The United States and Canada team dropped their gloves three times in the first nine seconds of their 4 nations contest facing Saturday night; It was the first time that the two teams played with each other in the best format in nine years.
Two fights occurred in the first three seconds, with Matthew Tkachuk entering the first against Brandon Hagel, and his brother, Brady, fighting against the Florida Panthers teammate of Matthew, Sam Bennett, in the second.
After an unemployment by goalkeeper, Jt Miller found anyone who was arranged, which resulted in the third Brouhaha. There were no fights for the rest of the game, but the punches established the guideline for what was a physical fight that ended in a 3-1 victory for the Americans.
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Brady Tkachuk (Top) of the United States Combat Sam Bennett in Canada during the hockey action faced with 4 nations in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/Canadian Press through AP)
The fights were the preamble of the most watched NHL event outside a Stanley Cup final since 2019, which resulted in an average of 4.4 million viewers. The fights, without a doubt, caught the attention of rookie fans everywhere, but not all were fans of that.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo shouted the fights for being “false.”
“I don’t like things that are pre-organized. I don’t like things that have a feeling of falsehood or WWE. They had three fights in nine seconds, all text messages were sent before the game … to have three fights in Nine seconds, “Russo said in his radio program, through a horrible ad. “I know that fans in the sand loved, I know that fans at home got emotionally in the game immediately.
“That for me was a joke. That was false. ‘We are going to release the gloves and kill ourselves in the first nine seconds of the game.’ He was not organic. So.”
Brandon Hagel de Canada, on the left, fights with Matthew Tkachuk of the United States during the first period of a hockey game in front of 4 nations in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Graham Hughes // The Canadian press through AP)
The emotion takes place for the final of the 4 nations of US-Canadá after the first noisy game
Hagel closed Russo’s statement recently, saying that “he did not fight for the cameras” but rather “for the [Canadian] Flag. “Brady Tkachuk also said his brother’s fight” happened quite organically. “
“Matthew said he wanted to go first, it just happened, and now it’s over,” he said. “It’s just when Matthew discovered the initial alignment, he said he wanted a piece of him (Hagel).”
The fights arrived shortly after the Canadian crowd booed “The Star-Spangled Banner”, which has recently been in the north against the United States teams amid the rates of President Donald Trump about Canada. Since then, the rates have been arrested. The president has also caused the Canadians with the idea that Canada becomes the “State 51”.
Canada’s team striker Sam Bennett, on the left, and United States team striker Brady Tkachuk fights in the first period during a 4 -nations ice hockey game at the Bell Center. (Eric Bolte-Imagn images)
While the United States and Canada have been rivals in the ice for decades, political tension has certainly brought a new flavor to the crowds and perhaps the players too.
The two teams face Thursday again, this time in Boston, for the title of the 4 nations.
