MONTREAL — There was an absence of the pomp and circumstance that accompanied Wednesday’s Canada-Sweden opener of this 4 Nations Face-Off.
There was also an absence of electricity each on the ice and within the stands for this match between the USA and Finland that had been evident within the rink 24 hours earlier.
But there was hockey, high-stakes, best-on-best hockey, even when it took quite the while for the Americans to get to their game and display superiority of their 6-1 victory upfront of Saturday night’s showdown against the mighty Canadians.
“It’s going to be,” said Brady Tkachuk, “the most important game I’ve ever played in my profession.”
MONTREAL — There was an absence of the pomp and circumstance that accompanied Wednesday’s Canada-Sweden opener of this 4 Nations Face-Off.
There was also an absence of electricity each on the ice and within the stands for this match between the USA and Finland that had been evident within the rink 24 hours earlier.
But there was hockey, high-stakes, best-on-best hockey, even when it took quite the while for the Americans to get to their game and display superiority of their 6-1 victory upfront of Saturday night’s showdown against the mighty Canadians.
“It’s going to be,” said Brady Tkachuk, “the most important game I’ve ever played in my profession.”
