A game between Switzerland and the United States at the World Junior Hockey Championships has been cancelled. The Americans were handed a technical defeat due to COVID-19-infected players.
As reported by the International Ice Hockey Federation, two cases of coronavirus were discovered in the North Americans, athletes were placed under quarantine, and the game had to be canceled. Under the rules, the USA national team was declared a 0-1 technical defeat.
Russia plays in the same group with the USA. Our hockey players should play a match against the Americans on the night of January 1.