EDMONTON, Alberta — The U.S. looked to continue its winning ways against Switzerland Thursday night in their second game of the preliminary round of the World Junior Championship, winning its second straight with a 7-1 victory.
The first period was quiet as the game remained scoreless through the first 20 minutes, but come the second period the United States put their foot on the gas and never let up.
At 25 minutes 54 seconds, Carter Mazur scored the first goal of the night and gave the United States the 1-0 lead. About three minutes later, Switzerland answered back to even the score with a goal from Henry Joel . The captain for the red, white and blue put his squad ahead once again as Brock Faber found the back of the net, giving the Americans a 2-1 lead.
The fun didn't stop there for the United States as they would go on to score four unanswered goals before the second period came to a close. Two minutes after Faber's goal, Mazur netted his second of the night. Landon Slaggert also got in on the action with a goal 37 minutes and 16 seconds in, and Matthew Coronato lighting the lamp 37 seconds before the end of the period. United States led 5-1 after 40 minutes of play.
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In the third, Switzerland took an early penalty for slashing and 20 seconds on the power play Thomas Bordeleau capitalized extending his team's lead to 6-1. With five minutes left to play, Riley Duran put one more on the board to cap the scoring.
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The U.S. will play again Saturday against Austria at 1 p.m. CST.
