The USA national team was awarded a technical defeat with a score of 0: 1, according to the press service of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
BREAKING: @usahockey has forfeited their game against @SwissIceHockey due to aa mandated team quarantine following a positive test result of two of its players.
More at https://t.co/dDceNHvTed#WorldJuniorspic.twitter.com/0WkEUif0m3
- IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 28, 2021
The national teams of the USA and Switzerland play together with the Russian team in group B. Sergei Zubov's wards, following the results of two rounds, take the third place in the standings.
In the next match, the Russians (December 30) will play with Slovakia.
The game with the US team is scheduled for January 1st.
Earlier, the president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR) Vladislav Tretyak told how the game of the national youth team at the MFM-2022 can be improved.