HF Habs: PGT: 4 Nations Face-Off: Canada wins inaugural Championship, 3-2 (OT) over USA

[HabsMD97]

what a treat it was cheering for crosby, mcdavid, mackinnon and makar, sucks we have to to back to watching habs hockey

 

[the valiant effort]

Got to admit that was a hell of run with USA as “#1”

Looking forward to Italy 2026 when they finish 5th

 

[red devil]

 

[JianYang]

Matthews had his first shot of the tournament tonight.

That’s insanely bad.

Is that real?

 

[Banjo Cat]

Marner came up big tonight in a big game.

 

[HuGort]

Canada Trumps USA!!!

 

[Erika]

I didn’t realize how talented slavin is on the ice. He’s a treat to watch and I hope we end up with a guy like him. Just a classic defense man.


If the nhl was a 20 team league the talent and competition would be off the hook.

I'm positive David Reinbacher can reach that potential. Slavin is exactly how I envisioned Reinbacher to be in 5-6 years for the habs and thats more valuable than any little russian winger that the habs could've had instead.

 

[Big Lurk]

Binnington played like a big boy tonight. Player of the game to me!
Sheeesh!

 

[Fatbiggie]

Is that real?

He had 2 shots against FIN based on NHL app

 

[Runner77]

Who was able to get one of these?

 

[Treal]

Don't know what these Leafs fans have been going on about, this Mitch Marner guy is alright!

 

[ChesterNimitz]

I'm positive David Reinbacher can reach that potential. Slavin is exactly how I envisioned Reinbacher to be in 5-6 years for the habs and thats more valuable than any little russian winger that the habs could've had instead.

But if you’re going to get a ‘little Russian winger,’ we got the right one in Demidov over Michkov.

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

 

[Benstheman]

But if you’re going to get a ‘little Russian winger,’ we got the right one in Demidov over Michkov.

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

And Demidov is not little at all. Bigger, stronger and plays and solid 200 ft game.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

So apparently Team Canada does have a group chat. It was revealed on Instagram by Hagel. He screen shot it.

Miller was right! You don't talk about group chat. Lol

 

[tazsub3]

Binnington played like a big boy tonight. Player of the game to me!
Sheeesh!

All morning still playing that overtime save in my head . Man that was big . Love players that rise up and are clutch ….
Like Mathews did for Canada on the winning goal hahahah

 

[SergeConstantin74]

That’s a group chat I would love to be a part of.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Is that real?

Matthews is playing injured. He didn’t go to Germany in the middle of the season to try the Weiner Schnitzel.

Matthews, who was largely invisible in the gold medal game except for those glorious scoring chances late in the third period and overtime, has a chronic shoulder injury / condition that will probably plague him his entire career. He missed one game in the tournament and hardly practiced with his team. We should respect the courage he showed playing last night.

It was an intense game between two evenly matched teams. It could have gone either way. I think that even the most die hard Canadian fan has to realize that the Americans have now clearly caught up to Canada in the depth and quality of the players / talent that each country now produces. The days when some (most) Canadians could smugly (and erroneously) claim that we could send two or three teams to these best on best competitions and who could each win, are long over. Going forward, it will be a life and death effort to match and beat the hockey powerhouse that has emerged south of our 'arbitrary, boarder. In fact, it has been that way since the mid 1990s. Just most Canadians were blind to that uncomfortable reality.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Nice of the fatties to care about hockey for a week , back to their little caves they go , bye bye

 

[Habs Icing]

My sphincter is so tight.

I'm about to shit myself...

Are you two watching the same game?

 

[eklund the clown]

And Trump congradulates the USA on winning the game.

 

[Hannibal]

So happy we won!! We needed this.

But, team Canada has a lot of work to do for next winter olympics. Don’t like how this roster was build.

 

[Habs Icing]

Does that mean we can remain a Country?

No! But we won't be a state either. We'll be a territory. Like Puerto Rico.

 

[SergeConstantin74]

So happy we won!! We needed this.

But, team Canada has a lot of work to do for next winter olympics. Don’t like how this roster was build.

I understand respect but Marchand does not belong. Even Crosby had a very poor showing but It’ll be hard not to include him for his last Olympics.

 

[Hannibal]

I understand respect but Marchand does not belong. Even Crosby had a very poor showing but It’ll be hard not to include him for his last Olympics.

Stone
Marchand
Reinhart
Cirelli
Sanheim
Jarvis
Konecky

Atrocious. We need better character players, size and north-south players.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

So happy we won!! We needed this.

But, team Canada has a lot of work to do for next winter olympics. Don’t like how this roster was build.

We got caught slow.

And we never seem to learn that simple lesson.

It was a great effort by a spirited team. Before the tournament, I said Canada’s only chance of winning was if the three M's (McDavid, McKinnon and Makar) prove to be the best players in the tournament and we get competent goaltending. McKinnon was the tournament's MVP; after being ill and absent early in tournament Makar came on strong and, even when he less than impactful than usual, McDavid scored the winning goal. And when you add the brilliant goaltending of Binnington, the matter was never in doubt.

Stone
Marchand
Reinhart
Cirelli
Sanheim
Jarvis
Konecky

Atrocious. We need better character players, size and north-south players.

We got caught slow and it almost killed us.