On Saturday night they became Slugfest, American and Canadian 4 nations because more players released gloves after Boos during “Star Transparent.”
Americans The defeated Canada, 3-1, at the Bell Center in Montreal, but American defense attorney Zach Wernski was dissatisfied with the color during the national anthem. In the NHL, they heard the boos during the song after Trump announced the tariffs in Canada, which they have stopped since. The president also teased the Canadians with the idea of Canada to become “51.”
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Team USA Matthew Tkachuk striker, right, celebrates his goal with defender Zach Werenski during the Team Finland match at Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, February 13, 2025. (David Kirouc-Hagn Pictures)
Still, they heard themselves.
“We knew it would happen,” Wereni said. “The last game happened, it happened in the NHL before this, and we knew it would be the same way tonight. We obviously don’t like it.”
Now they faced Boos on the eve of their match against Finland and later won 6-1.
“That’s what it is,” Wereni said. “Somehow we had an idea. We used it as a motivation the best we could and found a way to win. But we had the idea to get into it, so it’s not a surprise. Definitely don’t like it, though.”
In Saturday, three fights took place in the first nine seconds.
Canadian Brandon Hagel and Matthew Tkachuk of American Fight during his 4 Face-off Nations in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/Canadian printing via AP)
Matthew Tkachuk Fought with Brandon Hagel On the other hand, his brother Brady ran with Bennett himself and JT Miller struggled with Colton Parayk. Brady Tkachuk said ESPN that his brother’s struggle “happened quite organic.”
“Matthew said he wanted to go first, it just happened and it’s over now,” he said. “It’s exactly when Matthew found out the starting lineup, he said he wanted a piece of him (Hagel).”
Hagel added that he thought it was “long time” between him and Matthew Tkachuka.
Conor McDavid started scoring for Canada, but now they answered Jake Guentzel’s goal. Dylan Larkin scored in the second period to take over the lead. Guentzel then put an empty net.
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Canadian Brandon Hagel struggles with Matthew Tkachuk, the United States in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Graham Hughes // Canadian printing by AP)
“It’s amazing, the atmosphere, playing 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 coming out to Warmups and we just see how it was packed. That was pretty special.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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