O Canada! 4 Nations victory over good ol' USA was exactly what country needed
Published Feb 21, 2025  â˘Â 4 minute read
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Fans cheer during the third period in the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off Championship Game between Team Canada and Team United States at TD Garden on February 20, 2025 in Boston. Photo by Bruce Bennett /GETTY IMAGESCanada needed that.
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Itâs that simple.
Loud cheers were heard from coast to coast on Thursday night after Connor McDavid fired home the winner to give Team Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States of America in the final of the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off held at TD Garden in Boston.
Sidney Crosby, Canadaâs captain, told reporters he didnât know initially that McDavidâs shot had beaten American goalie Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets.
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But, as that moment happened, you could feel the torch being passed from Crosby, the architect of one of the greatest goals in Canadian hockey history in 2010 at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, to McDavid, who will now carry the flag for this hockey-crazed nation.
Hockey isnât supposed to be about politics, but this win had that theme written all over it. Winnipeg-born singer Chantal Kreviazuk didnât help matters by arbitrarily changing the words to O Canada to send a message and then botching the tune completely.
This game was played under a political backdrop with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to charge tariffs on Canadian goods and take over our country while referring to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the âgovernorâ of the 51st state.
Trudeau watched the game with every-day Canadians in a bar in Ottawa.
âYou canât take our country â and you canât take our game,â said Trudeau in a post on the social media site X after Canadaâs comeback win.
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Canadian coach Jon Cooper, who will now return to his day job with the Tampa Bay Lightning, summed this up best.
The players knew what this victory meant in sports bars and living rooms across the country, where people gathered to witness this epic win.
âI just hope Canada is proud because every player in that room is proud to be a Canadian,â Cooper said. âDid we need a win? Not only our team, but Canada needed a win. The players bared that on their shoulders and they took it seriously.
âThis one was different. This wasnât a win for themselves. This was a win for 40-plus million people and the guys knew it, and they delivered.â
They delivered dramatically and the best player in the world stepped up when it was needed the most.
âThat finish was so special for us, for the country, for our families,â said Canadian goalie Jordan Binnington, who made some huge stops to secure the win. âItâs pretty surreal.â
Unreal.
You couldnât have scripted a better finish than McDavid scoring the winner and it set the table for the National Hockey Leagueâs return to the Winter Olympics Games in Italy in a year.
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âThatâs a confidence-builder knowing that we can play and we can beat anybody,â McDavid said. âThat American team is as good as youâre going to find. Theyâre solid all around, but we just found a way in a tough building just to get it done. It was special.â
But McDavid wanted to throw water on any idea that the torch had been passed to him by Crosby.
âWell, I think youâre gonna see Sid in 12 months. So I donât see a passing of any torch,â McDavid said.
OK, it doesnât matter because the Canadians put out the American fire.
In the hours before Canadaâs sweet victory over the boys from south of the border, Trump, the commander-in-chief, called the troops in their dressing room to wish them well and give them marching orders.
âYou guys are really talented,â Trump told the players as general manager Bill Guerin carried his phone around the room. âI have great respect for hockey players and Iâm a hockey fan. The talent and the skill you have is crazy. Just go out and have a good time tonight.
âI just want to wish you a lot of luck. You really are a skilled group of people and itâs an honour to talk to you. And get out there, there is no pressure whatsoever. You just go out and have a good time. We love America. We love you guys and weâll be watching tonight. Bring it home.â
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Trumpâs speech failed to lead to what many thought would have been the biggest hockey victory on American soil since a group of unknown players from the United States captured the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games that were held in Lake Placid.
Unfortunately, Canada spoiled the celebration on the shores of where the Boston Tea Party was held.
Trump had stated in the morning that maybe someday Canada will be the 51st state and now maybe we know why: Because if you canât beat them, join them.
As Cooper noted in the morning if Canada and the U.S. were to join forces â and he WAS kidding â that âwow, weâd have one hell of a hockey team.â
Weâre doing fine on our own.
bgarrioch@postmedia.com
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