At the World Junior Hockey Championship, Canada got by the Czech Republic 5-3 with Sea Dog Thomas Chabot the star of the game, scoring a key goal in the second period that gave Canada the lead. Canada will now face tournament favourite Sweden in one semifinal tomorrow night at the Bell Centre. The winner will face either the U.S. or Russia for the gold medal Thursday night. The Swedes beat Slovakia 8-3…..The U.S. edged Switzerland 3-2 while Russia blanked Denmark 4-0. Finland downed Latvia 2-1.
In the NHL, Cory Schneider got the shutout in New Jersey’s 3-0 win over Boston….In the Busch Stadium Winter Classic in St. Louis, Jake Allen made 22 saves for the Blues in a 4-1 win over Chicago and Vancouver edged Colorado 3-2.
In the highest scoring Rose Bowl game in history, U-S-C scored the final 17 points including a last second field goal to outlast Penn State 52-49. In the Sugar Bowl, Oklahoma defeated Auburn 35-19…..Wisconsin won the Cotton Bowl, 24-16 over Western Michigan and Florida beat Iowa 30-3 in the Outback Bowl.
The San Diego Chargers have fired coach Mike McCoy after another losing season.
In the NBA, it was Milwaukee 98 Oklahoma City 94…..Cleveland 90 New Orleans 82…..Orlando 115 New York 103…..Utah 101 Brooklyn 89….Houston 101 Washington 91….Chicago 118 Charlotte 111….Golden State 127 Denver 119 and the Los Angeles Clippers 109 Phoenix 98.
Harness racing driver Gilles Barrieau of Saint John, statistically, was the best in Canada last year.
