HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -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.

Also Monday, unbeaten Russia got first-period goals from Dmitry Kalinin, Alexander Ovechkin and Maxim Sushinsky in a 5-3 win over Switzerland in Quebec City. In late games Monday, it was Latvia-Germany at Halifax 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.

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