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U.S. Women's National Team Downs Sweden, 9-1, at 2011 IIHF World Women's Championship

By USAHockey.com, 04/20/11, 11:45AM EDT

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Team USA Advances to Semifinals With 3-0-0-0 Record

WINTERTHUR, Switzerland - Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.) and Jen Schoullis (Erie, Pa.) each scored twice in leading the U.S. Women's National Team to a 9-1 victory over Sweden at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship here tonight at Deutweg Rink. With the win, the U.S. finished first in Group A with a 3-0-0-0 record to advance directly to the semifinals on Saturday (April 23).

"I was really impressed with how we started and played tonight," said Katey Stone, head coach for Team USA and also the head women's ice hockey coach at Harvard University. "We took advantage of every opportunity we had and played well in all three zones - overall, it was a very strong effort."

Team USA got off to a strong start, holding a 24-4 shots advantage in the first period and tallying four goals. Kelli Stack (Brooklyn Heights, Ohio) scored on the Americans' first power-play chance of the game when she knocked in her own rebound at 5:02. Schoullis then notched her first U.S. goal on a wrap-around play at 8:48.

In her first game of the tournament, Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (Grand Forks, N.D.) was next to score for the U.S. after Stack streaked up the left boards, cut toward the net and found Lamoureux-Kolls on the rush at 11:30. Jenny Potter (Edina, Minn.) closed out the opening-period scoring with a backhanded shot at 19:54 to put Team USA up 4-0.

The Americans added five goals in the middle stanza to gain a 9-0 advantage. Duggan scored the first and last goals of the frame, at 3:34 on the power play, then again at 19:10. Between Duggan's goals, Schoullis tallied her second of the game off a deke at 7:09, Kendall Coyne(Palos Heights, Ill.) put a wrist shot through Swedish netminder Sara Grahn's legs from the left faceoff circle at 11:00 and Jocelyne Lamoureux (Grand Forks, N.D.) used help from her sister in scoring at 13:10.

Erika Grahm scored for Sweden on the power play at 3:28 of the third period to account for the 9-1 final score.

Team USA will face the winner of Friday's (April 22) Switzerland-Russia quarterfinal on Saturday (April 23) at 8 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT).

NOTESKacey Bellamy (Westfield, Mass.) was named U.S. Player of the Game ... The U.S. outshot Sweden, 51-17 ... Team USA was 2-for-5 on the power play, while Sweden was 1-for-4 ... The U.S. has captured three gold medals (2005, 2008, 2009) and nine silvers (1990, 1992, 1994,1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007) in the 12 previous IIHF World Women’s Championships. Joining Katey Stone as assistant coaches are Mark Hudak, head women's ice hockey coach at Dartmouth College, and Hilary Witt, assistant women's ice hockey coach at Northeastern University. In addition, Robb Stauber is serving as the goalie coach and Misha Donskov is the skill development coach ... Follow @USAHockeyScores on Twitter for live scoring updates during the tournament. Scores will be designated with #2011WWC ... Get behind-the-scenes news and information by finding USA Hockey on FacebookTwitter and YouTube.