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Coyne has four points as Team USA rolls by Switzerland, 9-0

Kendall Coyne scored two goals and had two assists in a 9-0 win over Switzerland on Monday
SOCHI -- Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.) scored her first two Olympic goals and added a pair of assists as Team USA (2-0) rolled to a 9-0 victory over Switzerland (0-2) on Monday at Shayba Arena. 

Coyne scored both goals off her former teammate, Florence Schelling '12, who faced a barrage of shots and finished with 44 saves for the Swiss. Schelling now has 108 saves through two games after making an incredible 64 stops in the tournament opener vs. Canada.

Schelling kept the Americans off the scoresheet for the first 9:20 of the opening period, before Team USA's offense ignited for three goals in 55 seconds (an Olympic record) to take a 3-0 lead midway through the frame. Coyne notched her first Olympic point on the third goal, a tally by Amanda Kessel at the 10:15 mark.

Later in the first period, Coyne set up Kessel once again as the United States grabbed a 5-0 lead at the 15:42 mark.

Team USA led by six goals after two periods, before Coyne lit the lamp twice in a span of 3:10 to increase the advantage to 8-0 early in the third. Her first Olympic goal came off a feed from Kelli Stack just 49 seconds into the final period to make it 7-0. Coyne then tallied her fourth point of the day with another goal 3:59 into the third as Kessel turned provider. 

Alex Carpenter added the ninth and final goal with 4:21 to play to help assistant coach Hilary Witt '00 pick up her second Olympic victory behind the bench. Coyne and Kessel each finished with four points to lead all skaters, while Julia Marty '11 logged 18:44 of ice time for the Swiss defense. 

The United States will wrap up group play against rival Canada on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 a.m. ET, while Schelling, Marty and Switzerland will take on Finland on Tuesday at 3 a.m.




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