“Switzerland Qualifies for World Hockey Quarter-Finals, USA Continues Undefeated: Latest Updates”

The information is not a big surprise, but it has the merit of now being official: Switzerland will play in the quarter-finals of the World Championship. The selection of Patrick Fischer, with an immaculate record (four wins in as many matches) before challenging Canada this Saturday (3:20 p.m.), qualified without even skating. She takes advantage of the defeat of Norway against the Czech Republic (0-2), at midday, and will therefore be at the rendezvous of the knockout phase of a World Cup for the sixth time in a row.

The Helvetians will now strive to finish in first place in Group B. This is temporarily occupied by the Czech Republic which, thanks to Dominik Kubalik and Jakub Flek, made the difference in the first period against Norway. The opposition between Czechs and Swiss this Sunday (7:20 p.m.) promises to be decisive.

In the other group, the United States – winners of their first four group matches – kept up the pace after getting the better of Denmark (0-3). Despite what the score suggests, victory took time to emerge for the Americans, 4th in the last edition. The score was still 0-0 at the start of the last period, before Cutter Gauthier (50th), Alex Tuch (56th) and Rocco Grimaldi (60th) made the difference.

With this fifth success in as many outings, the United States consolidates their first place in Group A and confirms their ticket to the quarter-finals of the competition.