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USA 3 vs. Germany 0
Ben Bishop, USA, DNP
Tournament totals: 4 GP, 3-1-0, 0 SO, 2.78 GAA, .875 sv%

Matt Carle, USA, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 6 GP, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM

Nate Thompson, USA, 0-1-1, +1, 6 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 6 GP, 0-2-2, +1, 8 PIM

John Gibson stopped all 30 shots he faced for Team USA in their 3-0 blanking of Germany. Nate Thompson assisted on a Stephen Gionta goal while Paul Stastny of Colorado added another tally in the match. Team USA still controls their destiny for the top spot in their pool.

Canada 2 vs. Czech Republic 1
Steven Stamkos, Canada, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 6 SOG
Tournament totals: 6 GP, 4-5-9, +3, 2 PIM

Carolina's Jeff Skinner scored a key Third Period goal to lift Canada to a 2-1 win over Czech Republic. Ex-Lightning netminder Mike Smith stopped 30 in match for the Canadians.

Slovakia 1 vs. Russia 3
Jaroslav Janus, Slovakia, Loss, 20/23, 3.00 GAA, .870 sv%
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 0-2-0, 0 SO, 3.00 GAA, .875 sv%

Vasily Koshechkin, Russia, DNP
Tournament totals: 1 GP, 0-1-0, 0 SO, 2.04 GAA, .895 sv%

New Jersey's Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal in Russia's 3-1 win over listing Slovakia. Ex-Lightning first rounder Vladimir Mihalik was -2 in over 21 minutes of ice time for the Slovaks after being promoted to the team's top pair. Vasily Koshechkin did not suit up for the Russians.

Ontario Hockey League

(W1)London Knights 5 @ (E2)Barrie Colts 4 (OT)
Best-of-7 OHL Finals tied, 3-3

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Playoff totals: 16 GP, 1-4-5, +5, 25 PIM
Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

London coughed up a 4-0 lead by allowing four third period goals, but the Knights scored on the second shot of overtime to force a Game 7 in London on Monday. Barrie scored the game-tying goal at 19:18 of the third period.

The PTP'ers put on a special teams clinic.

SYR-5
SPR-3

Syracuse Leads the Series 2-0

Cedrick Desjardins allowed 3 goals on 31 shots for the win. Luv that goal support.

First Period
SYR Panik, (3) (Palat, Johnson), 1:02 (PP)
SYR Angelidis, (2) (Brown), 1:15
SPR Russell, (1) (Audy-Marchessault, Prout), 14:40

Second Period
SYR Johnson, (4) (Connolly, Palat), 8:31 (PP)
SYR Johnson, (5) , 14:05 (SH)
SPR Vogelhuber, (2) (Goloubef, Joudrey), 14:29

Third Period
SYR Johnson, (6) (Panik, Palat), 6:47 (PP)
SPR Jenner, (2) (Holden, Audy-Marchessault), 8:04

Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat were the game's first and second stars. Johnson gets the hat trick and the PTP'er line ends up +4 in goal differential on special teams with 3 PP goals and a SH goal. No chance. Springfield's got no chance if they keep letting the Johnson line scorch them like this.

Syracuse now heads home with the 2-0 series lead and Springfield has no answers so far defensively, plus McElhinney's gotten torched through 2 games. Game Three is Wednesday night. Meanwhile, in the East's other series, Providence held serve at home and has a 2-0 series lead of the Penguins, making it look like a Syracuse/Providence matchup is on the horizon.

Box score from TheAHL.com.

USA 4 vs. France 2
Ben Bishop, USA, Win, 15/17, 2.00 GAA, .882 sv%
Tournament totals: 4 GP, 3-1-0, 0 SO, 2.78 GAA, .875 sv%

Matt Carle, USA, 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Tournament totals: 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM

Nate Thompson, USA, 0-0-0, +1, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Tournament totals: 0-1-1, E, 2 PIM

Colorado's Paul Stastny had a goal in USA's 4-2 win over France. Team USA controls its own fate pursuing the top spot in Group H, 2 points behind Finland with 1 game in hand in the round robin phase. They have Germany and Slovakia left on their schedule in this round.

Ontario Hockey League

(E2)Barrie Colts 4 @ (W1)London Knights 6
Barrie leads best-of-7 OHL Finals, 3-2

D Jake Dotchin, BAR: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM
Playoff totals: 15 GP, 1-4-5, +6, 25 PIM
Season totals: 66 GP, 4-18-22, E, 81 PIM
With Barrie: 28 GP, 2-6-8, -1, 42 PIM
With Owen Sound: 38 GP, 2-12-14, +1, 39 PIM

London staved off elimination with a 6-4 win at home in Game 5 vs Barrie. Lightning prospect Jake Dotchin was back in the Colt lineup after missing five games due to suspension. He did not register a point on Friday. London had a 4-1 lead entering the third period, and though the Colts twice cut the lead to two goals, they could never complete the comeback. Barrie will have another chance to clinch the league championship Saturday night at home.

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

(2)Baie-Comeau Drakkar 1 @ (1)Halifax Mooseheads 5
Halifax wins best-of-7 QMJHL Finals, 4-1

C Nathan MacKinnon, HAL: 1-1-2, +2, 4 SOG, 2 PIM, 2 Hits
Playoff totals: 17 GP, 11-22-33, +17, 12 PIM
Season totals: 44 GP, 32-43-75, +40, 45 PIM

W Jonathan Drouin, HAL: 1-0-1, +2, 4 SOG, 0 PIM, 1 Hit
Playoff totals: 17 GP, 12-23-35, +22, 14 PIM
Season totals: 49 GP, 41-64-105, +48, 32 PIM

Halifax won their first President Cup as QMJHL champs with a 5-1 win on Friday night. Jonathan Drouin, the league’s regular season MVP, won playoff MVP with 35 points in 17 games. Halifax will travel to Saskatoon to participate in the 2013 Memorial Cup next week.

Note: With the Lightning picking No. 3 in this summer’s draft, it is expected they will choose either MacKinnon or Drouin with their first round pick. While that could change, we will follow both prospects for the duration of their playoff run as we did with Steven Stamkos after the Lightning won the 2008 draft lottery.