HERNING, Denmark -- The United States, the defending champions, marched into the semifinals of the women's ice hockey world championship in crushing host Denmark 14-0 on Friday.
The U.S. stormed the ice from the start, jumping 5-0 up 7:54 into the game. It was 10-0 before the end of the middle period in the inaugural matchup between the teams.
The U.S. will play Finland in Sunday's semifinals.
Taylor Fox set the pace by skating to the slot to score the opener 57 seconds in. Fox also had three assists, for a four-point game.
Caroline Harvey and Haley Winn each finished with a couple of goals and three assists; Kelly Pannek scored twice and registered two assists; Hannah Bilka had a goal and two assists; Casey O'Brien, Grace Zumwinkle, Laila Edwards and Hayley Scamurra scored one with one assist each; and Alex Carpenter and Jesse Compher netted one apiece for the high-scoring U.S. team.
Gwyneth Philips made eight saves for the shutout.
Denmark pulled goalie Emma-Sofie Nordstrom before the final period after she had stopped 51 shots. Caroline Bjergstad made 20 saves.
The 85 shots on net by the U.S. set a single-game record, breaking the previous mark of 82 by the U.S. in 1997 in a 10-goal win over Sweden.
Finland made the last four by blanking Germany 6-0. Petra Nieminen had a goal and two assists.
In Esbjerg, a single goal by Sara Hjalmarsson against Switzerland was enough to send Sweden to the final four to play Canada.
Earlier in Herning, Canada had to fight hard to advance by edging the Czech Republic 3-2.
Austria retained its top division status by beating Japan 2-1 in overtime in a relegation match. Anna Meixner scored twice for Austria, which is playing among the best teams for the first time.