Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-68, Oct 22nd

Sunday 22nd October 1967
Multi-point games from Gray (1+1), White (0+2) and L MacDonald (4) with his two goals set the Kings apart from Chicago for victory, and three shorthanded goals for St Louis helped them to an exciting 6-6 tie in Detroit with Howe, Delvecchio and F Smith having multi-point nights for the Wings.

Pittsburgh endured their first defeat of the young season as Goyette (2) scored as part of his four-pointer and Gilbert (2) grabbed a pair for the Rangers; Bassen left the ice with an injury in the second period with the loss. Finally, Oakland edged out a win in Philadelphia with B Harris (2) for the Seals and Hoekstra (2) for the Flyers both scoring twice.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
LAK	@	3	0	2	5
CHI		0	0	2	2

LAK Rutledge (2-2-0 .883) 24/26, Powerplay 0/0
CHI D Dryden (0-2-0 .885) 26/31, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
StL	@	2	3	1	6
DET		1	1	4	6

StL Hall (1-1-2 .883) 36/42, Powerplay 0/0
DET Edwards (1-2-1 .897) 33/39, Powerplay 1/8

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	@	1	1	0	2
NYR		2	2	3	7

PIT Bassen (0-1-2 .877) 24/28; Binkley (2-0-2 .909) 21/24, Powerplay 1/5
NYR Giacomin (2-3-0 .874) 30/32, Powerplay 2/8

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
OAK	@	0	1	2	3
PHI		1	0	1	2

OAK Hodge (2-2-0 .895) 32/34, Powerplay 1/3
PHI Parent (1-3-0 .882) 19/22, Powerplay 0/0

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	5	4	0	1	9
Detroit Red Wings	6	3	2	1	7
Chicago Blackhawks	6	2	3	1	5
Boston Bruins	5	2	3	0	4
New York Rangers	5	2	3	0	4
Montreal Canadiens	6	1	4	1	3
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	7	2	1	4	8
St Louis Blues	6	2	1	3	7
Minnesota North Stars	5	2	1	2	6
Oakland Seals	5	2	2	1	5
Philadelphia Flyers	5	2	3	0	4
Los Angeles Kings	5	2	3	0	4

Final Score - WC2010 Road to the Final

Netherlands
Group E: Netherlands 4-0 Denmark
Group E: Netherlands 0-0 Japan
Group E: Cameroon 1-1 Netherlands
Second Round: Netherlands 0-0 New Zealand (6-5 penalties)
Quarterfinal: Netherlands 3-0 Brazil
Semifinal: Germany 1-3 Netherlands

GROUP E
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
Japan	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
Denmark	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5	3
Cameroon	3	0	2	1	3	4	-1	2

Japan
Group E: Japan 1-1 Cameroon
Group E: Netherlands 0-0 Japan
Group E: Denmark 0-2 Japan
Second Round: Italy 1-3 Japan
Quarterfinal: Japan 1-0 Portugal
Semifinal: South Korea 0-2 Japan

Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-68, Oct 21st

Saturday 21st October 1967
G Smith made his NHL debut in net for the Seals stopping thirty shots in a 3-3 tie in Minnesota. For their part the North Stars had a multi-point game from Connelly in their home opener. Boston will be glad to get home themselves after all three games on their road trip ended in defeat, the latest in Montreal as the Canadians take their first win; Beliveau, Savard and Lamaire (GWG) all scoring their first of the year.


Pittsburgh blew a 2-0 lead in the second period with the Blackhawks' Marotte (1+1) and R Maki (0+2) helping to stage the comeback. Los Angeles' losing streak reaches three games as the Blues take control in the middle period including a second game winner of the season from Sabourin (4), and Toronto marches on with Bower joining teammate Gamble on the shutout list; Pulford (3) scored twice and Stanley (1) opened his account as they both enjoyed three-point nights.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
OAK	@	1	1	1	3
MIN		1	2	0	3

OAK G Smith (0-1-0 .909) 30/33, Powerplay 2/8
MIN Maniago (2-1-1 .898) 25/28, Powerplay 2/6

