COVID-19 cases force U.S. to forfeit game against Switzerland at world junior hockey championship

United States’ Red Savage (20) and Finland’s Juuso MŠenpŠŠ (19) battle for the puck during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship exhibition action in Edmonton on Thursday, December 23, 2021. Article content

The defending gold medal champion United States was to face Switzerland on Tuesday afternoon in at the Peavey Mart Centrium in Red Deer.

Switzerland will be awarded a 1-0 victory as per the IIHF rule book and earn the three points for the win. They are scheduled to play Slovakia on Thursday and Sweden on New Year’s Eve to conclude the group stage of the tournament.With the […]

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