Some games have ever felt as high stakes in the form of USA and Canada at the 4 countries face-off championships. So naturally, the best player of a generation took to end it.
Connor McDwid opened his name in Canadian hockey history with a golden goal in Boston on Thursday, won the game 3-2 in overtime to secure the title of a tournament, which was played during an all-star break The people felt bigger than anything. After a 68-minute intense, high-level game, only one team took the USA defensive lapse for Canada to win it.
Americans left McDaid alone in front of the net, and they put the winner in an additional period in 8:18. In the Olympics or Stanley Cup final you usually see the kind of celebration.
It was a cool game for McDwid to a cool game that credited his comrades to reach there. On ESPN broadcast,
“I was not very good all night. I was passing through my mind.
How big it was for Canada, not only the team but for the country? Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a quite a direct statement in the US soon after the game, which repeatedly stressed the Canada of his sovereignty by US President Donald Trump’s frequent Gods and to make it a 51st American state Was between
You cannot take our country – and you cannot take our game.
– Justin Trudeau (@justintrudeau) 21 February, 2025
McDavid’s goal was scored in the 2010 Olympic gold medal match by Sydney Crossbie, the fellow of the Golden Goal Canadian team. With national pride on the line, each player was invested on Thursday night, and Canada survived only that point because of an unrealistic performance by goalkeeper Jordan Binington in overtime.
The first two periods were also both, each team set a target in each frame. Nathan McCinone, later named MVP of the tournament, found Canada on board with his fourth goal of the tournament, most of any player, but the USA’s Brady Takchuk replied.
Tachuk, who practiced on Wednesday with a disease, contributed much more than a target, although. He was certainly the most physical players of Americans, distributing many big -time hits and setting tone for the game.
The team USA took the lead over the Jake Sanderson goal in the second period, and then Sam Bennett tied it properly.
There was no scoring in the third period, as strong targets and high-exile rescue took over. The two countries waited for that one last punch, but naturally high stakes had to run until a tournament winner Golden goal on the line.
Even overtime rules reflected that each team wanted victory, as there was no three hockey or firing. As long as a team wins, normal, sudden death hockey.
USA-Canada 4 nations discontinued a large-scale successful event
The game was also a dead -weed pick ‘in BETMGM, both countries entered the game -110 obstacles. Canada was a pre-tournament favorite, but the US was left a mark to lose 3–1 to the US as to how the rest of the tournament was played.
If the tournament had been decided on that game, it would have been enough. Dissatisfaction between the two teams, their political relations between their two governments deteriorated, was christlied with three quarrels in the first and the first nine seconds.
Canada first went on strike with a McDavid goal, but the US won 3–1 in every period. The necklace did not prevent Canada from making the final, thanks to the victory over Sweden and Finland, set up a winner-tech-all matchup with all pressure from an Olympic final. Both players and fans completely took their feelings to the new tournament completely, and the result was some top level hockey in the middle of the NHL season.
At an age where every major sports league is to do what to do during its all-star break, NHL hit gold so hard that it is inspired to copy. As it turns out, national pride is a cat of a motivator.
