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Thrashers 0 , Hurricanes 2
Shots: 10 - 12
ATL PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:80/103=77 %, Challenges:5/38=12 %
CAR PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:78/98=79 %, Challenges:11/45=23 %
Attendance: 13074 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 618400 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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23:35 0-1 CAR Ray Whitney [12])
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59:16 0-2 CAR Eric Staal [10]) EN
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Penalty summary:
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16:53 ATL Bobby Holik (2 min for hooking)
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21:21 CAR Jason Spence (2 min for roughing)
21:21 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for roughing)
37:54 CAR Jason Spence (2 min for roughing)
37:54 ATL Steve McCarthy (2 min for roughing)
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47:16 CAR Jason Spence (2 min for tripping)
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Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Joey Crabb 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8.00 4
R Chad Painchaud 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 13.50 6
R Jesse Schultz 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 16.10 6
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 -1 19.50 5
C Éric Perrin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 10.00 5
C Todd White 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -1 13.50 6
C Bobby Holik 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 14.10 7
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19.50 5
L Joe Motzko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 4
L Brad Larsen 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 -1 16.00 5
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 18.20 6
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 -1 19.50 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 -1 14.40 6
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 16.50 5
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 0 1 0 3 1 2 -1 29.10 5
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 3 5 2 -1 16.50 5
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16.40 6
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 -1 25.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 2 0 10 0 0 58.30 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Hurricanes scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Eaves 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 7.10 5
R Justin Williams 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16.20 6
R Scott Walker 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 19.20 7
R Tuomo Ruutu 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 19.10 4
C Jeff Hamilton 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 7.10 5
C Matt Cullen 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 14.20 7
C Eric Staal 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 18.30 8
C Rod Brind'Amour 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18.00 7
L Jason Spence 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 7.10 6
C Joe Jensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16.20 5
L Ray Whitney 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 2 17.20 6
L Erik Cole 0 0 3 4 3 6 0 0 17.10 6
D Niclas Wallin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15.10 5
D Joe Corvo 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 18.40 5
D Bret Hedican 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 26.10 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 19.50 6
D Glen Wesley 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 17.40 7
D Frantisek Kaberle 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 22.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Cam Ward 0 0 10 0 0 60.00 8
G John Grahame 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Cam Ward
2nd star: Eric Staal
3rd star: Ray Whitney

Notes for Thrashers:
-Bobby Holik had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Vyacheslav Kozlov had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Hurricanes:
-Eric Staal scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Eric Staal finally ended his 10 game goal drought.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Wolves 1( 28) , Lowell Lock Monsters 2( 14)
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0-1 LOW Ernie Hartlieb (Steve Saviano, Dennis Seidenberg)
0-2 LOW Trevor Letowski (Keith Aucoin)
1-2 CHW Eric Boulton (Boris Valabik)

Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Michael Leighton

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Bruins 3 , Panthers 1
Shots: 31 - 22
BOS PP: 0 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:73/90=81 %, Challenges:39/52=73 %
FLA PP: 0 of 1 (5 shots), Passing:49/70=70 %, Challenges:27/47=56 %
Attendance: 17400 of 17565 (Fleet Center)
Ticket income: 765600 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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no scoring
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26:52 1-0 BOS P.J. Axelsson [4] (Glen Murray, Andrew Ference)
29:37 2-0 BOS Patrice Bergeron [5] (Marco Sturm, Brad Richards)
35:33 2-1 FLA Mark Parrish [8] (Ville Peltonen, Brian Campbell)
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49:56 3-1 BOS Patrice Bergeron [6] (Marco Sturm)
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Penalty summary:
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14:12 FLA Cory Murphy (2 min for tripping)
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50:52 BOS Alexei Ponikarovsky (2 min for tripping)
54:27 FLA Samuel Påhlsson (2 min for hooking)
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Bruins scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Belak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.50 6
R Chuck Kobasew 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14.00 6
R Glen Murray 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 16.00 6
R Patrice Bergeron 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 2 20.10 9
R Shawn Thornton 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.50 7
C Sergei Zinovjev 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14.00 6
L Alexei Ponikarovsky 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 16.00 7
C Brad Richards 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 20.10 9
L Jeff Hoggan 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 7.50 6
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14.40 6
L P.J. Axelsson 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.00 8
L Marco Sturm 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 20.30 8
D Andrew Alberts 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18.40 6
D Andrew Ference 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 14.10 7
D Aaron Ward 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 23.40 7
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 2 4 0 7 0 0 15.50 8
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18.10 6
D Bryan McCabe 0 0 4 6 1 6 0 2 29.30 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Manny Fernandez 1 0 21 0 0 60.00 9
G Tim Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Panthers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Enver Lisin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -1 7.10 5
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 14.10 7
R Dustin Brown 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 -2 15.50 6
R Mark Parrish 1 0 3 2 4 0 0 1 20.00 7
C Ben Guite 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 5
C Rostislav Olesz 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.50 6
C Samuel Påhlsson 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 -2 19.10 7
C Jordan Staal 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20.00 6
L Gregory Campbell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 5
L Brett McLean 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 12.50 7
L Ryane Clowe 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -2 15.30 6
L Ville Peltonen 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 21.00 7
D Cory Murphy 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14.50 5
D Karlis Skrastins 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -3 19.30 6
D Brian Campbell 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 25.40 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 -1 13.30 6
D Bryan Allen 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 -2 19.10 8
D Sergei Gonchar 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 27.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Tomas Vokoun 3 0 28 0 0 60.00 8
G Craig Anderson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Patrice Bergeron
2nd star: Marco Sturm
3rd star: Brad Richards

