Wayne Gretzky was introduced as an honorary captain of Team Canada on Thursday night prior to the Matchup against the US in the 4 Nations Face-off final.
Gretzky, arguably the biggest hockey player of all time, received some cheer when he stepped out on the ice with Team US choice, Mike Eruzione. Obviously, the Boston amount was far more behind Eruzione than they were “the big one.”
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Team USA Forward Auston Matthews, #34, and former hockey player Mike Eruzione and former hockey player Wayne Gretzky and Team Canada Tip Sidney Crosby, #87, under the 4 Nations Face-off Ice Hockey Championship Game in Td Garden in Boston the February . 20, 2025. (Brian Fluharty-Preferred Pictures)
On social media, Gretzky’s performance as Team Canada’s honorary captain withdrew some Ire because of President Donald Trump’s Musings about the United States’ northern neighbors, who became the 51st state in the Union. The president has even gone so far as to suggest that Gretzky is “Governor” of Canada.
Hockey fans who looked at the game were far from entertained.
Gretzky was discovered at Trump’s inauguration last month. Trump proclaimed Hockey legend on Christmas Day and suggested that Canadians were drafting him to become the next prime minister.
Trump gives Team USA Pep Speech before 4 Nations Final VS Canada
Canadian retired professional hockey player Wayne Gretzky arrives at the inauguration ceremony before President Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb-Pool via imagn images)
When Trump teased Canadian lawmakers, he said he asked Gretzky to become “Governor of Canada.”
“I was with Wayne Gretzky. I said, ‘Wayne, would you like to be Governor of Canada?’ I can’t imagine anyone doing better than Wayne, “Trump said at a press conference in Mar-A-Lago earlier this month.
“Wayne wasn’t too interested. But he would probably have wished for state,” Trump added. “He’s one of my friends. He’s an amazing guy. He’s the big one. We call him the big one? He’s not? He’s an amazing hockey player.”
Gretzky did not appear to be swayed one way or the other.
Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky laughs as he carries his new Hockey Hall of Fame Ring during his induction ceremony in Toronto on November 22, 1999. (AP Photo/Frank Gunn, File)
Hockey Hall of Famer was discovered at Trump’s election victory party in November.
