Sport in Short: Ice Hockey

DURHAM WASPS and the Norwegian champions Valerengen were sent to the dressing-rooms to cool off for 10 minutes after a mass brawl broke out in their European Cup quarter-final tie at Blackburn. When play resumed, the Norwegians won 6-2, clinching their group and qualifying for the semi-finals.

EUROPEAN CUP Quarter-finals (Blackburn): Steaua Bucharest (Rom) 10 Txuri Urdin (Sp) 1; Durham Wasps 2 Valerengen (Nor) 6.

NHL: NY Islanders 3 Boston 3; Buffalo 5 Hartford 2; New Jersey 4 NY Rangers 2; Quebec 9 Ottawa 2; Philadelphia 4 Washington 2; Calgary 3 Toronto 2; Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 1; Pittsburgh 3 Montreal 3; Vancouver 5 Edmonton 2; Chicago 3 St Louis 0; Los Angeles 6 Winnipeg 3; Detroit 6 San Jose 3.