US women set record for fastest goal, beat Switzerland 9-1

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Abbey Murphy scored at seven seconds for the fastest goal in women’s world hockey championship history and the United States routed Switzerland 9-1 to improve to 2-0 in Group A play. In Group B, Finland improved to 2-0, beating Germany 3-0. In the late game in Group A, two-time defending champion Canada faced the Czech Republic. Murphy took the puck off Abby Roque’s opening faceoff victory, sped past two defenders and fired a shot past goalie Saskia Maurer. Caroline Harvey scored twice for the United States, Roque had a goal and three assists, Murphy added two assists and Cayla Barnes also had a goal and two assists. Rebecca Gilmore, Gabrielle Hughes, Hannah Bilka and Amanda Kessel also scored, and Nicole Hensley made 12 saves.