In the Major Midget final, the Saint John Vito’s were shut out by the Moncton Flyers 4-0 to tie up the 8 point series at 4 points each.
In the NHL, Anthony Mantha scored at 4:10 of overtime to give Detroit a 2-1 win over Montreal….Ottawa broke a four game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Boston….Pittsburgh clinched a playoff berth for the 11th straight year with a 3-1 win over Buffalo. Sidney Crosby lost a couple of teeth after being high sticked by Evander Kane…..Jake Allen kept St. Louis in the game until the Blues scored three times in the third period for a 4-2 win over Colorado…….In other play, it was Washington 4 Calgary 2….Vancouver 5 Chicago 4 in overtime……New Jersey over the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime….Minnesota 3 San Jose 2…..Winnipeg 3 Philadelphia 2……Carolina 4 Florida 3 and Arizona 5 Tampa Bay 3.
In the National Basketball League, Moncton got by the Saint John Riptide 123-122. Anthony Anderson led Saint John scorers with 35 points. Gabe Freeman scored 32 points and grabbed 15 rebounds.
The Grant Odishaw rink from Curl Moncton is tied for the lead at the Canadian Senior Men’s Curling Championship with a record of 4 and 0 after wins over Manitoba, 5-3 and Alberta, 5-4……In women’s play, Kathy Hicks of the Capital Winter Club is 2 and 2 after losing to Ontario 7-4 but then winning over the Yukon 10-2.
In the NBA, DeMar DeRozan had 42 points, and the Toronto Raptors snapped an 11 game losing streak against the Chicago Bulls by coming from behind for a wild 122-120 win in overtime. Elsewhere, it was Golden State 112 Dallas 87…..San Antonio 100 Minnesota 93…..Los Angeles Clippers 133 Los Angeles Lakers 109…..Brooklyn 98 Detroit 96….Miami 112 Phoenix 97…..New Orleans 95 Memphis 82 and Milwaukee 93 Portland 90.
