Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (It): Group A: Great Britain 3 Russia 12 (period scores: 1-6 0-2 2-4; GB scorers: T Kurtenbach, P Scott, K Conway). Canada 6 Austria 1 (3-0 0-0 3-1). Group B: Czech Republic 5 France 2 (1-1 2-1 2-0).

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Play-offs: Eastern Conference: Montreal 2 Boston 1 (ot) (Montreal lead best-of-seven series 3-2); New Jersey 5 Buffalo 3 (New Jersey lead best-of- seven series 3-2); Pittsburgh 3 Washington 2 (Washington lead best-of-seven series 3-2).