BRACEBRIDGE, Ontario -- Brandon Montour watched Canada's dramatic win at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February and admittedly felt pride for his native country.

At the same time, it served as motivation for the 31-year-old Seattle Kraken defenseman.

With the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 looming on the horizon next February, he badly wanted to be part of representing his native country. Seeing Canada's dramatic 3-2 overtime win against the United States in the 4 Nations championship game only made him hungrier to do exactly that.

As such, when he was offered the chance to be part of Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Championship in May, Montour vowed to put himself on Hockey Canada's Olympic radar by performing at an elite level.

"My goal was to play my best and be noticed,

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