The Saint John Vitos opening the Atlantic midget hockey championship with a win. Jake Stewart made 22 saves for the shutout as the Vitos blank Kensington 2-0.
In the NHL, rookie Mike Condon made 26 saves for his first NHL shutout and Montreal blanked Tampa Bay 3-0…..Toronto lost to Buffalo 4-1…..Former Sea Dog Jonathan Huberdeau scored twice in Florida’s 3-2 win over New Jersey…….Pittsburgh won its 4th in a row, downing Nashville 5-2….The Rangers lost to Carolina 4-3…..The Islanders edging Columbus 4-3…..Los Angeles blanked Calgary 3-0….Dallas over Arizona 4-1….Ottawa got by Minnesota 3-2 and Vancouver upended San Jose 4-2.
Canada clinched a semifinal berth at the women’s world hockey championship after a 6-1 win over Finland.
At the Canadian Senior Curling Championships…….In women’s play, the Heidi Hanlon rink of Thistle St Andrews is 5 and 3 after winning 5-4 over Ontario and losing to Colleen Jones of Nova Scotia 6-2. Saskatchewan and Alberta lead with records of 7 and 1. In men’s play, The Grant Odishaw rink of Riverside is 1 and 7 after losing to the Northwest Territories 5-4 and 7-2 to Northern Ontario.
In the NBA, it was Portland 116 Boston 109….Oklahoma City 119 Los Angeles Clippers 117…..New Orleans 101 Denver 95…..Chicago 103 Houston 100….Orlando 114 Indiana 94 and Cleveland 107 Brooklyn 87.
