Conor Garland led the way with a goal and two assists as the U.S. defeated Germany 6-1 in the bronze medal game of the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship on Sunday.

Germany put up a mighty challenge, but the champion still reigns for another day as Finland built up a 2-0 first-period lead and held on to win an emotional semi-final game 2-1.

German referee Andre Schrader talks about his job as an on-ice official and his work at the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.

Germany advances to the final four of a World Championship for the first time since 2010 after coming from behind to defeat Switzerland in Thursday afternoon’s quarter-final match-up in Riga. A last-minute tying goal saved the Germans in regulation before Marcel Noebels got the decider in a shootout.

Germany scored two goals early and hung on to defeat Latvia 2-1 in the final game of the preliminary round.

Jason Robertson scored at 18:56 of the second period on the U.S.’s first power play of the game to send the Americans to a 2-0 victory over Germany in a critical Group B game.

Arttu Ruotsalainen scored at 11:26 of the third period to break a tie and give Finland a tight 2-1 victory over Germany in a critical Group B game.