U.S. defeats Canada, clinches spot in 4 Nations Face-Off championship game | NHL.com
Guentzel scores twice in win; McDavid gets goal
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It was the United States’ first win against Canada in a best-on-best international tournament since the preliminary round of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on Feb. 21, 2010.
The intensity and emotion of the rivalry were evident from the opening face-off as there were three fights in the first nine seconds.
"Mayhem," Canada coach Jon Cooper said. "That was the first minute."
U.S. forward Matthew Tkachuk fought Canada forward Brandon Hagel right after the puck drop, with two seconds having come off the clock. On the ensuing face-off, U.S. forward Brady Tkachuk did the same with Canada forward Sam Bennett after one more second ticked off.
After another face-off and six seconds of play, J.T. Miller of the United States and Colton Parayko of Canada fought after a scrum by the U.S. net.
"I think the message we wanted to send is 'It's our time,'" Matthew Tkachuk said. "We're in a hostile environment, and we wanted to show that we're not backing down. They've had so much success over so many years over there. They're some of the best players in the world. We felt in this environment it was a good time to do it. It was a lot of fun.
