Brady Tkachuk says ‘there’s hatred’ between US and Canada ahead of Olympic gold-medal game
NY Post
Sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the U.S. men’s hockey team winning gold at the 1980 Winter Games in what’s widely known as the “Miracle on Ice.”
The U.S. men’s hockey team will take the ice, with a gold medal on the line Sunday, hoping to rekindle that magic all these years later against its arch nemesis, Canada.
There’s plenty of bad blood heading into Sunday’s gold medal game between the U.S. and Canada, with American Brady Tkachuk telling ESPN on Saturday that “there’s hatred” as Team USA hopes to spoil Canada’s golden dreams Sunday the same way the women did earlier in the week.
Tkachuk acknowledged Canada has been “the top dog” for a minute now, but the U.S. is eager to steal Canada’s thunder.
“For us, we want to be in that position, be the best,” Tkachuk said. “So it’s going to be a game where I think a lot of guys could say, this is the biggest game that they’ve ever played in.”
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