In brief: U.S. falls to Germany at junior worlds
The United States lost to Germany 2-1 at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Leksand, Sweden, on Tuesday, beaten by Marcel Muller’s goal 1:51 into overtime.
This was Germany’s first victory over the Americans in the world juniors, although West Germany won three times, the last in 1981.
In the U.S.-Germany game, the winning goal came after defenseman Christopher Fischer made a rush deep into the American zone. He sent a short drop pass for Muller, who scored through goalie Jeff Zatkoff’s pads.
“Alex Corrance, a 17-year-old hockey player, collapsed and died during a tournament in nearby Scarborough, Ontario, the Toronto Star reported.
The 6-foot-2, 191-pound defenseman, was playing for the Mississauga Rebels when he fell to the ice early in a game against the rival Mississauga Ice Dogs.
His father, Alan Corrance, is the Rebels’ team manager and was on the bench when the younger Corrance collapsed.
Boxing
Page out of hospital
Former heavyweight champion Greg Page was released from a rehabilitation center, a month after he was hospitalized with pneumonia and other health problems.
Page, 48, was released from Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville. He was sent there after being hospitalized on Nov. 24.
The former WBA heavyweight champion suffered brain damage after a 2001 fight in northern Kentucky. After the fight, he slipped into a coma, then had a stroke during post-fight surgery. He is paralyzed on his left side and uses a wheelchair.
Basketball
Everhart hospitalized
Duquesne University basketball coach Ron Everhart was hospitalized with abdominal pain and will miss Thursday’s game at Boston College.
The 44-year-old Everhart became ill on Christmas and went to the hospital that day. He is currently taking antibiotics for a gastrointestinal problem, and is expected to remain hospitalized for 4-5 days.
Assistant coaches Kim Lewis, Daryn Freedman and Richard Pitino will coach the Boston College game.
Miscellany
Gold medalist detained
A federal judge ordered Canadian Olympic gold medalist Myriam Bedard to temporarily remain in the custody of U.S. marshals on a charge that she violated a child custody order by bringing her 12-year-old daughter to the United States.
U.S. Magistrate Judge James K. Bredar scheduled a hearing for Friday in Baltimore to address whether the U.S. government has the authority to detain the former biathlon champion pending extradition to Canada.
“Three injured sailors were airlifted by helicopter from maxi yacht Maximus and another crew abandoned their sinking vessel in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in Australia.
Six crew members were injured on Maximus when it was dismasted in heavy seas and 30 knot winds overnight and three of them were evacuated to a hospital in Canberra.