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	@	0	1	0	1
MON		2	1	2	5

BOS Johnston (0-2-0 .868) 31/36, Powerplay 0/4
MON Vachon (1-2-0 .882) 15/16, Powerplay 3/7

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
CHI	@	0	1	0	2
PIT		0	2	1	2

CHI DeJordy (2-1-1 .919) 28/30, Powerplay 0/0
PIT Binkley (2-0-2 .918) 23/25, Powerplay 0/4

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
LAK	@	0	1	1	2
StL		1	3	1	5

LAK Sawchuk (0-1-0 .865) 27/32, Powerplay 0/1
StL Martin (1-0-1 .917) 20/22, Powerplay 1/5

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	@	0	0	0	0
TOR		2	1	1	4

NYR Giacomin (1-3-0 .858) 22/26, Powerplay 0/4
TOR Bower (2-0-1 .950) 17/17, Powerplay 3/8

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	5	4	0	1	9
Detroit Red Wings	5	3	2	0	6
Chicago Blackhawks	5	2	2	1	5
Boston Bruins	5	2	3	0	4
Montreal Canadiens	6	1	4	1	3
New York Rangers	4	1	3	0	2
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	6	2	0	4	8
Minnesota North Stars	5	2	1	2	6
St Louis Blues	5	2	1	2	6
Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	2	0	4
Oakland Seals	4	1	2	1	3
Los Angeles Kings	4	1	3	0	2

Final Score - WC2010 Third Place Final, Germany vs South Korea

Saturday 10th July 2010 - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth - Att. 36,254
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

LINEUPS:
Germany (451): Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Friedrich, Mertesacher, Schweinsteiger (Kroos 83'), Oezil (Jansen 66'), Khedria, Klose, Podolski, Mueller
South Korea (451): Ryong, Ri, Pyo, Hyung, LJ Soo, Yueng, Woo, Hun (Kyung 63'), Young (Gook 45'), PJ Sung, Yong (Hwan 76')

South Korea were happy to welcome back Cho Yong Hyung into their defence but he was as helpless to stop German domination as the rest of the side. Despite all their possession though Germany had to wait until the 22nd minute before breaking down the Koreans; great hustle and timely challenges kept the Germans away from goal.

It was to be an untimely tackle that led to the opening goal when Hyung brought down Oezil in the area and Miroslav Klose scored his fifth goal of the competition from the spot. The match continued in the same vein with Jung Sung Ryong picking crosses out of the air with Khedira (over) and Klose (easy save) threatening the goal.

It was then a shock when in the 38th minute a loose ball was picked up by Woo and he ran three-quarters the length of the pitch before crossing a peach of a ball to Cha Du Ri, who had made the long run upfield himself, and it was headed into the roof of the net for a 1-1 score at halftime.

South Korea made a change at halftime with Park Chu Young unable to get anything right during the first half; his replacement was Lee Dong Gook for his second appearance of the World Cup. Gook would have no luck himself but that was better than the bad luck Ri suddenly encountered.

Another German attack led by Klose and Podolski ended on the head of Jerome Boateng who sent his header well wide, that is until Ri defelected the path of the ball straight into his own goal. Ryong was helpless to keep that ball out but he made two magnificent back to back saves minutes later; Klose and Oezil the players left looking to the Heavens.

It mattered not as with fifteen minutes to play Thomas Mueller sent his free kick into the corner after Schweinsteiger was fouled on a swift counter attack that all started by a great defensive play by Freirich to break up the Korean move.

Germany 3 - 1 South Korea
Goalscorers:
GER Klose 22'
KOR Ri 38'
GER Ri (Own Goal) 51'
GER Mueller 75'

Discipline:
KOR Hun 10'
KOR Hyung 22'
KOR LJ Soo 43'
KOR Ri 79'

Man of the Match:
GER Phillipp Lahm

Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-68, Oct 19th

Thursday 19th October 1967
Montreal earn their first point of the season coming back from a 2-0 deficit against the Maple Leafs; Cournoyer (2) opens his account with a shorthanded goal late in the first and the game-tying goal with three seconds left in the match.

