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BERLIN - Canada will be the third seed in womens team pursuit at the upcoming Winter Olympics after a fifth-place finish on Sunday at a long-track speedskating World Cup event. Winnipegs Brittany Schussler, Ottawas Ivanie Blondin and Reginas Kali Christ posted a six-lap time of three minutes 2.81 seconds, missing out on a bronze medal by 0.77 seconds. The Netherlands won the event in 2:58.19, ahead of Poland and South Korea. Canadas roster for the team pursuit at the Sochi Olympics in February will be decided after the speed-skating trials in Calgary in late December and early January. Christine Nesbitt, from London, Ont., is usually the fourth skater for the Canadian womens team pursuit. However, the 2010 Olympic 1,000-metre champion was not in Berlin this week. The Canadian women were fifth at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won silver in 2006 in Turin, Italy. Canadas men secured a spot in the pursuit event on Saturday. Individually, Heather Richardson led a 1-2 for the United States for her third win from four races in the womens 1,000. Richardson finished in 1:14.51 to beat compatriot Brittany Bowe by 0.91 seconds, with Russias Olga Fatkulina 0.98 off the pace in third. Calgarys Kaylin Irvine recorded her first World Cup top 10 with a 1:16.07. That improves on her previous top World Cup finish, 12th in Astana, Kazakhstan seven days earlier on Dec. 1. "I felt like things Ive been working on in practice finally came to together for a whole race today." Irvine said. "Im very happy with it." Reginas Marsha Hudey was 16th in womens B 1,000 metres. It was Hudeys first World Cup race at that distance after six starts in the 500 metres in her first international season. In mens competition, Olympic champion Mo Tae-bum of South Korea edged Japans Joji Kato by two thousandths of a second to win the 500-metre event for the first time this season. Mo, who won the 1,000 on Saturday, clocked 34.876 seconds to deny Kato what would have been his second win of the season. Dutchman Michel Mulder was third, in 34.95, in the final World Cup before the Olympic Games in Sochi. William Dutton of Humboldt, Sask., placed 20th in the A 500 metres. Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma defeated compatriot Jan Blokhuijsen for his first win of the season in the mens 5,000. Overall leader Sven Kramer of the Netherlands didnt race and Bergsma took full advantage by clocking 6:14.82 to beat Blokhuijsen by 0.84 seconds. South Koreas Lee Seung-hoon was third in 6:16.12. Torontos Jordan Belchos finished 10th in the mens B 5,000 metre, followed by Mathieu Giroux of Pointe-aux-Trembles, Que., 18th, and Reginas Lucas Makowsky was 20th. Paul Molitor Jersey . "I never commented to anyone that I wanted out," he explained. "My heart is with this group and making the playoffs." 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Tyler Santos made 33 saves for the Oil Kings (50-19-3). --- TIGERS 6 HURRICANES 2 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -- Miles Koules had the eventual winner as Medicine Hat rolled past the Hurricanes. Captain Curtis Valk, Chad Butcher, Cole Sanford, Jacob Doty and Connor Hobbs rounded out the offence for the Tigers (44-24-4). Nick Schneider made 24 saves. Brady Ramsay and Riley Sheen replied for Lethbridge (12-55-5) who end the season on a 14-game losing skid. Hurricanes goalie Stuart Skinner stopped 27 shots. --- WINTERHAWKS 5 SIILVERTIPS 4 (SO) PORTLAND, Ore.dddddddddddd -- Derrick Pouliot and Nicolas Petan scored in a shootout to lift the Winterhawks over Everett. Taylor Leier scored two for the U.S. Division-leading Portland (54-13-5), including the game-tying goal while short-handed at 8:13 of the third period. Petan scored in regulation and added an assist, and Alex Schoenborn rounded out the Winterhawks offence. Joshua Winquist had two goals for the Silvertips (39-23-10), while Matt Pufahl and Dawson Leedahl also scored. Portlands Adin Hill stopped 17 shots through overtime. Austin Lotz started in net for the Silvertips but left the game after giving up two goals on 12 shots, and Carter Hart stopped 30 of 32 shots in relief. --- THUNDERBIRDS 6 AMERICANS 1 KENNEWICK, Wash. -- Shea Theodore scored two goals and helped on another as the Thunderbirds dominated Tri-City. Branden Troock, Mitch Elliot, and Alexander Delnov each had a goal and an assist apiece, and Justin Hickman also scored for Seattle (41-25-6). Morgan Geekie was the lone goal scorer for the Americans (29-33-10), who end the season with two wins in their last 10 games. Thunderbirds netminder Taran Kozun stopped 18 shots for the win, while Tri-Citys Evan Sarthou made 24 saves in the losing effort. --- ' ' '