Notes for Bruins:
-Marco Sturm notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Andrew Ference ended his 8 game point drought.
-Bryan McCabe had his 6 game point streak snapped.

Notes for Panthers:
-Ville Peltonen has marked a new career high in points with 29 points.
-Dustin Brown had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Dustin Brown had his 4 game point streak snapped.

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Providence Bruins 1( 16) , Louisville Panthers 3( 19)
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0-1 LOU Kamil Kreps (Joonas Vihko)
0-2 LOU Mikhail Yakubov (Jozef Stumpel)
1-2 PRO Adam McQuaid (Petr Tenkrat)
1-3 LOU Alexei Kaigorodov

Goalies: Tuukka Rask - David McKee

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Sabres 3 , Kings 0
Shots: 21 - 28
BUF PP: 0 of 2 (3 shots), Passing:59/79=74 %, Challenges:27/45=58 %
LA PP: 0 of 4 (11 shots), Passing:73/87=83 %, Challenges:25/43=56 %
Attendance: 16355 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 768685 Match televised: No

Boxscore for the game:
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33:37 1-0 BUF Tim Connolly [21] (Gary Roberts, Marc-Édouard Vlasic)
38:19 2-0 BUF Marc-Édouard Vlasic [1] (Thomas Vanek, Ales Kotalik)
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49:27 3-0 BUF Ales Kotalik [11] (Drew Stafford, Andrei Kostitsyn)
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Penalty summary:
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08:17 LA Matt Ryan (2 min for cross-checking)
12:56 BUF Ales Kotalik (2 min for high-sticking)
16:41 BUF Teppo Numminen (2 min for hooking)
19:58 BUF Ales Kotalik (2 min for roughing)
19:58 LA Kyle Calder (2 min for roughing)
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33:55 BUF Marc-Édouard Vlasic (2 min for holding the stick)
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46:19 BUF Andrei Kostitsyn (2 min for hooking)
56:08 LA Gabe Gauthier (2 min for roughing)
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Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.10 6
R Steve Bernier 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 12.40 6
R Gary Roberts 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 17.40 7
R Ales Kotalik 1 1 3 0 2 0 4 2 18.00 8
C Maxim Lapierre 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 7.10 7
C Marcel Goc 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 16.50 6
C Joe Pavelski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12.50 6
C Jason Pominville 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 19.10 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 7.10 7
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 16.50 6
L Tim Connolly 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 7
L Thomas Vanek 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 21.10 9
D Ty Wishart 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 12.40 6
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 17.30 7
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 28.20 7
D Nick Petrecki 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 15.10 6
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 19.20 7
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 27.00 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 0 0 28 0 0 60.00 10
G Adam Dennis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Kings scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Gabe Gauthier 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 6.00 7
L Kyle Calder 0 0 1 3 2 5 2 -1 17.40 7
R Greg Hogeboom 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
R Alexander Frolov 0 0 4 3 4 2 0 -2 20.40 6
C Matt Ryan 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6.00 6
C Dany Roussin 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 14.20 6
C Michal Handzus 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Anze Kopitar 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 -2 20.40 6
L Scott Thornton 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.00 4
L Mark Bell 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 16.50 7
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 12.10 7
L Ladislav Nagy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.20 6
D Oleg Tverdovsky 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -2 21.50 6
D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 6
D Jack Johnson 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 -1 21.20 8
D Tom Preissing 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 -1 18.40 6
D Rob Blake 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.00 7
D Thomas Hickey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 19.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Justin Pogge 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ryan Miller
2nd star: Ales Kotalik
3rd star: Marc-Édouard Vlasic

Notes for Sabres:
-Marc-Édouard Vlasic finally ended his 32 game goal drought.

