President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he would call the US men’s hockey teams ahead of their 4 nations, the face-off final against Canada in a new match for their warmed games this weekend.
Bill Guerin, general manager of the US 4 Nations team, invited Trump to come to Boston to the final against Canada in an interview on Pakinomist Channel’s “America’s Newsroom.”
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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the future Summit Institute Institute in Miami Beach, Florida, Wednesday, February 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In the truth social, the busy president wrote that he would give the team a ring and teased Canada again.
“I call our big American hockey team this morning to spur them for victory tonight against Canada, which with much lower taxes and much stronger security, will soon become our beloved and very important, fifty first state,” he wrote.
Trump added that he would not be able to join the game.
“I want to talk before the governors tonight in DC, and unfortunately will not be able to participate. But we will all see and if Governor Trudeau would like to be with us he would be very welcome. Good luck to everyone, And have a great game tonight.
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President Donald Trump, left, shaking his hands with Matthew Tkachuk during a ceremony with Florida Panthers NHL Hockey team to celebrate their victory from the 2024 Stanley Cup in the eastern room of the White House on Monday, February 3, 2025 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Saturday’s game started with Canadian fans in Montreal Booing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Then three American and three Canadian players threw their gloves and started fighting. There were three matches in the first nine seconds. The United States got the last laughter when they topped Canada, 3-1.
It is unclear if more matches will occur when the puck falls at. 20 et.
Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel, who have had an intense rivalry in the NHL game, threw subtle jabs on each other since when they spoke with journalists. Tkachuk had previously said that he, his brother and their teammate JT Miller talked about triggering the match in group chat.
Hagel stabbed text and said he fought “for the flag” and “not the cameras.” Added as a subtle shot that his Canadian teammates “have no group chats.”
Team United States Forward Matthew Tkachuk, #19, and Team Canada Forward Brandon Hagel, #38, fight in the first period in a 4 Nations Face-off Ice Hockey Game in Bell Center. (Eric Bolt-Preferred Pictures)
“Maybe their team doesn’t like each other, so if they don’t have group chats,” Tkachuk said via SportsNet.
