HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- New York Rangers forward Brandon Dubinsky scored three goals and the Americans scored three times in each period to wrap up their qualifying round at the world hockey championships with a 9-1 win Monday over Norway.
With the win, the U.S. (3-2) locked up third place in Pool F. The Americans, who already had clinched a quarterfinal berth before the game, next play the loser of Monday's match between Canada and Finland in Halifax.
In Monday's other games, Latvia played Germany at Halifax and it was Switzerland-Russia and Belarus-Denmark at Quebec City.
The Americans scored a pair of goals 63 seconds apart midway through the first period. Dubinsky scored his first goal of the tournament, and Dustin Brown added his fourth goal slightly more than a minute later.
Dubinsky scored his second goal of the game on a rebound early in the second period, and completed his hat trick midway through the third on a shot from the right faceoff circle.
Norway's only goal came during a two-man advantage when defenseman Mats Trygg blasted a shot high over the glove of American goaltender Robert Esche, who stopped 17 shots in his second straight start.
