Nick Paul paces Canada offence in quarterfinal victory over Slovakia at hockey worlds

Nick Paul scored twice and added an assist as Canada defeated Slovakia 6-3 in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world hockey championship in Prague.Nick Paul, middle, celebrates with Canadian teammate Bowen Byram after scoring the team's third goal in Thursday's 6-3 quarterfinal victory over Slovakia. Nick Paul scored twice and added an assist as Canada defeated Slovakia 6-3 in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world hockey championship in Prague.

Jared McCann, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Dylan Guenther and Brandon Tanev also scored for the defending champion Canadians.Peter Cehlarik, Milos Kelemen and Marek Hrivik scored for the Slovaks, who made it close with two late goals before Paul scored his second of the game into an empty net.Switzerland defeated Germany 3-1 in Thursday's other quarterfinal. Sweden faced Finland and the United States took on host Czech Republic in later quarterfinals.

Christoph Bertschy led the Swiss with two goals. He gave the Swiss a 1-0 lead with a short-handed goal before New Jersey Devils forward Nico Hischier added the second. Dominik Kahun reduced the lead to 2-1 midway through the middle period on a power play before Bertschy added his second into an empty net in the third.

In the remaining quarterfinals later Thursday, the United States faces the Czechs in Prague, while Sweden plays Finland in Ostrava.Cozens leads Canada to 3-2 win over Switzerland at world hockey championship

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