Detroit quickly return to winning ways with victory over the Bruins, G Jarrett (2) scoring twice in the second period, and Pittsburgh win the first ever Battle of Pennsylvania with Ingarfield scoring the GWG in a game that, unsurprisingly, included a fight; Boivin and Dornhoefer going at it.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	@	0	0	1	1
DET		0	3	1	4

BOS Johnston (0-1-0 .875) 28/32, Powerplay 0/1
DET Crozier (2-0-0 .966) 25/26, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	@	2	0	0	2
MON		1	0	1	2

TOR Bower (1-0-1 .930) 19/21, Powerplay 0/7
MON Worsley (0-2-1 .870) 19/21, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	@	1	1	0	2
PHI		1	0	0	1

PIT Binkley (2-0-1 .917) 20/21, Powerplay 1/9
PHI Parent (1-2-0 .888) 19/21, Powerplay 0/0

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	4	3	0	1	7
Detroit Red Wings	5	3	2	0	6
Boston Bruins	4	2	2	0	4
Chicago Blackhawks	4	2	2	0	4
New York Rangers	3	1	2	0	2
Montreal Canadiens	5	0	4	1	1
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	5	2	0	3	7
Minnesota North Stars	4	2	1	1	5
St Louis Blues	4	1	1	2	4
Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	2	0	4
Los Angeles Kings	3	1	2	0	2
Oakland Seals	3	1	2	0	2

Final Score - WC2010 Semifinal, South Korea vs Japan

Wednesday 7th July 2010 - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban - Att. 60,960
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

LINEUPS:
South Korea (451): Ryong, Ri, Pyo, Jin, LJ Soo, Yueng, Woo, Hun, Young (Yeoul 70'), PJ Sung, Yong (Gook 62')
Japan (433): Kawashima, Komano, Nagatomo (Uchida 86'), Nakazawa, Tanaka, Abe, Endo, Hasebe (Konno 62'), Honda, Okubo, Matsui (Inamoto 77')

With Hyung suspended Korea opted for Kim Dong Jin as his replacement in defence while Japan had a full lineup. The opening ten minutes saw both teams sizing up their opponents and Japan was the first to take a chance when Endo intercepted a ball and ran past the defence into the box before Ryong pushed his shot onto the post and away.

South Korea then hit the target on a free kick. Park Ji Sung received a pass from Hun before Marcus Tulio Tanaka crashed into him; Kawashima at full stretch to keep the game goalless. The next twenty minutes couldn't go by fast enough with no action to speak of, but South Korea had the next goalscoring opportunity through Young who headed the ball wide after Woo put in a fine run and chip for the striker to get onto.

The second half started with Ryong pulling out a great save on a direct free kick and Endo heading well wide on a Nakazawa cross. The hour mark came and went and with it the first goal of this semifinal. A lapse in focus from Park Ji Sung gave Yasuhito Endo the opportunity to intercept his crossfield ball, move forward a little, and send the ball flying into the top corner from thirty yards.

Three minutes later and Honda wasted his chance to double Japan's lead by heading the ball straight at Ryong while a later shot by Konno was sent over the bar. Park Ji Sung was eager to make up for his earlier mistake and some great play ended at the feet of Yeom Ki Hun who ran out of room before he could take his shot.

The finale came with Japan celebrating a second goal to cement their place in the World Cup final, Tanaka following up to curl it into the corner after Konno had his shot saved the goalies legs.

South Korea 0 - 2 Japan
Goalscorers:
JPN Endo 61'
JPN Tanaka 90'

Discipline:
JPN Tanaka 13'
KOR PJ Sung 13'
KOR Jin 48'

Man of the Match:
JPN Yoshito Okubo

Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-68, Oct 18th

Wednesday 18th October 1967
All twelve teams were in action today, at the end of which Toronto are on top of the standings with a third win to start the season. F Smith (5) keeps it going for the Red Wings but Leafs' leading points scorer  Walton grabs a goal and an assist. Both New York and Oakland win their first points of the season with wins over Montreal, who have lost all four so far, and the Kings, who saw Sawchuk leave the game tied at 2-2 in the third period.

