Canada defeated the United States 3-2, won the ice hockey championship, and Trump's wild words before the game were slapped in the face!
On Thursday night, Canadian ice hockey fans had an unforgettable moment. After experiencing a series of challenges, they finally achieved a proud victory, and cheers echoed throughout the arena.
Despite losing to the United States earlier in this tournament, the Canadian team finally avenged themselves in the highly anticipated "Four Nation Match" final held in Boston, defeating their arch rivals the United States 3-2 in overtime and lifting the championship trophy.
This showdown is not only a competition on the ice hockey level, but also adds topicality to the political context. Superstar center Connor McDavid scored the winning goal at a critical moment, securing the victory for the Canadian team and making the entire game boiling.
Before the game, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt made a statement saying that she and President Trump both look forward to seeing the US team defeat Canada in the final, and joked that Canada is "about to become our 51st state". However, the final match result undoubtedly gave the best response to Canadian fans.
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Vincent Pilon from Montreal said, "This game is far more than just ice hockey. It's about the pride of being Canadian. This is our sport
At Greta Bar YVR in Vancouver, hundreds of fans jumped excitedly from their seats, hugged each other and shouted "Canada! Canada! Canada!" - a moment that happened when McDavid scored the winning goal above the left shoulder of American goalkeeper Connor Hellebuyck.
At Peel Pub in downtown Montreal, a lively celebration erupted in the crowded bar, with beer glasses shattering on the floor.
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Calgary fans gathered at Last Best Brewing&Distillation to sing the final song of 'O Canada' for the Canadian team.
Ryan Badr, wearing a Canadian ice hockey jersey and draped the national flag over his shoulders, expressed his excitement for the Canadian team's victory.
Badr said, "You have the best player in the world - as a Calgary native, we usually hate playing against him in games... but McDavid just needs to get a shot, he means the captain of the Edmonton Oilers. This reminds me of Sidney Crosby 15 years ago
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This men's ice hockey single event not only marks the return of top NHL players to high-level international competition after nearly a decade, but also further escalates the historical significance of the showdown between Canada and the United States.
Previously, US President Trump had threatened to impose high tariffs on Canada and hinted at making Canada the 51st state of the United States.
On Thursday morning, Trump once again expressed his support for the US team on social media, further fueling tensions.
Jack， A fan watching the game in downtown Calgary said that the current political atmosphere makes this victory particularly sweet.
After a few minutes of revelry in the bar, he said, 'We love America, but they may not necessarily love us now - at least not from their leadership, which makes us a bit sad.'.
We have always been their best friends and neighbors, and now we need to respond... This is a cultural and symbolic counterattack
At the Boston game venue, fans booed incessantly before the start of the game, expressing dissatisfaction with the Canadian national anthem "O Canada". This seems to be a response to the recent booing on NHL stadiums in Canada, including the chaotic scene of the Canada US group stage match held at Bell Centre in Montreal last Saturday.
Canadian nationalist sentiment is once again rising in Montreal. The fans stood up and sang the national anthem with pride, and then mercilessly booed 'The Star Spangled Banner' afterwards.
In Calgary and Vancouver, fans did not booe the US national anthem. But Adrian Kiss from Vancouver described the match result as a "huge victory" for Canada.
Kiss said, 'We need this victory,' and added that she was so excited during the celebration that she lost consciousness in an instant. If we lose, the situation could become quite ugly. It's quite cruel on social media now
This victory brings all Canadians together
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In pro Canada bars in Montreal and Vancouver, some American fans were booed throughout the night.
Naim Temlock said, 'This game has always been important, but now, especially with me here and the current geopolitical tensions, this confrontation feels like it has reached its peak.' He is a former student from Chicago who studied at McGill University and is currently watching the game in Montreal.
The first Canada US match last Saturday ended 3-1, with the US team winning. In this game, there were three brawls between the two sides within just 9 seconds of the start of the game, with a total of 10.1 million viewers across North America watching.
Jean Levesque, a Canadian fan from Montreal, drove to Boston to watch the final and said he had never seen the confrontation between Canada and the United States reach such a fierce level.
This time is different, "he said outside TD Garden. Last week in Montreal, someone joked that if you cut off the power supply from Hydro Qu é bec and plug a wire into Bell Centre, you could light up the entire province
At the Vancouver viewing party, the crowd couldn't hide their excitement. When Nathan MacKinnon scored Canada's first goal and changed the score to 1-0, people jumped high and waved the Canadian flag.
However, when the US team overtook 2-1, fans' emotions changed from joy to disbelief, and they all held their heads and sighed.
In the end, Sam Bennett equalized the score for the Canadian team, and the fans once again embraced and celebrated, clapping each other. Subsequently, McDavid's' golden goal 'finally relieved the entire country.
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American men's ice hockey has long been suppressed by Canada on the international stage. In the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the Canadian team defeated the American team 5-2 on American soil and won the gold medal.
In the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Crosby's "golden goal" helped the Canadian team defeat the American team in the final, becoming a classic moment.
Before 2010, this wasn't really a real confrontation - Crosby ended us, "said American fan Chris Leduc, who watched the game with his son Chase in Boston.
Leduc wore the USA team jersey of Mike Eruzione, the "Miracle on Ice" hero of the 1980 Winter Olympics, and referred to Thursday's final as "the most anticipated, watched, and discussed ice hockey game of the past 15 years".
The "Four Nations Match" is the closest men's ice hockey match to the "Strongest vs. Strongest" since the 2016 World Cup, and is seen as a prelude to NHL players returning to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
NHL players participated in five Winter Olympics from 1998 to 2014, but missed the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and Beijing.
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