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A Winnipeg father of five has died in hospital after being assaulted by an uninvited guest who crashed his daughter’s 18th birthday party early Saturday.

Family members identified the man who died as Garth Isfeld, 44, who they say got into a fight with a man who’d been questioned to leave.

They said Isfeld was struck over the head with a beer bottle as he stepped in to protect another daughter from the man.

Isfeld had a barbecue to celebrate the birthday of his daughter, Stephanie Krasnesky, after recently moving into the small home in the north Winnipeg neighbourhood.

Police were called to the house around 12:30 a.m. Family members said Isfeld was rushed to hospital, where he developed blood clots and died.

Elia Bevacqua, Isfled’s sister-in-law, saw the assault happen. “Beer-bottled him in the head and he just dropped,” she said.

His daughter Stephanie curled up in a chair and sobbed, her family leaning over to touch and hug her as she spoke about the traumatic experience.

“I just seen him on the ground and he was rolling his eyes back in,” she cried. “There was so much blood everywhere. I just grabbed a pillow and place it around his head.”

Neighbours said the party got rowdy and people could be heard screaming, telling a man to leave.

Several people who were at the home when the fight happened are being interviewed.

Police are investigating. No charges have been laid.

Randall Krasnesky, 22, holding his sister’s hand, said he’ll do everything he can to support the remaining children who’ve been left without a father.

“They got me and I’ll look after them,” he said.

Voting is open to determine winner for Kraft Hockeyville 2010. (CBC Sports)

It’s down to five communities for the Kraft Hockeyville 2010 contest.

The Top 5 finalists were announced on Saturday during Hockey Night in Canada. These five were selected by fan voting from four regions (Atlantic, Ontario, Quebec, and West) along with another from a Wild Card section.

Over 12,500 Hockeyville community submissions were sent.

Each entrant lobbied to convey their community’s exceptional spirit, originality and passion for hockey.

The Top 5 are:

Canadians can vote for their favourite community online at CBCSports.ca/hockeyville, by phone at 1-866-533-8066, or by texting “vote” + the community name to 111888. Texting is capped at 25 texts per day per mobile number at a cost of 15 cents per text.

Votes received from outside these three official mechanisms will not qualify, and sponsors retain the discretionary right to disqualify any vote deemed to be fraudulent.

On April 3, representatives from Kraft Hockeyville and Hockey Night In Canada personalities will report live from each of the Top 5 communities, and announce the winner.

The community crowned Kraft Hockeyville 2010 receives an NHL pre-season game, played in the local arena, and $100,000 in arena upgrades.

The other four finalists receive $25,000 in arena upgrades from Kraft Canada.

The previous winners were: Terrace, B.C. (2009); Roberval, Que. (2008); North Bay, Ont. (2007); and Salmon River, N.S. (2006).

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Jamie Lagenbrunner, right, is congratulated by Ilya Kovalchuk, left, and another Devils teammate after scoring against the Canadiens in the second period. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)

Patrik Elias and Jamie Langenbrunner had power-play goals and Dainius Zubrus also scored for the New Jersey Devils, who clinched their 13th straight playoff berth with a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Martin Brodeur made 25 saves for his 41st victory of the season and New Jersey’s 44th.

Brian Rolston recorded his 700th career point when he scored into an empty net at 19:50.

The Devils, who have won four straight in Montreal, went into a tie with Pittsburgh for first place in the Atlantic Division with 93 points.

New Jersey, which snapped a four-game losing streak on the road, holds the edge for second place overall in the Eastern Conference with one more win than the Penguins.