In Riga, Latvia, Germany was crushed by the United States in the battle for the bronze.

6-1 and the Americans won their fifth bronze during this millennium, most of all nations together with Sweden.

- A fair result, Germany can not mobilize and stand up, they had their chances in power play but the USA is far too good in box play.

Germany could never threaten, says SVT Sports expert Jonas Andersson.

The opening goal came five minutes into the first period.

Christian Wolanin set up a counterattack, fouled Felix Brückmann - who did not score for Germany in the semis - in the box and arranged the lead goal on his own.

LA Kings Hill's first goal in this World Cup.

- I was completely shocked.

(Mathias) Niederberger has actually been in the majority of the matches.

I do not think he (Brückmann) has come in very stable, and it is quite difficult to jump into a bronze match.

Because you know yourself that you are not the first goalkeeper that the coach relies on, and all of a sudden you have to go into a big match and deliver, says SVT Sports expert Kim Martin Hasson.

"Careless too much"

The 1-0 lead held in the period break, and during it Marcel Noebels was critical of his own national team.

- We did not play well enough, we neglected too much and made too many mistakes.

We did not skate enough, says the German during the break.

After that, the disadvantage became worse and bigger for Germany.

In six minutes, the United States scored four goals, Conor Garland scored one himself and assisted two of them.

The 4-0 goal, which the Arizona forward passed to, was a rock-hard shot by Dallas Stars' Jason Robertson.

"The must went out of them"

- He uses the whole club's flex and pushes the puck up in the crossbar.

Fantastic shot, says SVT expert Mikael Renberg.

The USA got 5-0 after two periods, and did not manage to take advantage of a five-minute numerical advantage after Sasha Chmelevski received a match penalty for the main tackle against defender Fabio Wagner.

- Germany is not really enough.

They are tired mentally and physically.

When the second came and the third came, the must went out of them, says Kim Martin Hasson.

The last period could be deleted, because there was only a long wait for the final signal. Germany did not have to leave the bronze match goalless thanks to Dominik Bittner, and less than 30 seconds later Ryan Donato set the final score 6-1.