In the first 'real game' of the tournament, Canada faced Switzerland in the quarter finals. Â As per usual there was a rather large contingency of Canadian fans present, and the Swedish broadcast took note, producing a small special regarding Canadians and their veritable obsession with hockey.

The match up started up in a predictable fashion, with Canada carrying the pace, relying on intensity a strong forecheck to create turnovers. This left the Swiss guard uneasy, as they struggled to complete a pass in the opening minutes of the period.

As the game settled down, both the Swiss and the Canadians created chances, with the best ones coming from the boys in white and blue.

A tripping penalty by Baltisberger, drawn by Scott Laughton, led to several good scoring chances for Team Canada, but the Swiss goalie Melvin Nyffeler, stood tall.

Canada took over the period from there on end, peppering Nyffeler with endless shots, however the Swiss netminder was once again equal to the task.

A late penalty to Josh Morrissey put Switzerland on the powerplay, in what would be potentially the first true test of the game for Habs prospect Zachary Fucale. However Canada's penalty kill was exemplary, and never really let the Swiss set up in their zone.

Fucale did however make a nice save towards the end of the period, stopping a warp-around attempt without much fanfare.

A scramble in front of the Swiss net with a little under two minutes remaining led to the opening goal of the game.

Scott Laughton made a nice move to get the puck to the front of the nice, and Griffin Reinhart was in the right place at right time to bury the rebound, while Bo Horvat worked furiously in the crease to create havoc.

The opening goal by Reinhart came with 1:58 left in the first, and was unassisted.