Pittsburgh have to settle for a single point for a third straight game, Minnesota ending their opening road trip with a 2-1-1 record; the Flyers finally get it done on the powerplay (1-for-20 this year) with Dornhoefer scoring a Gordie Howe hat trick against the Blues; and Boston's first defeat comes in Chicago thanks to three unanswered second period goals including two from Mikita (4) with the game winner.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	@	1	1	0	2
CHI		2	3	0	5

BOS Cheevers (2-1-0 .891) 30/35, Powerplay 0/0
CHI DeJordy (2-1-0 .914) 32/34, Powerplay 1/1

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MON	@	0	1	2	3
NYR		0	1	4	5

MON Vachon (0-2-0 .870) 32/37, Powerplay 0/0
NYR Giacomin (1-2-0 .861) 28/31, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
LAK	@	0	2	0	2
OAK		2	0	2	4

LAK Sawchuk (0-0-0 .900) 18/20; Rutledge (1-2-0 .870) 6/7, Powerplay 0/6
OAK Hodge (1-2-0 .875) 22/24, Powerplay 2/8

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MIN	@	1	1	0	2
PIT		2	0	0	2

MIN Maniago (1-1-1 .900) 19/21, Powerplay 0/1
PIT Bassen (0-0-2 .889) 19/21, Powerplay 0/4

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
PHI	@	1	1	1	3
StL		1	0	0	1

PHI Favell (1-0-0 .947) 18/19, Powerplay 1/8
StL Hall (1-1-1 .906) 18/20, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	@	1	0	0	1
TOR		1	1	2	4

DET Edwards (1-2-0 .912) 36/40, Powerplay 0/0
TOR Gamble (2-0-0 .977) 22/23, Powerplay 0/0

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Toronto Maple Leafs	3	3	0	0	6
Boston Bruins	3	2	1	0	4
Detroit Red Wings	4	2	2	0	4
Chicago Blackhawks	4	2	2	0	4
New York Rangers	3	1	2	0	2
Montreal Canadiens	4	0	4	0	0
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	4	1	0	3	5
Minnesota North Stars	4	2	1	1	5
St Louis Blues	4	1	1	2	4
Philadelphia Flyers	3	2	1	0	4
Los Angeles Kings	3	1	2	0	2
Oakland Seals	3	1	2	0	2

Final Score - WC2010 Semifinal, Germany vs Netherlands

Tuesday 6th July 2010 - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town - Att. 62,479
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

LINEUPS:
Germany (451): Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Friedrich (Tasci 72'), Mertesacher (Marin 52'), Schweinsteiger, Oezil, Khedira, Klose (Cacau 86'), Podolski, Mueller
Netherlands (451): Stekelenberg, van der Wiel (Ooijer 60'), van Bronckhorst, Heitinga, Mathijsen, de Jong, Sneijder (de Zeeuw 29'), van Bommel, van Persie (Boulahrouz 81'), Huntelaar, Robben

The Netherlands had more reshuffling in their lineup due to suspensions. Nigel de Jong returns after missing the quarterfinals while van der Vaart is unavailable for selection due to his two yellow cards against Brazil. And for once Holland did not have any real problems with discipline but they will still have to alter their lineup with Wesley Sneijder limping off in 29th minute, forcing him out of the final should they beat Germany.

The game was goalless when Demy de Zeeuw came on to replace Sneijder with Holland looking the more dangerous side without threatening Neuer's goal. The German keeper had to be on his toes though when Robin van Persie lost control of the ball on a magnificent run, Neuer scrambling to deflect the ball behind. After the substitution the corner was whipped in where Robben helped it on for de Zeeuw, seconds into his appearance, roofed it for a 1-0 lead.

The Germans looked a little nervous and their one real chance in the first half came very early on when Khedira crossed for Mueller only to see the forward loop his header over the bar. The second half saw Germany start the better side again but also sustained the pressure for longer. Oezil almost chipped a pass through to the strikers after halftime and Giovanni van Bronckhorst had to get his sliding tackle just right with Klose ready to shoot in the penalty area.

