Show The Salt Lake Tribune B o£ U i Skier Claims Title' In the men's race the first run was a dead heat Both Sarchett and Brent Nixon skied the f course in 4536 seconds Nixon is a former University of Utah All American who now coaches for Snowbird Between runs when most racers are resting or memorizing their line for the second course Nixon was busy pounding in wooden wedges to make the slalom poles solid in the snow so the force of skiers banging past wouldn't knock : them out Sarchett completed his two runs in 1:2824 for his second victory of the weekend Nixon 1:2391 was close behind for second place Park City junior Greg Uldrich 1:3471 placed third "It was pretty grabby" said Sarchett of the new snow "I had trouble both runs It was a change from Saturday but that's ski racing You have to race in all conditions "You couldn't get back on your skis and you had to ski a little rounder" concluded Sarchett who has a solid string of success in Intermountain Division races He said the highlight of this season was the recent Spring Series at Sun Valley "I was racing at home and I won two second slalom runs against good skiers" said Sarchett 26 who has been chasing a spot on the US Ski Team for a long time By Craig Hansell Tribune Sports Writer t V SNOWBIRD — Sunday's Last Chance Slalom 'I looked like another matchup between University of Utah Ski Teammates Sylvie Seigneur and Karianne Eriksen who placed one-tw- o Saturday But when the race was history it was Eriksen and Jeff Sarchett who earned the ?lalom titles and the final victories on this Intermountain Division ski race season Seigneur earned the fastest first run in the women's race but in the second "the snow took my skis and I hooked" Seigneur said of the second-run fall which put her out of the race "The snow was hard to ski" It snowed in the early morning and then let up just before the races began The relatively high temperatures created sticky snow conditions and made skiing a challenge Eriksen revealed she hadn't skied for a long titime and didn't feel good about her trips off the ' Wilbere Ridge race hill The junior skier from Kongsberg Norway completed her race in 1:2984 to set the women's standard Sunday Second place went to Heather Circo 1:3239 and Rachel Salomon 1:3361 placed third Both Circo and Salomon are junior skiers from Park iJ i ff-- T City KPK' f m-- i By The Associated Press The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals at their own game Sunday night " Using a solid defense tight forecnecking and outstanding goaltending — traits normally associ-ated with tne Capitals — the Penguins beat in Landover Md to take a 1 lead in ington the Patrick Division finals "We played a smart defensive game and when we had our chances we took advantage of thera" said Mario Lemieux who bad a goal and an assist "That's the way you have to play on the road and A 8-- 1 2-- that's the PHOENIX (AP) — Arie Luyendyk was thinking about the Indianapolis 500 by the time he crossed under the checkered flag that gave 0 him a victory Sunday in the first-perio- Fuhr Shuts Down Gretzky Kings as Oilers Even Series EDMONTON Alberta (AP) — Wayne Gretzky wasn't surprised in the least when Grant Fuhr came up with one great save after another to rescue Edmonton Fuhr stopped 46 shots including a few from close range by Gretzky as the Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings Saturday night in double overtime to even their best-o- f seven Smythe Division semifinal series at one game apiece More damaging than the loss to the Kings were serious knee injuries to two top scorers Tomas Sandstrom and Bob Kudelski Sandstrom Gretzky's right wing went down with a right knee injury at the 15:25 mark of the first period Sandstrom who led the Kings with 45 goals suffered a fracture coach Tom Webster said The Kings lost Kudelski in the first overtime when he sprained a ligament in his right knee after a hard ' check by Craig Muni Gretzky and Fuhr teamed up to bring four Stanley Cup championships to Edmonton Now Gretzky is trying to help the Kings win their first "There were a lot of good chances" said Fuhr who missed half the season while serving a drug suspension "It just happened we had the last chance We've got a lot of guys who know how to win We just kept going and going and going and the next thing you know we got a break" The break came when former Oiler defenseman Marty McSorley lost the puck in his own end while trying to make a pass Craig MacTavish took control of the puck and sent a cross-ic- e pass to Esa Tikkanen Tikkanen directed the puck down low and Petr Klima deflected it past Hrudey from 10 feet out for his third goal of the playoffs 4-- 3 CARS IN d Luyendyk led three times in the race for 129 laps including the fie nal 58 times around the Phoenix International Raceway oval Danny Sullivan's blown engine allowed Luyendyk to drive his Chevrolet-powereLola across the finish line under a combination of checkered and yellow flags one-mil- Valvo-line20- "I want to go to Indy and make it row" Luyendyk said "And now I don't have to keep hearing the questions about why I haven't won a race since winning Indianapolis last May "I'm just happy that that's out of the way And I'm happy for myself to win the race but I'm really happy for the team which was just put together in January It's come together faster than anybody expected and the timing was perfect going into Indianapolis" : d two in a Craig HuuellSalt Uk Tribune Skier Karianne Eriksen is in top form at the Last Chance Slalom at Snowbird Sunday way we played tonight" Despite the absence of injured defensemen Paul Coffey Ulf Samuelsson and Peter Taglianetti the goal Penguins limited Washington to a by Dino Ciccarelli "We were determined not to give them a lot of good shots try to get a lead and play good defense" Pittsburgh coach Bob Johnson said "When you lose three top players like that you need good goaltending and you need good checking" Bruins 3 Canadiens 2: At Montreal Ken Hodge C5 Luyendyk Wins in Phoenix Penguins Defense Clamps Down Tight on Capitals '' Monday April 22 1991 scored with 1:21 remaining in the game and Andy Moog made 40 saves as Boston beat the Canadiens to take the lead in their Adams Division final On the decisive rush Raymond Bourque brought the puck up ice and passed to Craig Janney for a shot Montreal goalie Patrick Roy made the save but could not control the rebound and Hodge tapped it in Petri Skriko and Bob Sweeney also scored for Boston which leads 1 in the best-of-- 7 series Game 4 is Tuesday at the Forum Brian Skrudland tied the game with 5:50 left in the third period but Moog then shut down Montreal Meet "pi Luyendyk averaged 129988 mph and won $63662 — far less than the $1 million purse for winning Indy but apparently no less satisfying Luyendyk who started ninth in the 22-cfield earned only the casecond victory in his Indy-ca- r reer adding this one to a solid fifth-plac- e showing the previous weekend at Long Beach Calif Richard K Bingham 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