Notes for Kings:

Other notes:

Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 3( 19) , Manchester Monarchs 1( 14)
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1-0 ROC Jonathan Hedström (Dylan Hunter, Marek Zagrapan)
1-1 MNC Marc-André Cliche (Pierre Hedin)
2-1 ROC Graham Belak (Denis Ezhov)
3-1 ROC Adam Mair (Mika Hannula)

Goalies: Jocelyn Thibault - Danny Taylor

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Maple Leafs 3 , Flyers 1
Shots: 30 - 19
TOR PP: 0 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:71/85=83 %, Challenges:33/43=75 %
PHI PP: 0 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:65/79=82 %, Challenges:39/54=70 %
Attendance: 17819 of 18819 (Air Canada Centre)
Ticket income: 817892 Match televised: Yes

Boxscore for the game:
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18:29 1-0 TOR Carlo Colaiacovo [1])
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32:42 2-0 TOR Kyle Wellwood [14] (Pavel Kubina, Tomas Kaberle)
34:36 2-1 PHI Stefan Ruzicka [2] (R.J. Umberger, Sami Kapanen)
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47:58 3-1 TOR Tomas Kaberle [7] (Marc Savard, Vesa Toskala)
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Penalty summary:
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00:51 PHI Kimmo Timonen (2 min for elbowing)
10:16 TOR Mike Cammalleri (2 min for slashing)
12:42 PHI Scottie Upshall (2 min for cross-checking)
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26:52 TOR Johnny Pohl (2 min for tripping)
35:57 PHI Joffrey Lupul (2 min for roughing)
35:57 TOR Mats Sundin (2 min for roughing)
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41:53 PHI Jim Vandermeer (5 min for fighting)
41:53 TOR Zdeno Chara (5 min for fighting)
45:51 PHI Mike Knuble (2 min for high-sticking)
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Maple Leafs scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Nik Antropov 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 5
L Matt Stajan 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 18.30 9
R Alexander Steen 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 20.20 9
R Jason Blake 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 16.10 7
R Bates Battaglia 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 8.00 6
R Johnny Pohl 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -1 11.30 5
C Kyle Wellwood 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 18.20 8
C Mats Sundin 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 1 17.50 7
L Maxime Talbot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 5
L Darcy Tucker 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 -1 14.40 6
R Mike Cammalleri 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 14.50 6
L Marc Savard 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.10 8
D Staffan Kronwall 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 13.00 6
D Carlo Colaiacovo 1 0 3 4 0 2 0 3 27.20 10
D Zdeno Chara 0 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 23.20 7
D Ian White 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 15.00 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 17.20 8
D Tomas Kaberle 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 24.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Vesa Toskala 1 1 18 0 0 60.00 9
G Jonathan Bernier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Flyers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick Kane 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Stefan Ruzicka 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 13.10 6
R Scottie Upshall 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 -1 15.30 6
R Joffrey Lupul 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 20.00 7
C Jonathan Toews 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7.40 6
C R.J. Umberger 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 13.10 8
C Jeff Carter 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 15.30 7
C Daniel Brière 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 -1 20.30 7
L Scott Hartnell 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 10.50 5
L Sami Kapanen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14.00 5
L Mike Knuble 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 14.50 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 -1 20.50 6
D Jim Vandermeer 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 16.10 6
D Jason Smith 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 6
D Derian Hatcher 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 -2 28.40 6
D Denis Gauthier 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 16.50 6
D Jaroslav Modry 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
D Kimmo Timonen 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 -1 26.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Antero Niittymäki 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Martin Biron 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

Three stars of the game:
1st star: Carlo Colaiacovo
2nd star: Tomas Kaberle
3rd star: Kyle Wellwood

Notes for Maple Leafs:
-Carlo Colaiacovo finally ended his 32 game goal drought.

Notes for Flyers:
-Stefan Ruzicka finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Stefan Ruzicka finally ended his 11 game point drought.

Other notes:
-Jim Vandermeer beat Zdeno Chara in a fight.

Farm game result:
St. Johns Maple Leafs 3( 21) , Phantoms 2( 9)
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0-1 PHL Riley Cote (Darren Reid, Ryan Potulny)
1-1 SJM Simon Gamache (Brett Engelhardt, Jay Harrison)
1-2 PHL Gino Pisellini (B.J. Abel)
2-2 SJM David Ling (Simon Gamache)
3-2 SJM Derrick Walser (David Ling)

Goalies: Scott Clemmensen - Brian Boucher