1.   And the defense, which had allowed only one goal in the first five qualifiers, has yielded six in the last three.

2.   In order, the other qualifiers were Macready, Umphrey, Simons, Lynch and Bagiu.

3.   The other qualifiers are Den Cassell of Kittansett, Jack Nies Jr. of Essex and Joe Nekoroski of Salem.

4.   The other qualifiers are the U.S., Canada, Finland, China and Sweden.

5.   The two qualifiers will join the Big Six for a three-game round robin in two brackets to determine the seedings for the medal round.

6.   Try getting a consensus on the eight qualifiers.

7.   But forwards Brian McBride and Joe-Max Moore, the starting duo when the year began, are back after missing the last two qualifiers.

8.   Gale has won two of the three qualifiers leads Lea Ann Parsley, who was second Friday.

9.   If not, it joins seven others in playoffs to decide the last four qualifiers.

10.   McBride broke his cheekbone and also missed the first two qualifiers.