Winger Mathieu Cataford added a goal and an assist for Halifax, while defenceman Owen Phillips had three assists. Captain Attilio Biasca and Evan Boucher scored the other goals.
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.