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Team USA defeated Team Switzerland by a score of 5-1 on Thursday, Dec. 29. After a disappointing 6-3 loss to Team Slovakia on Dec. 28, they were able to bounce back after making some minor changes to their defense, and excelling at both winning faceoffs and controlling the power play and penalty kill.
Let this sink in: Connor Bedard has more than twice as many points as anybody else at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship. The 17-year-old phenom racked up four assists on Saturday as Team Canada defeated the Swedes by a 5–1 score to close out the group stage.
Latvia and Austria are heading to the relegation round of the world juniors despite making their thrilling games on Friday against Slovakia and Germany.