BOSTON – “You’re happy he was born in Canada. Thank god.”
Amid the euphoria of the Golden Goal, that’s how Joe Thornton described teammate Sidney Crosby after he froze the clock on a 3-2 overtime victory over an upstart Team USA 15 years ago in Vancouver.
Those words came to mind here again.
The symbolism was unmistakable when Connor McDavid delivered the moment that kept Team Canada atop the podium to cap the NHL’s reintroduction to top-tier international competition at the 4 Nations Face-Off.
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Same countries. Same score. Another once-in-a-generation player delivering the dagger.
“I’m sure this one means a lot to him,” Crosby said of McDavid. “And it meant a lot to us.”
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