The confrontation of the four nations took the medium level during the week beyond the week. On Thursday, all eyes will be on Boston as Team USA takes action. U. S. The U. S. and Canada will meet at TD Garden for the championship in a rematch of last week’s game that began with 3 fights in the First Nine Seconds.
After sitting out the last two Winter Olympics, the NHL’s most productive returned to an overseas game this month for a tournament that replaced the league’s All-Star game, a midseason exhibition that narrowly counted and dealt with through the players themselves.
Instead, the United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden sent their stars and it is a top hit.
On Saturday, in front of 21,105 enthusiasts at the Bell Center in Montreal, he dropped his gloves 3 times in the first few seconds, sending the crowd into a frenzy.
Canada’s Connor McDavid opened the scoring, giving Canada the first lead of the period. But just five minutes later, Jake Guentzel tied things up.
At the time, Dylan Larkin gave the US team. Uu. The advantage for good. Guentzel added an empty purpose and the United States went to a 3-1 victory.
The win gave Team USA the U. S. U. S. A 2-0 record at the Robin, sending the Americans to the final. With the games moving to Boston on Monday, Canada edged Finland to set up revenge with a name on the line.
The championship game takes position Thursday at TD Garden with a scheduled start time of 8 p. m.
The U. S. hockey injury report U. S. It includes Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy, who arguably wouldn’t be a good fit. He suffered a “significant” shoulder injury in the rounding game. He later received an infection, leaving him hospitalized.
So far, the tournament has been historic, especially the battle-filled round game between the Americans on Saturday that the final game of the Cup without Stanley is the most playable in a decade.
On Thursday it will air on ESPN, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and Disney.
With cross-border tension following President Donald Trump’s Tariff War and his calls for Canada to make the 51st state, the tournament has much of the Cold War Assembly with the Soviets in Lake Placid.
Canadian enthusiasts booed the U. S. national anthem. Loudly Saturday night in Montreal. in Oston on Monday, when TD’s public garden announcer called for respect, the recovery of “O Canada” tepid; Instead, the Americans fastened the “star-spangled banner” in full explosion.
“All that, throw it all out the window. It’s an adjustment here and an adjustment for everything,” said U. S. striker Matthew Tkachuk. “Our team has already helped expand the adjustment here in this country. And I believe that a win can knock on this door and open up a new wave of the hockey player logo across the country. “
Canadian striker Brad Marchand, who plays for Boston and Patina Bruins about what is usually his ice cream at home, rejected the political angle, saying that hockey was intelligent enough to sell. Remember the hunting in their family’s basement when Canadians beat the United States the 2002 Gold Game Games in 2002.
And he hopes Nova Scotia was watching when Americans and Canadians sat down Saturday in Montreal, or Thursday night in Boston.
“It’s going to be another reminiscence, some other basic reminiscence for a lot of kids developing, a lot of hockey enthusiasts for American and Canadian players, and probably kids around the world,” he said. A gift and a privilege to play in those games. And one that you don’t take for granted. “
President Trump will not provide the adjustment Thursday night.
The president said he had a scheduling conflict, but the team wished them well.
“I will call our great American hockey team this morning to inspire them to the opposite victory to Canada, which with many taxes decreases and a much more powerful security, possibly soon our” very vital “matrix” m . . “I will talk to the governors this Night in D. C. , and unfortunately I will not be able to attend. A great game tonight.
If you’re hoping to move on to the championship game, you want to open your wallet. On Thursday morning, the game sold out, leaving enthusiasts to turn to the secondary market.
On price ticket sites like StubHub, GameTime, and Ticketmaster, the cheapest-priced tickets charge around $1,200 each, adding fees. For this price, you watch the game from the balcony.
By comparison, when the Boston Celtics had to win their own championship at TD Garden in June, tickets on the secondary market were about $1,500.
James Kopacki, a veteran of the American Navy, arrived here from Fort Worth, Texas, to see the game, buying tickets after seeing the Americans beat Canada the opening.
“This game turned out very good. That’s why we’re here,” he said. “I’ve never noticed a game like this, in terms of the tension and the preference to win. And only that: the tension between our countries. “
Kopacki said he spent $1,500 on tickets and is watching the value as the hype grows.
“If the tickets are successful at $5,000,” he said, “then we’re moving on to sell them and go to a bar in Boston and watch for free. “