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Results Wednesday:IIHF Men’s World ChampionshipQuarter-finals At Halifax Canada 8 Norway 2Finland 3 U.S. 2 (OT)At Quebec Russia 6 Switzerlan.

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars have staved off elimination.Mike Modano’s tiebreaking goal in the third period was the game-winner as the Stars edged the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 Wednesday to avoid a sweep and force a Game 5 in their Western Conference final.

DALLAS – Detroit’s goal with a guy barely in the crease, if at all, didn’t count. Dallas’ goal with a guy clearly in the crease did count.Apparently, that’s what it takes to slow the mighty Red Wings.

HALIFAX – The United States is finished at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.Sami Lepisto’s goal at 3:59 of overtime gave Finland a 3-2 win over the Americans in quarter-final action Wednesday night.

QUEBEC – Switzerland put two pucks into its own net in the opening seven minutes to help Russia to a 6-0 victory Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

BOSTON – Chuck Kobasew has a new three-year contract, a nearly healed leg and an optimistic outlook for the Boston Bruins next season.Kobasew, the team’s second-leading goal scorer in 2007-08, missed the playoffs with a broken left leg but thinks he could start working out again in about a week.

HALIFAX – Team Canada is on the move at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.Derek Roy scored three goals and added an assist Wednesday as the Canadians beat Norway 8-2 to book a spot in a semifinal game to be played in Quebec City.

PHILADELPHIA – One win away from their first Stanley Cup final berth in 16 years, the Pittsburgh Penguins are far removed from Michel Therrien’s famous tirade just two and a half seasons ago.

A simulation by EA Sports predicts the Chicago Wolves will beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in seven games to win the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup.

QUEBEC – The no-name Swedes are starting to look familiar at the IIHF World Hockey Championships.Mattias Weinhandl scored 3:15 into overtime Wednesday to give Sweden a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic and a berth in the semifinals, where it will face Canada on Friday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Barely one month into his official ownership of the Minnesota Wild, Craig Leipold has made a deal, selling his lacrosse team.

QUEBEC – Mattias Weinhandl scored 3:15 into overtime Wednesday to give Sweden a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic and a berth in the semifinals at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

VANCOUVER – Scott Mellanby, who played more than 1,400 games with five NHL teams, has been hired by the Vancouver Canucks to serve as a consultant to general manager Mike Gillis and the hockey operations department.

VANCOUVER – Driving his kids to school and spending time with the family was great, but NHL veteran Scott Mellanby was anxious to get back into the game where he’d spent 20 years of his life.

Results Tuesday:IIHF Men’s World ChampionshipAt Quebec and HalifaxNo Games Scheduled.AHLCalder Cup Playoffs Division Finals (Best-of-7)Weste.

Movements in the world of hockey Tuesday:National Hockey LeagueBOSTON BRUINS-Signed F Chuck Kobasew to a multiyear contract extension.COLORADO AVALANCHE-Signed F T.

Scoring summary from Tuesday’s NHL game:Penguins 4 at Flyers 1First Period1. Pittsburgh, Whitney 1 (Crosby, Gonchar) 5:03 (pp)2. Pittsburgh, Hossa 7 (Crosby) 7:413.

PHILADELPHIA – The Pittsburgh Penguins unveiled yet another page from their playbook Tuesday night, suffocating the Philadelphia Flyers with a defensive gem that put them just one win away from the Stanley Cup final.

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues on Tuesday signed a pair of first-round picks from recent drafts, forwards T.J. Oshie and Lars Eller.Oshie, 21, was the 24th overall selection of the 2005 draft.

PHILADELPHIA – Pittsburgh Penguins forward Gary Roberts sat out Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night because he was sick.