After Sami Khedira fluffed a very good chance just before the hour mark it did not look like it would be the Germans day. The Netherlands woke themselves up after this latest scare with de Zeeuw heading another chance straight at Neuer while both sides looked to find another super-sub to come on and perform some magic.

When the magic did come it was not from a fresh face off the bench but the World Cup's top scorer Robin van Persie. A loose ball in the 74th minute was picked up by van Bommel before Klaas Jan Huntelaar neatly found RVP in the goalmouth to head into the top corner. van Persie's sixth goal of the tournament came six minutes later to cement Holland's place in the World Cup final. Huntelaar again was the provider as he pulled the ball back from the goalline for his strike partner to hammer home for 3-0.

Germany did manage to get on the board through Cacau who matched de Zeeuw's feat of running straight from the bench to score on a corner kick, but they would have to settle for the third-place contest.

Germany 1 - 3 Netherlands
Goalscorers:
NED de Zeeuw 28'
NED van Persie 74'
NED van Persie 80'
GER Cacau 86'

Discipline:
NED van der Wiel 17'
GER Podolski 22'
NED van Persie 31'
GER Friedrich 69'

Man of the Match:
NED Robin van Persie

Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-67, Oct 15th

Sunday 15th October 1967
H Richard scored twice for Montreal but late penalty trouble led to Esposito grabbing his second GWG of the campaign to give Boston the points. Gamble of the Maple Leafs earned the first shoutout of the new season stoping all twenty-one Chicago shots, and New York lose in Detroit with Ullman (1g 1a) enjoying a multipoint game. Finally, Boudrias (2g) and Goldsworthy (1g 2a) teamed up for the North Stars to put the Kings away despite dropping from a 4-0 lead to 4-3 in the third period.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MON	@	1	0	1	2
BOS		1	1	2	4

MON Vachon (0-1-0 .875) 28/32, Powerplay 0/0
BOS Cheevers (2-0-0 .909) 24/26, Powerplay 1/6

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	@	0	2	1	3
CHI		0	0	0	0

TOR Gamble (1-0-0 1.000) 21/21, Powerplay 1/7
CHI DeJordy (1-1-0 .901) 30/33, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYR	@	0	1	0	1
DET		1	3	2	6

NYR Giacomin (0-2-0 .843) 31/37, Simmons (0-0-0 1.000) 3/3, Powerplay 0/0
DET Edwards (1-1-0 .918) 28/29, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MIN	@	2	2	2	6
LAK		0	1	2	3

MIN Maniago (1-1-0 .899) 29/32, Powerplay 0/1
LAK Rutledge (1-1-0 .871) 36/42, Powerplay 0/1

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Boston Bruins	2	2	0	0	4
Detroit Red Wings	3	2	1	0	4
Toronto Maple Leafs	2	2	0	0	4
Chicago Blackhawks	3	1	2	0	2
Montreal Canadiens	3	0	3	0	0
New York Rangers	2	0	2	0	0
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	0	2	4
St Louis Blues	3	1	0	2	4
Minnesota North Stars	3	2	1	0	4
Philadelphia Flyers	2	1	1	0	2
Los Angeles Kings	2	1	1	0	2
Oakland Seals	2	0	2	0	0

Final Score - WC2010 Quarterfinal, Japan vs Portugal

Saturday 3rd July 2010 - Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg - Att. 55,359
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

LINEUPS:
Japan (433): Kawashima, Komano,Nagatomo, Nakazawa, Tanaka (Konno 79'), Abe, Endo (Nakamura 45'), Hasebe, Honda, Okubo (Tamada 60'), Matsui
Portugal (433): Eduardo, Costa, Coentrao, Carvalho, Alves, Mendes, Tiago, Meireles, Ronaldo, Simao (Almeida 86'), Danny (Veloso 64')

The last quarterfinal was another defensively-minded contest that only needed the one goal to determine a winner. Japan fought hard to try and break down the Portuguese defence but were foiled at every turn throughout the first half. Portugal also had difficulty in getting a look at goal with Yuichi Komano especially lively at the back for Japan.

