The match was practically over already in the opening set.
The USA players were just too slippery for Switzerland. In the picture, Frank Nazar says thank you. EPA / AOP
The USA beat Switzerland 11-3 in Thursday’s match of the World Junior Championships. The score was 5–1 after the first set, 9–1 after the second set.
Jimmy Snuggerud hit the hat full already in 12:36. His catch was four (3+1) power points.
It also reached four power points Frank Nazar: 0+4. There were three power point players Gavin Brindley (2+1) and Cutter Gauthier (0+3)
The USA leads Group B with a clean sheet. Switzerland is jumbo with no points. The other countries in Group B are Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Norway.
In the only match of the evening in Group A, Sweden beat Germany cleanly with a 5–0 score. Sweden and Canada are at the front of the group without losing any points.
In group A, Finland is holding the back together with another country without points, namely Latvia. Finland and Latvia will meet on Friday at 15:30.