American hockey star Charlie Mcavoy gets praise for a big hit in Canada Connor McDavid in an intense 4 nations
AND 4 nations faced Including between the US -Ai Canada had a sport fans everywhere talking about the anthem and three of the following fights in the first 9 seconds of the game.
Lost in this is what they had to overcome now to win the match and progress to the finals.
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Connor Hellebuyck, #37 of the United States team celebrates with Charlie McAvoy, #25, while Brock Faber, #14, looks after their victory 3-1 in the 4 nation game between the United States and Canada at the Bell Center 15. February 2025. Montreal. (Andre Ringuette/4nfo/World Cup hockey via Getty Images)
The Canadian Connor McDavid opened the scoring shortly after the current was at the highest. Canada hoped to steal one and send their fans home happy, but now they seemed to reset the tone immediately after that, and Americans believed that Charlie Mcavoy did just that.
McAvoy put a big hit McDavid in the first period, and 19 seconds later, Jake Guentzel equalized the equalization next to Jordan Binnington. Matthew Tkachuk He said McAvoy’s hit that revitalized the team.
“It’s also a moment that sends a message-probably one of the games in the game,” said Florida Panthers star. “They just scored a goal, the building was swinging and Charlie comes there and Pops McDavid, like one of the toughest hits I saw.”
Canadian Connor McDavid, #97, and Sidney Crosby, #87, talk during the third period of hockey match 4 nations against the United States in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Graham Hughes // Canadian printing by AP)
Tkachuk added that Mcavoy’s teammates “followed” McAvoy’s aggression.
“That hit Charlie threw on (McDavid) a type of game exchanger,” an American defender Zach Weren said. “It’s known to do it. It’s great with its size, it’s really good defense and I thought it was a perfectly timed hit to get our team in the right direction.”
Dylan Larkin put 2-1 in the second period, and Guentzel later put one in an empty net, and now he won the game.
McDavid still kept hope that Canada could refuse and reach the finals for rematch.
“It was a quick, tight check, competitive, emotional,” he said, the way Athletic. “He had everything you would like in a hockey game. Shit did not go on our path, but that thing is far from the end.”
Canadian Sidney Crosby, #87, checks Charlie McAvoy, #25, in the United States, because Vincent Trocheck, #16, watches during the first period of 4 nations in a hockey action in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/Canadian press via AP)
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Now he will play Sweden and Canada will play Finland in the last games before the championship.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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