The U.S. sled hockey team, bidding for a Paralympic three-peat, finished pool play with an 8-0 rout of host South Korea on Tuesday and won its three games by a combined 28-0.
Declan Farmer, a 21-year-old Princeton student, netted a hat trick Tuesday, while Brody Roybal tallied five points. Steve Cash faced just four shots en route to his fourth straight Paralympic shutout dating to 2014.
The U.S. gets Italy in the semifinals Thursday (7 a.m. ET, NBCSN, NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app) and, potentially, rival Canada in the final Saturday (11 p.