Unbeaten in four games, Canada needed just one victory in the second round to secure a place in the quarterfinals and took care of that piece of business on Friday. With hockey icon Wayne Gretzky, the man in charge of putting together Canada's teams for the championships and next year's Olympics, watching from the stands, his team got off to sluggish start before overpowering the Swiss to claim a comfortable win. Every tournament is important for us, whether it's junior hockey, the World Championships or the Olympics. We're very disappointed if we don't win. We don't like to be second, we don't want to be third.
Gold is what people demand in our country.
Switzerland got off to a promising start, taking a 1-0 lead on a goal from Martin Steinegger. But that would be the last time Switzerland led as Isbister and Edmonton Oilers left wing Ryan Smyth scored 52 seconds apart to put Canada in front to stay. Canada added two goals in each of the second and third periods. Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Ligthning and Isbister found the back of the net in the middle period, with Scott Walker of the Nashville Predators and Steve Sullivan of the Chicago Blackhawks tallying in the third. Flavien Conne had the other goal for the Swiss.