Americans blank Austria 11-0 at World Junior hockey championship
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Matthew Boldy had a hat trick in the United States’ 11-0 victory over Austria on Saturday night in the world junior championship.
Trevor Zegras scored twice, and Drew Helleson, John Farinacci, Brendan Brisson, Brett Berard and Sam Colangelo also scored. Alex Turcotte had three assists, and Dustin Wolf made 10 saves.
The Americans improved to 1-1 in Group B play after opening with a 5-3 loss to Russia on Friday night. They will face the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
Earlier in Group A, Dylan Cozens had a hat trick and three assists and defending champion Canada opened with a 16-2 victory over short-handed Germany.