World Championship: Swiss stun Canada in OT, U.S. holds off Latvia

Here's what happened on Day 9 of the World Hockey Championship in Paris, France and Cologne, Germany.

Switzerland 3, Canada 2 (OT)

• Fabrice Herzog is a Swiss hero as the 22-year-old Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick (fifth round in 2013) scored the overtime goal on Calvin Pickard to earn a massive comeback win over Canada.
• The Canadians jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to first-period goals scored by Ryan O'Reilly and Mitch Marner, resulting in the pulling of Jonas Hiller in favor of Leonardo Genoni, who did not allow a goal against in relief.
• After a scoreless second, the Swiss responded with two goals in the third to tie the game; Herzog and Vincent Praplan did the damage, with Herzog's first coming on the power play after a Mike Matheson delay-of-game penalty.
• Canada's record falls to 4-0-0-1 (13 points) while Switzerland improve to 2-2-1-0 (11 points), jumping into second place in Group B.

United States 5, Latvia 3

• The U.S. overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to fend off Latvia and improve to 4-0-0-1 in the preliminary round Saturday.
• Andrew Copp scored the eventual winner with 3:22 remaining, going end to end and firing a shot that trickled in off goaltender Elvis Merzlikins's glove to make it 4-3.
• The Americans trailed 3-1 late in the second period, but Nick Bjugstad cut the Latvian lead to one and Johnny Gaudreau tied it with less than 90 seconds left before the intermission.
• The upstart Latvians jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Kaspars Daugavins' goal seven seconds into the middle stanza.
• Latvia was outshot 15-6 in the third. They fall to 3-0-0-2 and now sit fourth in Group A, while the U.S. leads the group.

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