At the end of a half where Ronaldo was the only player to hit the target when his shot deflected into the arms of Kawashima the fans were probably happy there was some entertainment during the interval. The match continued where it left off and the first real chance did not come until the hour mark when a cross by Costa was headed down by Simao and shot off the top of the crossbar by Fabio Coentrao.

Portugal always looked the most likely to score and they had another chance, this coming in the 78th minute, when Tiago's intelligent ball to Veloso allowed the substitute midfielder to find Raul Meireles in the box but his shot only found the side netting.

Then with extra time six minutes away Japan broke Portuguese hearts with a stunning counter attack. It all began with Nakazawa cutting out a hard pass and then moving it forward for Abe. The midfielder  then skipped one challenge before feeding it through the defence for Daisuke Matsui to hammer it home and make it an all-Asian semifinal against South Korea.

Japan 1 - 0 Portugal
Goalscorers:
JPN Matsui 84' (2)

Discipline:
POR Meireles 56'

Man of the Match:
JPN Yuichi Komano

Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-68, Oct 14th

Saturday 14th October 1967
St Louis and Pittsburgh picked up from where they left off yesterday with another tie but this time the Pens had a 3-0 lead 10:39 into the second period; Sabourin (3) scoring twice for the Blues to help bring them level. Philadelphia almost mounted an impressive comeback of their own as they went into the final period down 0-4 to the Kings and pulled it back to 3-4 with 21 seconds remaining. Special teams won the day though for Los Angeles in their NHL debut with shorthanded (Labossiere) and powerplay (White) goals.

Montreal were beaten 6-1 on home ice by the Red Wings with F Smith (3) scoring a pair, Redmond with the lone goal for the Canadians, and Toronto beats Chicago with Oliver grabbing a goal and an assist. Finally Oakland join the Habs on two defeats to start the season with a 4-3 loss to the North Stars with Masterson putting in a three point night with two PPG for the victors. The Seals made it hard on themselves by giving Minnesota nine powerplays.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
PHI	@	0	0	3	3
LAK		1	3	0	4

PHI Parent (1-1-0 .881) 32/36, Powerplay 0/4
LAK Rutledge (1-0-0 .893) 25/28, Powerplay 1/4

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	@	3	1	2	6
MON		1	0	0	1

DET Crozier (1-0-0 .970) 32/33, Powerplay 1/6
MON Worsley (0-2-0 .859) 29/35, Powerplay 0/5

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MIN	@	1	2	1	4
OAK		1	2	0	3

MIN Bauman (1-0-0 .906) 29/32, Powerplay 3/9
OAK Hodge (0-2-0 .857) 20/24, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
StL	@	0	1	2	3
PIT		1	2	0	3

StL Martin (0-0-1 .921) 35/38, Powerplay 0/0
PIT Bassen (0-0-1 .875) 21/24, Powerplay 1/4

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
CHI	@	0	0	1	1
TOR		1	0	2	3

CHI D Dryden (0-1-0 .933) 28/30, Powerplay 0/1
TOR Bower (1-0-0 .955) 25/26, Powerplay 0/0

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Boston Bruins	1	1	0	0	2
Chicago Blackhawks	2	1	1	0	2
Detroit Red Wings	2	1	1	0	2
Toronto Maple Leafs	1	1	0	0	2
Montreal Canadiens	2	0	2	0	0
New York Rangers	1	0	1	0	0
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	0	2	4
St Louis Blues	3	1	0	2	4
Philadelphia Flyers	2	1	1	0	2
Los Angeles Kings	1	1	0	0	2
Minnesota North Stars	2	1	1	0	2
Oakland Seals	2	0	2	0	0

Final Score - WC2010 Quarterfinal, South Korea vs Ghana

Saturday 3rd July 2010 - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town - Att. 64,100
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

