Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

DAMIAN SMITH, of Durham Wasps, has been named Young British Player of the Year for 1992-93. His prize includes two weeks at the training camp of the North American National Hockey League side, Calgary Flames.

NHL: Vancouver Canucks 4 Winnipeg Jets 2; Detroit Red Wings 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 3.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Pool A (Munich): Canada bt Sweden 4-1; Italy bt Switzerland 1-0. Group B (Dortmund): Czech Republic bt Germany 5-0; Finland drew with US 1-1.