At the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, Canadians faced heightened anxiety regarding their national team's performance against the US, which has significantly improved since their last elite matchup. With goaltending concerns and the recent world junior championship loss, Canada's hockey prowess seems diluted. The recent contest further intensified due to the political tensions between Canada and the US, intertwining sport and cross-border economics, highlighting that hockey is both a cultural and economic force shared between the nations.
As usual, Canadians approached the latest international hockey tournament, the 4 Nations Face-Off, with worry.
The Americans won the whole thing (again), with a team that was about as stacked as they could make it.
If reputation redemption, or a simple recalibration of hockey dominance, was all that was at stake during Saturday night's spicy contests...
Hockey has never been separate from cross-border economics.
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