Canadian forward Brandon Hagel said the animosity at the start of the game wasn't just for showmanship. When the Americans and Canadians met on Saturday night, a 3-1 win for the U.S., there were three fights in the first nine seconds of the game.
It appears that the feeling was mutual between Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel. Immediately following puck drop on Saturday’s 4 Nations Face-Off match between USA and Canada, won 3-1 by the Americans, Tkachuk and Hagel threw their gloves to the ground and sparred with each other.
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It’s all over! Team Canada has captured the 4 Nations Face-Off thanks to some overtime heroics from superstar Connor McDavid. McDavid ripped a top shelf beauty past American goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to secure victory for Canada in the hostile confines of Boston’s TD Garden.
Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel added fuel to the fire with direct jabs at each other ahead of the 4 Nations Final between Team USA and Team Canada.
Ahead of Thursday's 4 Nations Face-Off title game, Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Hagel continued to trade chirps at TD Garden.
Team Canada forward Brandon Hagel dropped a fiery comment on his fight with USA's Matthew Tkachuk during Canada's 3-1 loss.
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The post followed Canada’s thrilling 3-2 overtime victory in the 4 Nations Face-Off final against its American rivals.
Matthew Tkachuk, naturally, was the instigator to Saturday's punchfest, but no way was Brandon Hagel, a proud Lightning and prouder Canadian, was backing down. Ahead of Thursday's final, that bad blood simmered into a war of words.
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