Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

NHL Stanley Cup play-offs Western Conference semi-final: (Friday) San Jose 5 Toronto 2 (San Jose lead best-of-seven series 2-1); Vancouver 3 Dallas 4 (Vancouver lead series 2-1). Eastern Conference semi-final: (Saturday) New Jersey 5 Boston 4 (o/t) (series tied 2-2); Washington 4 NY Rangers 2 (New York lead series 3-1).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Bolzano, It) Quarter-finals: Canada 3 Czech Republic 2; Finland 10 Austria 0. (Milan): Semi-finals: Finland 8 United States 0; Canada 6 Sweden 0. 3rd/4th place: Sweden 7 United States 2. Final: Canada 1 Finland 1 (Canada win 3-2 on penalties).