The World Junior Hockey gold medal game features Russia taking on Finland this afternoon. Russia advanced to the final with a 2-1 win over the U-S yesterday. Meanwhile, the Americans take on Sweden in the bronze game beginning at nine this morning.
Ottawa defeated St. Louis 3-2 in overtime in NHL play. Elsewhere, Edmonton shut-out Carolina 1-0 in overtime while Vancouver dropped a 3-2 decision to Arizona.
In the NBA, the Toronto Raptors didn’t even come close to beating Cleveland. The Cavaliers defeated the Raptors 122-110.
The Cochrane Crunch are home to Blind River this Friday at the Tim Horton Event Centre. Game time 7:30pm.