
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 25, 1993                   TAG: 9305250226
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

CANADIENS ADVANCE TO STANLEY CUP FINAL

Brian Bellows and Vincent Damphousse each had a goal and two assists Monday night as the Montreal Canadiens advanced to the Stanley Cup final for the 33rd time with a 5-2 victory over the New York Islanders in Montreal.

The Canadiens won the best-of-seven Wales Conference final series four games to one and earned a rest before the championship round. Montreal will seek its 24th Stanley Cup in a series beginning June 1 against the winner of the Campbell Conference final, tied 2-2 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings.

Kirk Muller and Mike Keane scored in the first period for Montreal, and Bellows, Damphousse and Jean-Jacques Daigneault added goals in the second.

Steve Thomas scored for the Islanders in the second period, and Benoit Hogue got a goal in the third.

A Forum crowd of 17,959 began chanting in the second period after a goal by Bellows made it 5-0.

"It sure feels great," Bellows said. "We had the killer instinct tonight."

It will be the Canadiens' first trip to the final since 1989, when they lost in six games to the Calgary Flames. Montreal last won the Stanley Cup in 1986.

The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 33-28. Notes

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