Monique Lamoureux, Brianna Decker and Amanda Kessel all scored within 55 seconds in the first period as the United States romped to a 9-0 victory over Switzerland on Monday to all-but clinch a spot in the Olympic womens hockey semifinals. Brandon Spikes Bills Jersey . It was the quickest three-goal sequence in Olympic history, with the latter two coming just eight seconds apart. Kessel, Lamoureux and Kendall Coyne all scored twice for the Americans, and Molly Schaus made 10 saves in her Sochi debut. With a 2-0 winning record, the U.S. is in position for a spot in the medal round regardless of what happens on Wednesday in the game against Canada, the marquee matchup of the round-robin. Canada was scheduled to play Finland on Monday night in its last tuneup before the North American grudge match. Switzerland lost for the second time and likely is headed for a spot in the quarterfinals against one of the top two teams in the bottom-tier. Hilary Knight and Alex Carpenter also scored for the United States, which led 5-0 after one period and outshot the Swiss 53-10. Florence Schelling, who played at Northeastern, made 42 saves for Switzerland against Schaus, of Boston College, on the morning of the Beanpot finals where their schools will play for the mens hockey bragging rights of Boston. The biggest mismatch so far in the womens hockey round-robin was scoreless for half a period before Lamoureaux gave the Americans the lead and Decker added one 47 seconds later. Kessel got the puck off the ensuing faceoff, skated into the zone on the left side, passed the puck to herself off the boards to get around a defender and then cut in front of the net, where she beat Schelling. Lamoreaux made it 6-0 in the second period. In the third period, Coyne had a shot that convinced the goal judge to turn on the red light, but play continued until Kessel put the puck in the net a few minutes later. After video review, Coynes goal was verified and the time was put back on the clock, negating Kessels apparent score. Scott Chandler Bills Jersey . David Hunter and Nick Sorensen had a goal and an assist apiece for Quebec (34-15-9), Francois Godin, and Fabrice Herzog also scored, and Adam Chapman added an empty netter with two seconds left in the game. Mike Williams Womens Jersey . -- Jimmy Walkers first PGA Tour trophy came with a special gift tucked inside. ST. CATHARINES, Ont. -- The Erie Otters used a four-goal first period to whip the Niagara IceDogs 8-1 in Ontario Hockey League play on Thursday. Andre Burakovsky scored twice, and Kyle Pettit, Joel Wigle, Jake Evans, Nick Betz, Connor Brown and Troy Donnay also scored for Erie (38-9-2). Connor McDavid had three assists for the Otters. Eric Ming ruined Devin Williams shutout bid, scoring for Niagara (17-26-6) at 15:51 of the third period. Williams finished with 18 saves for Erie. Blake Richard stopped five of nine shots in his 10-minutes in goal for the IceDogs, while Jon DIlario stopped 25 of 29 the rest of the way. ------ KNIGHTS 9 BATTALION 4 NORTH BAY, Ont. -- Bo Horvat had two goals and two assists, and Chris Tierney also scored twice as the London Knights dumped the North Bay Battalion 9-4. Gemel Smith had a goal and two assists for the Knights (32-11-5) while Brett Welychka, Matt Rupert, Alex Basso and Nikita Zadorov got the other London goals. Ben Thompson scored twice for the Battalion (25-18-6). Barclay Goodrow had a goal and two assists, and Vincent Praplan scored the other North Bay goal. Jake Patterson made 25 saves for London, while Jake Smith handled 23 of the 32 shots headed his way. --- BULLS 7 STING 2 SARNIA, Ont. -- Jake Marchment scored two goals to lead the Bulls over the Sting. Jordan Subban opened the scoring 38 seconds into the game, and Justin Lemcke, Remi Elie, Stephen Harper and Niki Petti also scored Belleville (14-30-4). Davis Brown and Nickolas Latta scored for Sarnia (15-28-6). Charlie Graham made 26 saves for Belleville. Taylor Dupuis stopped 18 of 223 shots over two periods for Sarnia, and Brodie Barrick turned away 16 of 18 shots. Nigel Bradham Bills Jersey. --- PETES 6 67s 0 PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- Nick Ritchie score a hat trick, and Josh MacDonald had a goal and an assist to lead the Petes over Ottawa. Josh Maguire and Michael Clark also scored for Peterborough (22-23-4), and Anthony Stefano and Greg Betzold both had two assists apiece. Andrew DAgostini made 23 saves for his second shutout of the season. Philippe Trudeau made 38 saves for Ottawa (16-28-4) in the losing effort. --- SPITFIRES 4 FRONTENACS 0 WINDSOR, Ont. -- Dalen Kuchmey made 30 saves to pick up his first shutout of the season as the Spitfires blanked Kingston. Ryan Foss had a goal and an assist and Ryan Moore, Josh Ho-Sang, and Brady Vail each scored for Windsor (29-17-2). Ben Johnson also chipped in with two assists. Matt Mahalak made 20 saves for Kingston (26-18-4) to shoulder the loss. The Frontenacs were 0 for 5 on the power play while Windsor failed to score on two chances with the man advantage. --- WOLVES 7 COLTS 5 BARRIE, Ont. -- Nicholas Baptiste scored twice and picked up two assists as Sudbury edged the Colts. Nathan Pancel had two goals and one assists for Sudbury (27-13-8), Connor Crisp scored twice, and Ray Huether added the other Wolves goal. Andrew Mangiapane scored twice and helped on another for the Colts (24-19-3), Garrett Hooey had a goal and two assists, and Zach Hall and Kevin Labanc each had a goal and one assist apiece. Wolves goalie Franky Palazzese made 31 saves while Barries Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 35 of 41 shots in defeat. ' ' '
