Sporting Digest: Ice Hockey

BRITISH LEAGUE Premier Division (Saturday): Fife 14 Basingstoke 4; Humberside 4 Sheffield 5; Murrayfield 12 Durham 3; Nottingham 5 Bracknell 1; Billingham 4 Whitley 11. (Sunday): Bracknell 3 Sheffield 7; Cardiff 14 Whitley 7; Durham 4 Nottingham 3; Murrayfield 15 Basingstoke 7; Peterborough 6 Humberside 11. First Division (Saturday): Chelmsford 7 Blackburn 4; Dumfries 18 Oxford City 5; Milton Keynes 6 Telford 7; Paisley 11 Solihull 8; Slough 17 Guildford 8; Streatham 5 Romford 7; Swindon 9 Medway 7. (Sunday): Chelmsford 7 Milton Keynes 12; Lee Valley 14 Streatham 8; Oxford City 4 Swindon 21; Romford 6 Medway 4; Solihull 15 Guildford 4; Trafford 19 Dumfries 8; Telford 6 Paisley 12.

PLAY-OFFS Group A: Cardiff; Nottingham; Durham; Whitley. Group B: Sheffield; Fife; Murrayfield; Humberside. (Teams play home and away, top two from each group play semi-finals, Wembley Arena, 23 April; final, 24 April). Premier/First Division: Group A: Milton Keynes; Billingham; Blackburn; Telford. Group B: Slough; Peterborough; Romford; Medway. (Teams play home and away; winners of group compete in Premier Division next season).

NHL: Detroit 3 Chicago 1; Boston 6 Washington 4; Winnipeg 3 NY Rangers 1; Dallas 2 Tampa Bay 2 (ot); Vancouver 4 Los Angeles 3; Buffalo 4 NY Islanders 1; Anaheim 3 Philadelphia 2 (ot); San Jose 4 St Louis 3; Edmonton 5 Pittsburgh 3; New Jersey 5 Quebec 2.