Washington, Aug. 12 (BNA): Carter Mazur scored two goals in the second half for the United States with five goals, and the American champion beat Switzerland 7-1 at night to advance 2-0 in the World Youth Hockey Championship.
Brock Faber, Landon Slagert, Matthew Corundato, Thomas Bordello and Riley Duran scored goals for the United States.
Kidan Mbiriko saved 23 balls, allowing only Joel Henry’s goal midway through the second half, reports The Associated Press.
The United States will face Austria on Saturday, and the second leg of Group B will end against Sweden on Sunday. The Americans opened the postponed tournament Tuesday with a 5-1 victory over Germany.
The tournament was postponed to August after it was called off on December 29 after four days as rising COVID-19 cases led to matches being forfeited.
Earlier, Canada improved to 2-0 in Group A, with captain Mason McTavish scoring four goals and adding assists in the 11-1 win over Slovakia.
In the first group afternoon, Kasper Symontival scored the penalty shootout winner in Finland’s 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic. Finland 2-0 and Czech Republic 1-1.
Robbie Garvini, Kasper Puteo and Aatu Ratti scored points for Finland in organizing. Jaroslav Shmilar, Jerry Kulic and Jan Misak scored for the Czech Republic.
Canada will face the Czech Republic on Saturday.
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