Swedes with comfortable 7-2 win over Team Switzerland

As expected, Team Sweden dominated the game from the very start. They took the lead early, 3-0 in the first period, and then continued to play their A-game, leaving Switzerland with no chance to take points. The finale score was 7-2.

Sweden started quickly. The scoring was started at 6:42 of the first period by Gustav Possler, who perfectly one-timed a pass from Sebastian Collberg. Then just 95 seconds later, Sweden took a 2-0 lead off a spin-around goal by Mattias Kalin, who received the puck from Filip Sandberg´s stick.

The third goal came in the 15th minute, with Sweden captain Filip Forsberg, whose one-timer was simply unstoppable and goalie Niklas Schlegel saw the puck for the first time when it was already in the net.

Just 86 seconds into the second period it was 4-0 after Gustav Possler jammed the puck in from close range, assisted by Alexander Wennberg.

With 5:29 to go in the second period, Team Switzerland cut it to a three-goal shortage, as Fabrice Herzog´s lucky shot found the net. It was Switzerland´s ninth shot of the game, and Swedish goalkeeper Oscar Dansk looked rusty.

The Swedes had no problem out-playing their oponents in the minutes to come, which led into the fifth goal in Schlegel´s net on Filip Sandberg´s wrist shot.

Right after that, Sebastian Collberg made it 6-1 for Team Sweden. Great passing from Alexander Wennberg was followed by Colberg´s shot under the crossbar, who could take his time as there was no Swiss player in the area.

Team Switzerland got one back with less than 10 minutes to go in the third period. Marco Müller took advantage one of the few mistakes made by the Swedish defence after receiving a back pass from defenceman Xano Büsser.

With 20 seconds left in regulation time, Gutav Possler completed the scoring as well as his hat trick, making it 7-2 for Team Sweden.

“We played well tonight. We also skated well so we managed to win. Our ambition here is to get gold medal,“ said hat-trick scorer Gustav Possler.

The Swiss goalie gave his opinion on the match. “It was a tough game. The Swedish players were skating well and shooting a lot. We were no match for them in tonight´s game.“