Nations Face-Off is well underway with all four teams participating to play in the final game for a gold medal. Team Canada has played well and showed signs of being the strongest team in the tournament,
Crosby, who led Team Canada to a 3-2 overtime victory against Team USA in the 4 Nations final on Thursday, was excused from Friday’s Penguins practice after flying back from Boston.
And a torch of sorts has now been passed — if there is such a thing — from the generational Crosby to the player of this generation, McDavid: One overtime goal of significance passed on to another one 15 years later. CONNOR MCDAVID! OVERTIME WINNER! 🚨 CONNOR MCDAVID TRANCHE EN PROLONGATION! 🚨 #4Nations pic.twitter.com/AF96PDU2S8
In Montreal from Saint John, New Brunswick, on Monday, the Ward family did a bit of sightseeing before arriving at Bell Centre on game day, chaperoned and tour-guided by Elizabeth Hayward, the NHL's Senior Manager of Social Impact & Strategic Integration.
The tournament itself exceeded expectations and on Thursday, Canada was awarded the first ever gold medal for winning the 4 Nations Face-Off with a 3-2 victory over their rival Americans.
Sidney Crosby on Wednesday got a sellout crowd roaring with a no-look pass to Nathan MacKinnon for a slam-dunk power-play goal in the first minute then he sent Canada fans home happy by assisting on Mitch Marner’s overtime winner.
Marner grew up idolizing Sidney Crosby and scoring a goal set up buy the decorated NHL athlete was a dream come true.
For the first time in his professional career, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner became a star in Montreal.
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