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Team USA’s World Junior game against Switzerland forfeited due to COVID issues

Bad news, friends. Due to COVID-19 positive tests on their team, the United States has forfeited their Tuesday afternoon preliminary round game against Switzerland at the World Junior Championship.

BREAKING:@usahockey has forfeited their game against @SwissIceHockey due to a a mandated team quarantine following a positive test result of two of its players.

More at https://t.co/dDceNHvTed#WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/0WkEUif0m3

— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 28, 2021

Officially, the game is recorded as a 1-0 Switzerland win. As of now, it’s unclear if the United States will be able to play Wednesday’s game against Sweden.