The Anaheim Ducks downed the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 to even up their best-of-seven Western Conference finals series at two games apiece.

The Buffalo Sabres struck early before grinding out a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators to stave off elimination in the finals series.

Tomas Holmstrom scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings crushed Anaheim Ducks 5-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference final series.

The Ottawa Senators took huge step toward the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 1-0 win over Buffalo Sabres.

Japanese snowboarder Mie Shimizu has been banned for three months after testing positive for an illegal substance.

Scott Niedermayer scored in overtime to give Anaheim a 4-3 victory over Detroit and tie the Western Conference Finals at 1-1.

Canada's Rick Nash was voted the Most Valuable Player after leading his team to a record 24th world title with a 4-2 win over Finland.

Rick Nash scored a pair of goals as Canada returned to ice hockey's summit, edging Finland 4-2 to capture a record 24th world title.

Russia beat Sweden 3-1 in a consolation game for third place at the world championship to win the bronze and salvage some pride.

Ottawa took command of the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-3 win in Buffalo, giving the Senators a 2-0 lead in their semi-final series.

Bode Miller has decided to leave the United States ski team and become an independent racer, officials have announced.

Canada ended Sweden's reign as world champions reaching the final for the fourth time in five years with a 4-1 win.

Mikko Koivu scored an overtime winner to send Finland into the ice hockey world championship final with a 2-1 victory over Russia.

Finland has been awarded the 2012 world championship. It will be the seventh time Finland has staged the event.

Dominik Hasek was at his dominating best as Detroit beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 in the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

Canada and Russia take unbeaten records into their world championship semi-finals on Saturday

Ottawa Senators enjoyed a 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres in the opening game of their Eastern Conference finals series.

Finland edged the United States 1-0 in a penalty shootout after both teams finished the regular 60 minutes and overtime on 4-4.

A battling Canada avoided another Swiss shock, taming them 5-1 on to reach the semi-finals of the ice hockey world championship undefeated.

Tony Martensson got a hat-trick and Jonathan Hedstrom scored twice to help power holders Sweden to a 7-4 win over Slovakia.