TT hockey men edge Switzerland for fifth place

Jordan Reynos broke the deadlock for the hosts in the 10th minute, before Switzerland responded with a pair of items, from Marco Michel in the 16th and Boris Stomps in the 21st.

That setback seemed to spur on the home team, as they rebounded in emphatic fashion, courtesy strikes from Teague Marcano (43rd and 51st) and Stefan Mouttet (45th). Switzerland’s Florian Feller trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the 58th minute but it was a little too late for the visitors.

Earlier on the day, Chile needed penalties to get past Barbados 3-1, after a goalless scoreline at the end of regulation time, in the seventh- place fixture.

Vicente Martin, Franco Becerra and Sven Richter converted their efforts for the Chileans, with Che Warner replying for the Barbadians.

The third-place playoff, between Russia and United States, was goalless up to press time last evening, with the final between Canada and Japan carded for 8pm yesterday.

In Saturday’s action, Canada crushed Russia 4-1 and Japan blanked the United States 2-0 in the respective semi-finals, while TT whipped Barbados 3-1 and Switzerland cruised past Chile 4-2 in the fifth-eighth place semi-final matches.