The USA beats Sweden 3-2 and ends the world junior group game 4-0
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Harvard forward Matthew Coronato scored twice and the reigning champion United States held off Sweden 3-2 on Saturday night to finish 4-0 in Group B play at the world junior hockey championship.
Brett Berard also scored for the Americans and Kaidan Mbereko made 28 saves.
Sweden (2-1) rallied in the third, with Emil Andrae cutting it to 3-1 with 9:22 left and Ake Stakkestad making it a one-goal game on a power play with 1:45 left and goaltender Jesper Wallstedt suspended. for an extra attacker.
Sweden meets Germany (2-1) on Monday for second place in the group.
In Group A, Ralfs Bergmanis had a hat-trick and Latvia beat the Czech Republic 5-2 to secure a quarter-final place.
First in the field after Russia and Belarus were expelled, Latvia (1-2-1) finished third in the group — one place ahead of the Czech Republic (1-2-1).
Earlier, Kasper Simontaival had two goals and an assist in Finland’s 9-3 win over Slovakia. Joel Maatta also scored twice for Finland (2-1), which faces Canada (3-0) on Monday for top spot in the group.
Slovakia finished 0-3-1.