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 additionally an absence of electrical energy 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.
However there was hockey, high-stakes, best-on-best hockey, even when it took fairly the whereas for the Individuals to get to their sport and show superiority of their 6-1 victory upfront of Saturday evening’s showdown towards the mighty Canadians.
“It is going to be,” mentioned Brady Tkachuk, “the biggest game I’ve ever played in my career.”