LINEUPS:
South Korea (451): Ryong, Ri (KH Il 69'), Pyo, Hyung, LJ Soo, Yueng, Woo (Kyung 69'), Hun (KM Soo 80'), Young, PJ Sung, Yong
Ghana (451): Kingson, Pantsil, Sarpei, John Mensah, Johnathon Mensah (Boateng 61'), Annan, Asamoah (I Ayew 88'), Tagoe, Gyan, Prince-Boateng, A Ayew (Owusu-Abeiya 83')

While not a match for the ages, both teams went all out in the opening ten minutes, rushing forward at every opportunity with South Korea not quite able to penetrate and Ghana forcing Ryong to save down low on shots from Johnathon Mensah and Ayew. The next thirty-five minutes was an exercise in futility as both sides locked down their defences tight and played out a largely dull first half.

The second half also started with a lot of excitement. Prince-Boateng couldn't believe his header was saved on the goalline, and he was frustrated seconds later on the resulting corner when his volley fizzed just wide. ten minutes after the restart and there was a goal to celebrate. A fluffed claerance by Richard Kingson fell straight to Hun whose quick thinking split the defence and Park Chu Young drove a hard shot past the shamed Ghanian keeper.

Young had a chance to make it 2-0 in the 74th minute but, like the last three Korean matches, could not add any more goals with this chance going high after another great pass this time from Sung. Ghana looked bereft of ideas but they would end the match with a man advantage. Defender Cho Yong Hyung was booked for the second time in the 88th minute and will miss the semifinal clash against either Jpana or Portugal.

South Korea 1 - 0 Ghana
Goalscorers:
KOR Young 55' (2)

Discipline:
KOR Yong 4'
GHA Prince-Boateng 30'
KOR Hyung 60'
GHA Ayew 63'
KOR Hyung (off) 88'
KOR Young 89'

Man of the Match:
KOR Park Chu Young

Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-68, Oct 13th

Friday 13th October 1967
This Friday the 13th brought bad luck to the Penguins powerplay as they failed to score on the man advantage on eight occasions. Fonteyne (2) scored his second goal in as many games for Pittsburgh to earn his team a point three minutes from time, this after St Louis twice had the lead through Mckenney and Stewart either side of a scoreless second period. Schinkel scored Pittsburgh's other goal.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	@	1	0	1	2
StL		1	0	1	2

PIT Binkley (1-0-1 .902) 25/27, Powerplay 0/8
StL Hall (1-0-1 .909) 19/21, Powerplay 1/3

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Boston Bruins	1	1	0	0	2
Chicago Blackhawks	1	1	0	0	2
Detroit Red Wings	1	0	1	0	0
Montreal Canadiens	1	0	1	0	0
New York Rangers	1	0	1	0	0
Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	1	0	1	3
St Louis Blues	2	1	0	1	3
Philadelphia Flyers	1	1	0	0	2
Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota North Stars	1	0	1	0	0
Oakland Seals	1	0	1	0	0

Final Score - WC2010 Quarterfinal, Argentina vs Germany

Friday 2nd July 2010 - Soccer City, Johannesburg - Att. 84,017
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

LINEUPS:
Argentina (442): Romero, Otamendi, Heinze, Demichelis (Gutierrez 60'), Burdisso, Mascherano, Rodriguez, di Maria, Higuain, Tevez (Aguero 101'), Messi (Milito 74')
Germany (451): Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Schweinsteiger (Trochowski 118'), Oezil, Khedria (Jansen 67'), Klose, Podolski, Mueller (Gomez 86')

Sergio Romero was the hero in the first half for Argentina, limiting the Germans to a one-goal lead at halftime, and his great performance would extend throughout the match. The Argentine team had little to build on after forty-five minutes with their opponents enjoying a large slice of the possession generating chances for Klose and Mueller who were both denied by Romero and Podolski sliced his late shot wide.

The breakthrough came early though when in the 14th minute Friedrich intercepted a pass and started the Germans on a break. Khedira ran with purpose down the touchline and his far post cross was met by Miroslav Klose to head home a rocket for his fourth goal of the tournament.

After the interval Argentina quickly sorted themselves out and soon made a real game of it when just after the hour mark Otamendi roofed home a defence splitting pass from Mascherano. Minutes before Gonzalo Higuin was denied by Neuer at his post but things developed into a stalemate after the equalising goal.

