Canada Routs Switzerland, Advances at Hlinka

Andreas Athanasiou scored a pair of goals and Kerby Rychel had a goal and an assist to pace the Canadian Under-18 select team to a 6-0 victory over Switzerland on Wednesday in preliminary-round action of the 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament at Alcaplast Arena in Breclav, Czech Republic. If you looking NHL Free Picks here…

Canada, which has now won two straight by a combined 12-1 after dropping a 5-1 decision to Sweden on Monday, will advance to Friday’s semifinal round against Russia. The medal round will be held Saturday. The other semifinal matches Sweden against Finland.