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Zeev Buium scored a power-play goal Thursday for the United States at the World Junior Championship (photo: USA Hockey).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryan Leonard (Boston College) and James Hagens (Boston College) each scored twice as the U.S. National Junior Team defeated Switzerland 7-2 in the quarterfinal round of the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship Thursday afternoon at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ont.<\/p>\n

Team USA advances to the semifinals on Saturday and will face Czechia at 7:30 p.m. ET live on NHL Network.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, I thought we were ready to play and did what we needed to do against a good opponent in Switzerland,\u201d said Team USA coach David Carle (Denver) in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019ll get ready now for the semifinals and look forward to the challenge in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brandon Svoboda (Boston University) staked the U.S. to a lead it would never relinquish with his goal at 6:39 of the opening period on a sharp-angle shot that beat Swiss netminder Christian Kirsch five hole.<\/p>\n

Hagens added to the lead 1:44 later as he buried a net-front opportunity generated by a pass from Oliver Moore (Minnesota).<\/p>\n

Moments after a successful U.S. penalty kill, Leonard, the U.S. captain, forced a turnover in the neutral zone, powered his way toward the net, and lifted a shot past Kirsch that proved to be the game winner at 11:35.<\/p>\n

Nils Rhyn scored short-handed at 15:04 to cut the Team USA advantage to two.<\/p>\n

Danny Nelson (Notre Dame) redirected a pass from Moore into the back of the net to regain the three-goal lead for the U.S. at the 16:44 mark.<\/p>\n

Zeev Buium (Denver) fired home a one-timer at 7:45 of the middle stanza following a cross-crease pass from Gabe Perreault (Boston College) on the power play to extend the U.S. advantage to 5-1.<\/p>\n

Hagens added his second goal of the contest at 15:03 following back-to-back passes between him and Perreault to extend Team USA\u2019s lead to five. Leonard, named the U.S. Player of the Game, followed up 1:20 later with a power-play goal to give the U.S. a 7-1 advantage after two periods.<\/p>\n

Switzerland\u2019s Andro Kaderli scored on the power play at 6:53 of the third to account for the 7-2 final score.<\/p>\n

U.S. netminder Hampton Slukynsky (Western Michigan) made 17 saves in the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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