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Results Wednesday:AHL PlayoffsDivision Semifinals(Best-of-7)North DivisionHamilton 4 Grand Rapids 3 (OT)(Series tied 2-2)Atlantic DivisionWorcester 6 Hartford 0(Series tied 2-2)East DivisionHershey 3 Philadelphia 2(Hershey leads series 3-0)Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2 Bridgeport 1(Wilkes-Barre/Scranton leads series 3-1)West DivisionHouston 3 Peoria 2 (OT)(Houston leads series 3-2)ECHL PlayoffsDivision Semifinals(Best-of-7)Pacific DivisionLas Vegas 5 Bakersfield 1(Las Vegas wins series 4-3)Stockton 5 Ontario 4(Stockton wins series 4-3)IHL PlayoffsSemifinals(Best-of-7)Kalamazoo 2 Fort Wayne 0(Series tied 2-2)Muskegon 3 Port Huron (Muskegon leads series 3-1)Central PlayoffsNo Games Scheduled

CALGARY – Call it a lesson on the importance of keeping your composure in the playoffs.Jonathan Toews is one of 11 Blackhawk skaters who only a week ago hadn’t played an NHL playoff games

Scoring summaries from Wednesday’s NHL games:Bruins 4 at Canadiens 1First Period1. Montreal, A.Kostitsyn 1 (Koivu, Kovalev) 0:392. Boston, Ryder 3, 17:273

CALGARY – Flames head coach Mike Keenan had said Olli Jokinen must develop an understanding of what playoff hockey means.The light bulb went on over the head of the big Finn on Wednesday as Jokinen’s two goals and an assist helped Calgary to a 6-4 win over Chicago, sending their Western Conference best-of-seven quarter-final series back to Chicago even at two wins apiece

MONTREAL – Carey Price took the brunt of Montreal fans’ frustration after the Canadiens were swept from the playoffs, but his coach and teammates were quick to jump to the defence of the young netminder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Ryan White scored 2:42 into overtime as the Hamilton Bulldogs beat the Grand Rapids Griffins 4-3 in Monday and tied their American Hockey League North Division semifinal series 2-2

Movements in the world of hockey Wednesday:National Hockey LeagueST. LOUIS BLUES-Assigned F Yan Stastny and D Tyson Strachan to Peoria (AHL)

NEW YORK – Henrik Lundqvist made 38 saves, half of them in the second period, and the seventh-seeded New York Rangers put the Washington Capitals on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory Wednesday night

MONTREAL – The Montreal Canadiens 100th anniversary season ended with a whimper as the Boston Bruins won 4-1 to complete a sweep of their first round Eastern Conference playoff series Wednesday night

MONTREAL – Key dates in the Montreal Canadiens 100th anniversary season:Oct. 10 – Centennial season begins amid expections of a run for a 25th Stanley Cup

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Scott Niedermayer and Chris Pronger provided the template two years ago. Dan Boyle and Rob Blake are just trying to fit it before time runs out for their San Jose Sharks

MONTREAL – The Bell Centre crowd remained almost silent for the U.S. national anthem prior to Game 4 of the Montreal Canadiens playoff series after booing the anthem in the previous game

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Alex Burrows says he has a way to go before reaching legendary status in the Stanley Cup playoffs.But the feisty forward is getting there after scoring the series-ending goal against the St

NEWARK, N.J. – The hockey world and even his family got to see a rare side of New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur in Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes – the livid Marty

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Alex Burrows is running up quite a tab at the Village Taphouse.The pub in a well-heeled Vancouver suburb decided it would be a good promotion if it offered patrons a free beer every time the Vancouver Canucks forward scored

PITTSBURGH – No matter how many shots they take, how many hits they throw, how many chances they get against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Philadelphia Flyers must find themselves wondering if they’re replaying last season’s playoff series all over again

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Down 3-0 and nearing extinction in their first-round series with the powerful Detroit Red Wings, the Columbus Blue Jackets are trying to keep their heads up

CALGARY – The unwavering brown-eyed stare is still there, but Jonathan Toews now actually blinks occasionally.When the Chicago Blackhawks captain was 17 years old and playing for Canada at the 2006 world junior championship in Vancouver, a conversation felt like a stare down

ST. LOUIS – Minus stars Paul Kariya, Erik Johnson and Eric Brewer, the St. Louis Blues were the NHL’s best team the second half of the season

MONTREAL – The silver lining to the Montreal Canadiens’ playoff disappointment so far in the NHL post-season has been the valuable experience being gained by their young players