hartford Quebec Los Angeles Boston Vancouver Saturday Results NY Islanders Toronto Minnesota Atlanta St Louis Washington Chicago Pittsburgh Detroit Vancouver Tonights iume Detroit at Buffalo Phila IO 313 262 667 Wash 10 314 260 667 NY Giants 0230 292 400 St Louis 510 301316333 Central Tampa 270 237 600 Chicago 264 243 600 Minn 236 310 467 Green 11 228 303 267 Detroit 213 206 347 133 West xLos Ang 309 280 600 New Orlns 0341346167 Atlanta 510 269 367 3311 San Fran 213 287 3115 133 xclinched division title Sunda Results Minnesota 10 Buffalo Chicago 15 Green Bay 14 Washington 28 Cincinnati 14 Oakland 19 Cleveland 14 Kansas City 10 Baltimore Los Angeles 34 Atlanta 13 Miami 211 Detroit 10 NY Jets 27 New England 26 St Louis 29 NY Giants 20 San Diego 35 New Orleans San Francisco 23 Tampa Bay Saturday Results Dallas 24 Philadelphia 17 AP Elsewhere Philadelphia Flyers extended their unbeaten streak to 24 games with +4 draw with Chicago Black Hawks Quebec Nordiques edg ed Los Angeles Kings 32 Boston Bruins rallied to down Vancouver Canucks 53 Atlan ta Flames squeaked past Win nipeg Jets 54 New York Rangers shaded New York Islanders 54 and Edmonton Oilers blanked Hartford Whalers30 On Saturday the Islanders tromped Toronto Maple Leafs Minnesota North Stars dumped the Flames 41 St Louis Blues walked over Washington Capitals 51 Detroit Red Wings defeated the Canucks 51 and Pittsburgh Penguins tied the Black Hawks 33 The Rockies gritty effort Sunday sent Cherrys thoughts back to his days as coach of the Bruins Theres little bit of Bruins in these guys he said But we didnt run guys into the boards because were not as tough as the Bruins These guys come into this building and they think theyre beaten talked to them bet ween the second and third period and told them they had Breezes through Montreal tau may Borg bests Conno acii MONTREAL CP Victory in his final tournament of 1979 was especially sweet for tennis superstar Bjorn Borg of Sweden Not only did Borg breeze through the World Champion ship Tennis Challenge Cup without losing any of his five matches but he also defeated Jimmy Connors of the United States 64 +2 26 64 in Sun days final Yes its very satisfying especially because this is the last tournament of the year Borg said wanted to win this Plager quits as Blues coach ST LOUIS AP am not getting the best out of the team said Barclay Plager after resigning Saturday as coach of St Louis Blues Plagers resignation was made public earlier when Emile Francis president and general manager of the Na tional Hockey League team said Barclay Plager has tendered his resignation and it has been accepted Francis declined to elaborate However at news con ference before Saturday nights game against Washington Olympic squad victors THUNDER BAY Ont CP The Canadian Olympic team broke open close game with three goals in the third period Sunday night and defeated Thunder Bay Twins 40 in an ex hibition hockey game The teams played to scoreless tie in the first period and the Olympic team led 10 at the end of the second The visitors were playing without eight regulars who dressed for their teams 91 win over the Twins on Saturday night Those players are on the way to Moscow to play for Canada in the Izvestia tourna ment Jim Nill scored twice to lead the Olympic team while Kevin Maxwell and Tim Watters add ed single goals The Twins were outshot 4125 as Ron Paterson recorded the shutout Thunder Bay took five of nine minor penalties and the games only major Joe Grant of the Olympic team suffered broken cheek bone in the third period and was taken to hospital The Olympic club will meet combined Laurentian Universi ty VoyageursSudbury Wolves tournament very badly because Ive never won it before enjoyed it very much he added of his week in Montreal With the season now over for him Borg goes home to Monte Carlo adding Challenge Cup purse of $180000 to his 1979 ear nings of more than $3 million Connors the man Borg replaced as the worlds No tennis player won $80000 for his weeks work 330000 for his three roundrobin victories and $50000 for his semifinal triumph over Chiles Hans Gildemeister on Saturdav Capitals Plager said think were at the point in this team where someone has got to get them ready In looking at my position with the club truthfully believe am lacking in that department Earlier club publicist Susie Mathieu said the resignation apparently was related to re cent health problems that had sent Plager 38 to hospital for 10 days last month Doctors believed the problem stemmed from head injury Plager sus tained during his playing days RULED OUT IIEALTH Plager however ruled out health as the reason In the past few games we have gone sour for 10 minutes or so in each game he said think we have the talent here to be good hockey team certain ly not 8164 as we are now Borg had reached the final with e3 62 victory over American Tim Gullikson WINS ONE SET In losing in the final Connors was the only man to win set from Borg all week Both had swept through their fourman groups with 30 roundrobin records The final was meeting of the two players who between them have held the worlds No ranking since 1974 Connors was on top for most of that time but 1979 has been Bergs year He won 79 matches while losing just five captured his fourth straight Wimbledon ti tle and took over from Connors as the worlds topranked playeronApri19 It was brilliant final bet ween the two rivals Borg won the first set of the threehour match breaking Connorss ser vice twice iorn Borg of Sweden is playfully grabbed around the neck by Jimmy Connors of USA after Borg stumbled against the net in the finals match of the World Championship Tennis Challenge Cup in Montreal Sunday Borg won the finals 64 62 26 64 CP Photo ONE CAll WILL TAKE CARE OE All CORRECTION In Sears Christmas is Coming Rate of Dec 1979 there is an error concerning Division The Correction will state In Sears Christmas is Coming roto on Page 27A Item Tool box for 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