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U.S. beats Austria to set up quarterfinal against Canada at Worlds<\/a>
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ZURICH \u2014 The United States set up a quarterfinal showdown with fierce rival Canada at the ice hockey world championship by beating Austria 4-1 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Canada met in the final at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February, when the Americans prevailed 2-1 in overtime to take the gold medal.<\/p>\n

Connor Clifton, Ryan Ufko, Paul Cotter and Matthew Tkachuk scored against Austria, and Will Borgen registered two assists. Devin Cooley made 25 saves in net.<\/p>\n

The victory lifted the defending champion to fourth place in Group A. That means it next faces Canada, which had already clinched the top spot in Group B before facing Czechia later Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The top four teams in each group qualify for the next stage. The remaining quarterfinal pairings will be determined by the late games.<\/p>\n

Clifton found the top corner of the net 5:34 into the game and fellow defenseman Ufko doubled the advantage by one-timing a slap shot from the point 45 seconds later.<\/p>\n

Cotter made it 3-0 just 67 seconds into the middle period before Tkachuk buried a rebound on power play at 31:52. It was Tkachuk’s fourth goal in four games since he joined the team last week.<\/p>\n

Simeon Schwinger scored for Austria, which finished sixth.<\/p>\n

Sweden, the bronze medalist from the last two editions, beat Slovakia 4-2 in Group B in Fribourg to advance to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Ivar Stenberg, a top prospect for next month’s NHL draft, scored the winning goal, Anton Frondell and Jakob Silfverberg had goal apiece and Oliver Ekman-Larsson sealed the win with an empty-net score.<\/p>\n

Sweden clinched fourth place and will next face either Switzerland or Finland \u2014 those two square off later Tuesday to determine the Group A winner.<\/p>\n

Slovakia finished fifth and didn’t advance.<\/p>\n

Latvia reached the quarterfinals by routing Hungary 8-1, moving to third place in Group A. Germany dropped to fifth and is eliminated.<\/p>\n

Norway, which has already qualified for the last eight for the first time since 2012, needed overtime to down…<\/p>\n

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