The 4 countries of the US and Canada Face-Off matchup On Saturday evening, a Slugfest soon became when several players dropped gloves after anger during “The star-spangled banner.”
The Americans Defent Canada, 3-1, in the Bell Center in Montreal, but the American defender Zach Werenski was unhappy with the Booing during the national anthem. In the NHL, angry during the song after Trump has announced the rates in Canada, who have since paused. The president has also plagued Canadians with the idea that Canada will be the ’51st state’.
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Team USA striker Matthew Tkachuk, on the right, celebrates his goal with defender Zach Werenski during the team Finland match in Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, February 13, 2025. (David Kirouac imagn images)
Yet the angry has been heard.
“We knew it would happen,” said Werenski. “It happened the last game, it happened earlier in the NHL, and we knew that tonight would be the same. We clearly don’t like it.”
The US was angry for their match against Finland and later won 6-1.
“It is what it is,” said Werenski. “We had a bit of an idea. We used it as well as possible as motivation and found a way to win a victory. But we had an idea in it, so it was no surprise. It certainly doesn’t like it, although . “
The Saturday game took place three fights in the first nine seconds.
Canada’s Brandon Hagel and Matthew Tkachuk of the American fight during their 4 nations face-off game in Montreal on Saturday 15 February 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
Matthew Tkachuk Fought Brandon Hagel From the openingfaceoff, his brother Brady threw Sam Bennett and JT Miller fought Colton Parayko. Brady Tkachuk told ESPN that his brother’s fight ‘happened quite organically’.
“Matthew said he wanted to go first, it just happened and now it’s over and done with,” he said. “It’s good when Matthew discovered the starting line -up, he said he wanted a piece of him (hail).”
Hagel added that he thought it was a “long time” between him and Matthew Tkachuk.
Conor McDavid started the score for Canada, but the US answered with a Jake Guentzel goal. Dylan Larkin scored in the second period to take the lead. Guentzel then put in an empty net.
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The Brandon Hagel of Canada is fighting Matthew Tkachuk of the United States in Montreal on Saturday 15 February 2025. (Graham Hughes // The Canadian press via AP)
“It’s just incredible, the atmosphere, to play on this stage in Canada, that was pretty cool for all of us, I think,” Guentzel added. “There is a lot of excitement from our team that comes out for warming -ups and just seeing how full it was. That was quite special.”
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
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