Pius Suter scored a hat trick as Switzerland overpowered the South Korea men's ice hockey team 8-0 on Saturday to claim its first win of the Olympic tournament.

The game, while played before a full house at the Gangneung Hockey Centre, featured far less of the crowd energy that greeted the South Korean men in their debut match against the Czechs, when they scored their first-ever Olympic goal in a 2-1 loss.

The Koreans could not match their scoring effort either and found themselves shut out. They were largely outskated from the start, with the Swiss dominating time of possession and limiting their opponents to only a handful of quality opportunities.