The Ice Hockey Four Nations Tournament organized by the United States Hockey League (NHL) invited the four major ice hockey powers - the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland to participate, the United States and Canada teams in North America, Sweden and Finland in Northern Europe, each with its own grievances, plus the existing culture of ice hockey, so the United States and Canada on the 16th Beijing time, a brawl broke out two seconds after kickoff, which made the scene quite boiling.
Matthew Tkachuk (right), a Trump loyalist, got into an altercation with Canada's Brandon Hagel just two seconds into the game.
The player's high mood is not unrelated to US President Donald Trump's recent remarks. In this four-nation ice hockey game, the 4 teams are all NHL players, the atmosphere of the super war between the United States and Canada is quite hot, and when the American national anthem is sung before the game, Canadian fans have been constantly booing - US President Trump has repeatedly called Canada the "51st state" of the United States in recent days, and threatened to impose 25% tariffs on most Canadian goods, all of which have aroused the patriotic feelings of Canadians, and the game day (February 15, US and Canadian time) is Canada's "Flag Day", This backdrop filled the venue with all kinds of emotions.
In fact, two days ago, the U.S. team's 6-1 win over Finland was also played in Montenni, Canada, and the U.S. national anthem was booed, and American player Matthew Tkachuk, who has been a Trump loyalist, said at the time that he didn't like it.
The U.S.-Canada match was held at Canada's home stadium, and boos were heard at the precedence of the U.S. national anthem.
Just two seconds after the referee blew the whistle for the U.S. vs. Canada, Matthew Tkachuk and Canada's Brandon Hagel took off their gloves and set themselves up for a duel in the center circle. Like an ice boxing match, the two began to swing their fists in both directions after a round of confrontation in the center circle, hitting until the helmets also fell off, and several judges did not interfere, only looked at them closely, until the two hit the ground and fell to the ground, and the referees rushed forward to separate them.
One second after the event restarted, it was Matthew Tkachuk's younger brother's turn to repeat the scene with Canada's Sam Bennett, also until he fell to the ground before being separated by the referee.
Brady Tkachuk "takes over" her brother and fights Canada's Sam Bennett
The game continued after the second brawl, and after the kick-off, an offensive was finally formed, the United States team attacked the Canadian goal, and then the two sides suddenly disagreed and began to fight again, due to the large number of players involved, the referee immediately intervened, and most of the players stopped immediately, except for J.T. of the United States. Miller and Canada's Colton Parayko took off their gloves and signaled the start of another fight, and after it became one-on-one, the referee did not stop it, and the two threw punches as usual, and after the fight was finished, they were punished as usual.
In this match, the United States team finally defeated Canada 3-1 and qualified for the final after two consecutive wins. Canada can also reach the final if they beat Finland on the 17th, when they will face the United States.