The Chicago Steel will play the Sioux City Musketeers at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday in a deciding Game 5 of the Clark Cup Final at Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. The Geneva, Illinois-based USHL team is vying for their first championship while Sioux City are going for their fourth and first since 2002.
In Hawks prospect news, Alex DeBrincat had a goal and three assists for Erie in a 12-5 victory over Saint John at the Memorial Cup. The Otters are 2-0 in the tournament while the QMJHL champions are 0-2.
Matthew Highmore and Nathan Noel with the Sea Dogs wrap up round robin play against Western Hockey League champion Seattle (0-2) on Tuesday. The victor will grab a spot in the semifinals while the loser drops out of the tournament. Erie faces off against Graham Knott and Windsor in a game of unbeatens Wednesday in the final game in round robin play.
HAWKS
**Kruger basking in glow of Sweden’s World Championship (Chicago Sun Times)
**Samuelsson top candidate to be Hawks’ assistant coach, per report (SCH)
**White played tight defense on the ice, kept team loose off it (Blackhawks.com)
**2017 Memorial Cup: Schedule, times, results (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**RECAP: Preds reach 1st Stanley Cup Final, oust Ducks in 6 (On The Forecheck)
**Internet jokes about Arvidsson’s bloody R on his face (SBN)
**Gordo: Blues must respond to Nashville’s success (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
**Blues owner Stillman stands by GM Armstrong (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
**Should the Wild bottom out? History shows it can work (Star Tribune)
**Olofsson improved throughout the Wild’s season (Hockey Wilderness)
**2017 NHL Entry Draft Prospect Profile: Jusso Valimaki (Defending Big D)
**2017 NHL Entry Draft Prospect Profile: Owen Tippett (Defending Big D)
**What should Jets make of prospect Logan Stanley? (Arctic Ice Hockey)
NHL
**Oshie leads free agents about to cash in after strong playoffs (SBN)
**Conn Smythe Watch: Should Crosby be MVP? (Puck Daddy)
**Karlsson, Brassard, Ceci all good to go in Game 6 for Senators (PHT)
**No hearing scheduled for Senators’ Wingels after Wilson headshot (PHT)
**Brennan: Penguins are back to being the Penguins, and Sens are in trouble (Ottawa Citizen)
**Report: Sharks sign Czech d-man Simek (Fear The Fin)
**Report: Defenseman Viktor Antipin expected to join Sabres next week (PHT)
HOCKEY WORLD
**Otters’ offensive label at Memorial Cup an understatement (Sportsnet)
**Coyotes’ Strome sets record, Otters demolish Sea Dogs (Sportsnet)
**Steel go to deciding game in Clark Cup Final (Kane County Chronicle)
**USHL: Musketeers, Steel play for Clark Cup (Sioux City Journal)
**Nolan Patrick unfazed by injuries possibly affecting draft stock (The Courier Post)
**Michigan’s Luke Martin 2017 NHL Draft Profile (SBNCH)
**Michigan State’s Patrick Khodorenko 2017 NHL Draft Profile (SBNCH)
**NAHL Aston’s Mareks Mitens 2017 NHL Draft Profile (SBNCH)