VANCOUVER, B.C. - David Backes (Blaine, Minn./St. Louis Blues/Minnesota State Univ.), Ryan Malone (Pittsburgh, Pa./Tampa Bay Lightning/St. Cloud State Univ.) and Bobby Ryan (Cherry Hill, N.J./Anaheim Ducks) each scored to pace the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team to a 3-1 victory over Switzerland here today in its first game of the XXI Olympic Winter Games.