The Boston TD garden was the ideal place to be Thursday evening, and an explosion of the past obtained the final crowd of the 4 even more jacked nations than it was already.
Hockey teams in the United States and Canada are back on ice for the 4 nations game championship, five days after three fights in the first nine seconds took place in their first game in the best format since 2016 .
The two teams were the best points in the round (Canada had equality break on Sweden) and gathered in Boston.
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Former American hockey player Mike Eruzione on ice before the start of the first period against Team Canada during the ice hockey championship match of the 4 nations at TD Garden. (Images of Brian Fluharty-Imagn)
Before the match, two adults from the sport were celebrated. Wayne Gretzky and Mike Eruzione were honorary captains for their respective countries.
The presence of Eruzione alone advances the American crowd because he was the captain of the Miracle on Ice 1980 team. But he gave the crowd something more to encourage.
Eruzione entered the ice swinging the jersey of Johnny Gaudreau, the late NHL’s late-star who, with his younger brother, was killed by an alleged driver in August.
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Gaudreau played for the United States in the world juniors in 2013, winning the gold medal that year. He also participated in the world ice hockey championships five times.
The USA AUSTON Matthews team striker (34) and the former hockey player Mike Eruzione and the former hockey player Wayne Gretzky and the Team Canada Sidney Crosby (87) striker in the championship of the championship of Ice hockey of the 4 nations at TD Garden. (Images of Brian Fluharty-Imagn)
The presence of Gaudreau was felt among the club of the 4 nations of this year, as a American jersey bearing its name and the n ° 13 has often been hung in the locker room.
The left wing of the Blue Jackets of Columbus, Johnny Gaudreau (13), plays the washer against the Montreal Canadians during the second period at the Bell Center. (David Kirouac-USA today Sports)
Unlike Saturday, there was no fight at The Puck Drop. But, in the same way as this competition, Canada took an advance of 1-0.
