russia takes gold in canada, penguins "fly" into finals and celtics get by cavaliers

russia beat canada at the world hockey championshis 5-4 in overtime. canada had a 4-2 lead, lost it and lost in overtime after a rick nash delay of game penalty resulting in russia scoring.

meanwhile in pittsburgh, the penguins beat the philadelphia flyers 6-0 and will go to the stanley cup finals - their first visit since 1992. they will either play detroit or dallas. detroit is up tree games to two.

in boston, the celtics got by the cleveland cavaliers 97-90 to go to the eastern conference finals against the detroit pistons. only the hornets and spurs are left to finish their series.

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