Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby inspired the audience to be ecstatic in Montreal. Instead, Toronto Maple Leafs players were not appreciated.
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The best NHL players finally got their strength at the national team level when the four-country tournament began on Thursday night Finnish time.
The first NHL-level national team tournament in the current generation has been awaited for a long time, and the audience was excited about the opening match in Montreal.
Especially the captain of Canada Sidney Crosby received fierce encouragement in the sold -out Bell Center.
Canadian head coach Jon Cooper He described that it felt like the roof of the arena was loose when Crosby was introduced to the audience in a traditional arena.
37-year-old Crosby showed that he was still in a fierce mood in a Canadian shirt. The team’s captain was the most powerful player in the match against Sweden with his three pass points.
After the overtime of Sweden, Canada struck 4-3. Crosby has now won 26 national team games in the tube. The latest loss is from 2010.
“He is still spoken of as the best player of all time, representing this country,” Canada head coach Cooper annoyed.
The crowd in a wild
However, another legend of the Canadian national team and the Pittsburgh Penguins wandered into even greater applause.
The legend of his career in 2005-2006 Mario Lemieux was involved in the opening ceremony of the tournament. Like Crosby, he represented his entire NHL career Pittsburgh and has won both the World Cup and the Olympic gold on the national team.
More than 20,000 people shouted the name of Lemieux for a minute, which made a deep impression on the EPN Sports Jussi to Paasi and Jussi Saarinen.
– I still have cold colors. I can’t even talk. It was somehow so incredibly great, Paasi described.
In addition to the captain of the current team, each country included a species legend in the opening ceremony. Finland in this category represented Teemu Selännewho received applause from a knowledgeable audience.
US attacker star, captain Auston Matthews Play in the Toronto Maple Leafs, which made the Montreal audience licking.
Sweden, who played against Canada, also got boomers. The legend player arrived from Tre Kronor on the ice Daniel Alfredsson and today’s captain, Tampa Bay’s Defender Victor Hedman.
– There was little tension in the warm -up. It gave me extra power, Swedish Adrian Kempe described the use of a home audience For SVT.
Finland will start its tournament on Friday night with a match against the United States.