Bad Blood on the Ice as America and Canada Set To Face Off for Hockey Championship

Ever since President Trump proposed tariffs on Canadian goods, the Great White North has been smarting. This resentment carried over into the first game between America and Canada.

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Canada fans cheer as their team takes to the ice ahead of the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey game against Team USA at Montreal, February 15, 2025. Christinne Muschi/the Canadian Press via AP

Thursday night’s hockey game between Team USA and Team Canada at Boston is the biggest international matchup on ice since the Soviet Red Army team’s glory days. No longer a goodwill exhibition, the championship of 2025’s “4 Nations Faceoff” will reverberate across the continent.

“We would love it if President Trump was in attendance,” Team USA’s general manager, Bill Guerin, told Fox News on Sunday. “We have a room full of proud American players and coaches and staff … just trying to represent our country the best way we can.”

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