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Lesson learned for Team Canada. Needing a win over the winless Czech Republic on Wednesday to clinch the Pool B round-robin title, it took a two-run Dalton Pompey double in the bottom of the ninth to eke out an 8-7 win and avoid a third-place finish.

Barry Caland was bullied a lot on the playground as a youngster. But it didn’t make him run and hide. In fact, it just made him that much more competitive.

The Border Cats only managed five hits on Thursday night, but it was enough to double the Brainerd Lakes Lunkers 4-2.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats split a double-header in St. Cloud on Wednesday night, scoring a 4-3 win in the opener over the St. Cloud River Bats, but falling 3-2 on a sixth-inning error by SS Ryan Court in the nightcap. P.K.

The third time’s the charm. In the sixth inning, Canada’s Dalton Pompey came to the plate with the bases loaded. He struck out looking. In the seventh inning he came to the plate with the bases loaded and he lined sharply to first.

The Netherlands have pulled off the near impossible.

Wilson Neto has been here before.

Paul Quantrill and Brian McRae could be enjoying their retirement years at home, the game of baseball fading from their memories into the mists of time.

Canada’s offense was on a roll Tuesday night.

Marc Staal isn’t saying much about his contract dispute with the New York Rangers. The 23-year-old defenceman is a restricted free agent and looking for a raise, something the salary-cap strapped Rangers might not be able to afford.