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				 Boston College's James Hagens had two goals and 
				two assists, and fellow BC forward Gabe Perreault and 
				Minnesota's Brodie Ziemer also scored twice in the Group A game. 
				BU’s Brandon Svoboda and Cole Eiserman, Providence's Trevor 
				Connelly and the Erie Otters' Carey Terrance added goals, and 
				Michigan State's Trey Augustine made 18 saves. 
				 
				“I thought overall we did a lot of good things and we’ll 
				continue to grow and build,” said U.S. coach David Carle of 
				Denver. “It was good to get a win under our belt and we’ll turn 
				our focus now to playing Latvia on Saturday.” 
				 
				Julius Sumpf, David Lewandowski, Lenny Boos and Timo Ruckdaschel 
				scored for Germany, and Nico Pertuch stopped 46 shots. Germany 
				will face Finland on Friday. 
				 
				Also in Group A, Carter George made 31 saves in Canada's 4-0 
				victory over Finland. Gavin McKenna, Easton Cowan, Luca Pinelli 
				and Matthew Schaefer scored. 
				 
				In Group B at TD Place, Sweden beat Slovakia 5-2, and Czechia 
				topped Switzerland 5-1. Defenseman Axel Sandin Pellikka had a 
				natural hat trick and added an assist for Sweden. 
				
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