selected as the winner of the 2015 J.G. Taylor Spink Award on Tuesday and will be honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame next summer. The

MALMO, Sweden -- Jack Eichel, Ryan Hartman and Boston University defenceman Matt Grzelyck each had a goal and an assist, leading the defending champion United States to a 6-3 victory over Slovakia on Saturday in the world junior hockey tournament. In the other Group A game, the Czech Republic stunned Canada, 5-4 in a shootout. Dominik Simon scored the deciding goal in the tiebreaker. The United States scored its first three goals on power plays. "Overall, I love to see the power-play goals we were able to get tonight," said U.S. coach Don Lucia of the University of Minnesota. "The negative is we gave up the two. We just have to clean up some of the mistakes we made out there. I was happy how we played in the third period as far as 5-on-5 play to score those separation goals and put it away." Miami of Ohios Riley Barber, Boston Universitys Dan ORegan and New Jersey Devils prospect Stefan Matteau also scored for the Americans (2-0-0). Matteau, the son of former NHL player Stephane Matteau, plays for the Devils Albany affiliate in the American Hockey League. "We dont have that one player whos going to go out and score four goals," said Hartman, the West Dundee, Ill., forward who plays for the Plymouth Whalers in Ontario Hockey League. "We have a well-rounded team and everyone is contributing." The Americans opened the tournament with a 5-1 victory over the Czech Republic on Thursday. The U.S. will play Germany (0-2-0) on Sunday, and finish group play Tuesday against Canada (1-0-1). The United States took a 2-0 lead in the first period. Eichel, a 17-year-old forward from Chelmsford, Mass., scored with 3:07 left and ORegan followed with a second to go. Hartman, a first-round pick by Chicago, put the U.S. up 3-0 4:22 into the second period. But Slovakia (1-0-1) came back with a pair of goals to pull within one after two periods. Providences Jon Gillies stopped 27 shots for the United States. Montreal draft pick Martin Reway scored twice for Slovakia. "Its hard to win a game when they score almost every time they get a power play," Reway said. In Group B, Sweden and Russia each improved to 2-0-0. Sweden beat Finland 4-2, and Russia routed Switzerland 7-1. Alexander Wennberg had two goals and an assist for Sweden, and Alexander Barabanov and Damir Zhafyarov each had a goal and an assist for Russia. Finland dropped to 1-1-0, and Switzerland to 0-2-0. Wholesale Sneakers For Sale . What they did need, the Devils got from Patrik Elias. Elias scored a power-play goal 40 seconds into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars. Cheap Shoes Websites . PAUL, Minn. http://www.wholesalesneakerscanada.com/ . -- Canada played to expectation up until halftime. Cheap Sneakers Canada . Unlike last year when nobody got in, there have been estimates of as many as five getting voted in this time around and as few as one, Greg Maddux. Authentic Sneaker Wholesale . George Hill had 13 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, who stayed atop the overall NBA standings despite losing twice on their West Coast trip. Los Angeles kept it close into the second half before the Pacers finished an easy win over the injury-riddled Lakers, who have lost five straight.San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Detroit News writer Tom Gage was selected as the winner of the 2015 J.G. Taylor Spink Award on Tuesday and will be honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame next summer. The award is presented yearly by the Baseball Writers Association of America for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. Spink, the first recipient of the award in 1962, was a driving force of The Sporting News, known during his lifetime as the Baseball Bible. Gage, who has covered the Tigers for the Detroit News since 1979, received 167 of the record 463 ballots, including one blank, cast by BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years service. The latee Furman Bisher, longtime columnist for the Atlanta Journal- Constitution finished second with 161 votes in the closest vote since the mail-ballot process began in 2002.dddddddddddd. The other finalist was Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe. Gage has covered major-league games in 54 ballparks, has written more than 11 million words on baseball and covered more than 5,000 games, including five no-hitters. Awarded annually since 1962, the Spink Award boasts a famous roster of writers, notably Ring Lardner, Grantland Rice, Damon Runyon, Leonard Koppett, Peter Gammons, Bill Madden and last years recipient, Roger Angell from the New Yorker. ' ' '