The United States team will face Canada in the 4 -nations confrontation final this week, creating a rematch of the recent intense game between the two North American nations.
During the last confrontation, multiple fights exploded in a period of seconds.
The part of the round round of the tournament resulted in some injuries for the Americans, with Brady Tkachuk coming out in the second period after a collision with Samuel Ersson from Sweden in the fold.
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The Defense of the Boston Bruins, Charlie Mcavoy, skate after the album against the Winnipeg Jets at the Canada Life Center on December 10, 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Terrence Lee-Imagn images)
Meanwhile, Auston Matthews and Charlie Mcavoy were scratch. Mcavoy was taken to a hospital with what was described as a “injury at the top of the body,” the Boston Bruins, the NHL club of the defense, announced Tuesday.
The emotion takes place for the final of the 4 nations of US-Canadá after the first noisy game
Mcavoy is dealing with a possible infection that could have been caused by the injury, according to a daily confrontation report. It is under the supervision of one of the Bruins doctors, the team said.
Connor Hellebuyck, on the left, of the United States team celebrates with Charlie Mcavoy after his 3-1 victory in the 4-nations confrontation game against Canada in Bell Center on February 15, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec. (Andre Ringuette/4NFO/Hockey World Cup through Getty Images)
I wasn’t on the ice on Monday. The US team coach Mike Sullivan said at that time that the defense was fighting a “injury at the top of the body.”
The members of the United States team during the ceremonies prior to the game before the confrontation game of the 4 nations against Finland in Bell Center on February 13, 2025, in Montreal, Quebec. (Andre Ringuette/4NFO/Hockey World Cup through Getty Images)
Mcavoy had been an active part of the American game plan before the injury. He was on the ice for just under 20 minutes during the victory of the US team. Uu. About Finland on February 13. He also recorded 19:27 play time during the confrontation with Canada last weekend.
A “lesion in the upper body” seemed to prevent Mcavoy from taking the ice in some games before the tournament. However, he played in a Bruin game on January 30. The 27 -year -old underwent shoulder arthroscopic stabilization surgery in 2022, NBC reported.
Team USA will face Canada in the final of the confrontation of the 4 nations on February 20.
