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Boston University's Brandon Svoboda, Notre
Dame's Danny Nelson and Denver's Zeev Buium also scored, Hampton
Slukynsky of Western Michigan made 17 saves and BC’s Gabe
Perreault had three assists.
“Overall, I thought we were ready to play and did what we needed
to do against a good opponent in Switzerland,” said U.S. coach
David Carle of Denver. “We’ll get ready now for the semifinals
and look forward to the challenge in front of us.”
The Group A champion Americans will face Czechia — a 4-3 winner
over Canada in the night game at Canadian Tire Centre — on
Saturday. Group B winner Sweden will play Finland in the other
semifinal.
Adam Jecho scored on a one-timer on a power play with 39.4
seconds left to lift Czechia past Canada. Bradly Nadeau had tied
it for Canada with 4:18 remaining. Czechia got the late power
play when Andrew Gibson was called for kneeing.
“We just wanted it more,” said Jecho, who plays for the Edmonton
Oil Kings in the Western Hockey League. “Really proud of the
group.”
Petr Sikora, Jakub Stancl and Eduard Sale also scored for the
Czechs in their second straight quarterfinal victory over
Canada. Michael Hrabal made 29 saves.
Tanner Howe and Porter Martone added goals for Canada, and
Carter George stopped 22 shots.
“It sucks,” Canadian forward Calum Ritchie said. “It’s a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Not the way we all wanted it to
end.”
At TD Place, Sweden beat Latvia 3-2, and Finland topped Slovakia
5-3. David Edstrom, Zeb Forsfjall and Anton Wahlberg scored for
Sweden. Jesse Nurmi had two goals and an assist for Finland, a
4-3 overtime winner over the United States in group play.
In the relegation game, Maxim Schafer scored twice to help
Germany beat Kazakhstan 4-3. Germany secured a spot next season
in the tournament, while Kazakhstan was demoted to the Division
I Group A tournament.
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