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Fights and anthem even booed casual hockey fans were enthusiastic about Thursday 4 nations confrontation championship.
USA and Team Canada team He gave it in Boston on Thursday for the final of the tournament in his inaugural year, five days after the two rivals of a lifetime got into three fights in the first nine seconds of his first game last week.
The fights, which came after a multitude of Montreal, booed aloud “The Star-Spangled Banner”, obtained the fans of the non-hockey locked up, and literally became the biggest hockey game in history.
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The US team players and the Canada team shake hands after the confrontation championship game of the 4 nations in TD Garden in Boston on Thursday. (Chase Agnello-Dean/4NFO/Hockey World Cup through Getty Images)
ESPN reported that 9.3 million fans tuned the final on Thursday night, the largest Nielsen qualification audience recorded in the history of the NHL, which dates back to 1994. That figure is more than double the game last Saturday, which attracted 4.4 million people.
The previous record of Nielsen Ratings was the 8.9 million that took advantage of game 7 of the Stanley 2019 Cup final between the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins, which, like Thursday’s game, took place In the Boston TD garden.
Sports Business Magazine He informed that 12.41 million people saw game 7 of the 1971 Cup final between the Montreal Canadiens and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Canada team players celebrate a goal by Nathan Mackinnon during the first period of the 4 -nations confrontation championship game at TD Garden in Boston on Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Kupa)
The 4 -nations confrontation championship was the best -selling hockey game from the 2010 Olympic gold medal game between Canada and the United States (more than 27 million), but unfortunately for Americans, Thursday night It was Djà vu.
That gold medal game ended with an extra time of Sydney Crosby for Canada, while on Thursday, Connor McDavid found the bottom of the network in extra time to give the title to Team Canada.
With the victory, Canada moved to 14-4-1 against the US .
The Americans won Saturday’s vicious contest, but they have not yet won consecutive games against Canadians since 1996.
Canada’s goalkeeper Jordan Binnington, recalls the album in a goal by Jake Sanderson from the US team. During the 4 -nations confrontation championship game in TD Garden in Boston on Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Kupa)
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However, the tournament, which many feared that it would not have much buzz, has energized the sport and was an exciting success.
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