U.S. blanks newcomer Hungary for 2nd straight shutout at men's hockey worlds

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 11, 2025 10:38 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

The Unites States routed newcomer Hungary 6-0 for its 2nd shutout triumph astatine the men's hockey satellite title connected Sunday successful Herning, Denmark.

Frank Nazar had 2 goals and an assist, Cutter Gauthier scored doubly and Conor Garland and Logan Cooley added a extremity and an assistance each for the Americans successful the Group B crippled successful Herning.

Nazar deflected successful a changeable by Logan Cooley to unfastened the scoring with 5:53 near successful the opening play and added his 2nd 2:47 aboriginal from down the extremity enactment disconnected goalie Adam Vay.

"It felt truly good, obviously," the 21-year-old Chicago forward said. "There's thing similar scoring a extremity and getting that feeling, particularly aft the NHL season's over, continuing to people and conscionable physique that assurance and consciousness bully retired determination connected the ice."

Gauthier made it 3-0 from the close ellipse midway done the 2nd period.

The adjacent 2 goals came wrong 41 seconds of each different aboriginal successful the last period.

Gauthier roofed his 2nd 1:13 into the framework and Garland netted the 5th from adjacent range.

Cooley finished the scoring into an unfastened net.

Goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 13 shots.

The U.S. had antecedently blanked Denmark 5-0 and volition look Switzerland connected Monday.

In Stockholm, Slovakia recorded its archetypal triumph successful Group A, a 3-1 triumph implicit different newcomer Slovenia.

Canada plays Latvia aboriginal Sunday successful Stockholm, wherever Finland faces France. In Herning, the Czechs play Norway and Germany takes connected Kazakhstan.