U.S. Team Routs Norway at Worlds

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia | New York Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky scored three goals and the Americans scored three times in each period to wrap up their qualifying round at the world hockey championships with a 9-1 win Monday over Norway.

With the win, the U.S. (3-2) locked up third place in Pool F. The Americans, who already had clinched a quarterfinal berth before the game, next play Finland, which lost to Canada 6-3 on Monday.

"Now you're going to get into the guts of the tournament, the elimination games. That's when you find out about your club," said U.S. head coach John Tortorella, also the Tampa Bay Lightning's head coach. "I think we have a good team and they'll be ready to play."

Also Monday, unbeaten Russia got first-period goals from Dmitry Kalinin, Alexander Ovechkin and Maxim Sushinsky in a 5-3 win over Switzerland in Quebec City. In late games Monday, Denmark upset Belarus 3-2 and Germany beat Latvia 5-3.