Peschel scores in her debut as US shuts out Germany 5-0 at women's worlds, Canada routs Japan 9-0

ESBJERG, Denmark (AP) — Emma Peschel celebrated her first game for the United States by scoring a goal to help shut out Germany 5-0 at the women’s ice hockey worlds on Sunday.The 22-year-old defender netted with a wrist shot from the point to make it 2-0 in the opening period of the Group A game.Casey O’Brien opened the scoring and added an assist in her second game for the U.S. after marking her debut with a goal and an assist in a 7-0 victory over Switzerland in their opener on Friday.Alex Carpenter made it 3-0 in the middle period and Abbey Murphy and Joy Dunne scored one apiece to finish the scoring in the third.Captain Hilary Knight registered an assist to improve her worlds records for assists to 54 and points to 122.Defender Caroline Harvey contributed two assists and has five in two games.Goalie Gwyneth Philips posted a 13-shot shutout.The U.S. will next play in Esbjerg against Austria on Monday.Canada wins againCanada also stayed perfect with two wins from two games after rout