The next big chance fell to Germany, sub Michael Jansen's improvised bicycle kick clipping the top of the bar after Mueller had put a cross behind his teammate. Mueller then had the chance to be a hero in stoppage time when Friedrich's corner kick was met by the forward at the near post only for his header to go over the crossbar.

So Argentina take another game to extra time where they had to rely on Romero to stop Jansen, Schweinsteiger and Podolski as the German team continued to pass the ball smartly. Argentina's game-winning chance came in the second half of extra time when Burdisso ran past two opposing players and fed Aguero to put him clear on goal, but the substitutes shot was very poor and proved easy pickings for Neuer.

The penalty shootout was a demonstration on how to take spot kicks with twelve of the thirteen penalties finding the back of the net. The tension increased exponentially after each goal and it may have proved to much for Nicolas Burdisso who slammed his high shot against the crossbar, moving the pressure over to Phillipp Lahm who dispatched his kick past Romero to put Germany through to the semifinals where they will face the Netherlands.

Argentina 1 (aet) 1 Germany, Germany win 7-6 on penalties
Goalscorers:
GER Klose 14'
ARG Otamendi 61'

Penalty Shootout:
ARG Heinze, Higuain, Aguero, Rodriguez, Otamendi, Milito, Burdisso
GER Klose, Podolski, Jansen, Boateng, Oezil, Gomez, Lahm

Discipline:
GER Schweinstiger 109'

Man of the Match:
ARG Sergio Romero

Player of the Game Hockey - NHL 1967-68, Oct 11th

Wednesday 11th October 1967
Four of the five home teams won out on opening day with Philadelphia becoming the lone road side to taste victory by beating fellow new boys Oakland 4-3, despite going 0-for-8 on the powerplay; Kennedy scoring the game-winner eight minutes from time. Another battle of new teams took place in St Louis where they ran out 5-2 winners over the North Stars with Balon (MIN) and N Picard (StL) dropping the gloves early on.

The trio of Ferguson-Beliveau-Rosseau combined for seven points in Montreal's defeat in Pittsburgh, W Hicks scoring twice for the Pens including the GWG, and in a pair of Original Six battles Boston and Chicago won 5-4 over the Red Wings and Rangers respectively. Bucyk and Stanfield amassing three points each for the Bruins; Nesterenko scored twice to make him one of four Blackhawks to earn two points on the night.

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	@	1	1	2	4
BOS		2	1	2	5

DET Edwards (0-1-0 .886) 39/44, Powerplay 0/4
BOS Cheevers (1-0-0 .900) 36/40, Powerplay 0/4

1st 2nd 3rd F NYR @ 1 2 1 4 CHI 3 0 2 5

NYR Giacomin (0-1-0 .848) 28/33, Powerplay 0/0
CHI DeJordy (1-0-0 .895) 34/38, Powerplay 0/0

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
PHI	@	2	1	1	4
OAK		1	2	0	3

PHI Parent (1-0-0 .870) 20/23, Powerplay 0/8
OAK Hodge (0-1-0 .875) 28/32, Powerplay 2/4

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MON	@	1	2	0	3
PIT		1	2	1	4

MON Worsley (0-1-0 .889) 32/36, Powerplay 0/0
PIT Binkley (1-0-0 .875) 21/24, Powerplay 1/3

		1st	2nd	3rd	F
MIN	@	1	1	0	2
StL		1	1	3	5

MIN Maniago (0-1-0 .892) 33/37, Powerplay 0/4
StL Hall (1-0-0 .913) 21/23, Powerplay 1/4

East Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Boston Bruins	1	1	0	0	2
Chicago Blackhawks	1	1	0	0	2
Detroit Red Wings	1	0	1	0	0
Montreal Canadiens	1	0	1	0	0
New York Rangers	1	0	1	0	0
Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
West Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	1	1	0	0	2
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	1	0	0	2
St Louis Blues	1	1	0	0	2
Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota North Stars	1	0	1	0	0
Oakland Seals	1	0	1	0	0