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On Thursday, all eyes will be on Boston as Team USA and Canada​ square off at TD Garden during a rematch of a game that started with three fights in the first nine seconds.

The result was the culmination of a midseason tournament that featured stars from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States — and a surprisingly political atmosphere.

Team USA skated off the TD Garden ice empty-handed on Thursday — their hopes of claiming the nation’s first “best-on-best” hockey title since 1996 dashed when Canada’s Connor McDavid rifled a puck into twine 8:18 into overtime of the 4 Nations Face-Off championship.

Police in Boston are urging hockey fans to beware of counterfeit tickets for Thursday night’s 4 Nations Face-Off championship at TD Garden between the United States and Canada.

Atlantic Hockey America will be a one-bid league for the NCAAs, with the winner of the conference tournament qualifying.

Team USA star Auston Matthews, a Bruins rival, paid tribute to Boston fans ahead of the 4 Nations Face-Off final at TD Garden.

Boston should feel proud of its hockey fans. By not booing during the Canadian national anthem on Thursday, they continued to acquit themselves with class during the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off. Fans in Montreal lustily booed The Star-Spangled Banner before Team USA’s two games at the Bell Centre as a gesture of protest to Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and threats to use economic

Team USA faces Team Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey championship game on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

Courtesy of Brady Tkachuk/Instagram Team USA hockey stars Matthew and Brady Tkachuk are modern-day Bash Brothers who have helped turn the perception of American hockey on its head. Matthew, a forward with the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers,