Canada’s ice hockey selection was able to recover from the defeat suffered last week and beat the United States 3-2 in extension, winning the 4 Nations Face-Off Tournament in Boston . The game was not as violent when last Saturday, but remained marked by the geopolitical tension inflated by the rhetoric and the commercial measures of President Donald Trump.
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The Republican did not go to the game, although he was formally invited by the American delegation, claiming other commitments.
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was in the Montreal qualifying phase game, did not stole in disclosing on social networks his reaction when Connor McDavid marked the “Golden Score” at 8:18 of the extension.
“You can’t take our country – and you can’t take our game,” Trudeau wrote at X.
As with the previous match, much of the American crowd has flowed when the anthem “Oh, Canada”, despite the opposite appeal of the TD Arena announcer. The boo against “The Star-Spangled Banner”, the United States National Anthem, was considered one of the factors of violence in the first game-in 9 seconds, 3 fights were recorded among the players.
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Yesterday, there was still room for provocations: a Canadian fan opened a poster where it was possible to read: “Welcome to the US, the 11th province of Canada,” alluding to Donald Trump’s desire to transform the neighboring country into the 51st American state. There were no fights reported in the crowd.
In fact, the Canadian advantage in sport in this century is wide: they won the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, repeating the achievement in Sochi in 2014. Before that, he had taken the Oro Medal in Salt Lake City, In 2002. The selection also won the World Hockey World Cups of 2004, 2014 and 2016.
The US has not won an international international tournament against better since the 1996 World Cup. But they will have a chance to rematch next year at the Milan Winter Olympics in Italy.
