The puck was on Auston Matthews ’ stick. Not once, but twice, in overtime.

Twice in scoring position in the final of the 4 Nations Faceoff tournament.

Twice in a place to win the event for Team USA.

That’s how close it was between Team Canada and Team USA in the great four-team lead-up tournament to this winter’s Olympic Games.

We remember the celebration and the Connor McDavid goal. We remember the drama. We remember the feeling we get as Canadian hockey lovers every time Canada wins a tournament in this way or, frankly, any way.

Canada won the 4 Nations, before that won the World Cup, won the Olympics in 2014 and 2010, the previous times the Olympics had best-on-best hockey.

Intrinsically, with Sidney Crosby scoring in overtime in 2010, with Carey Price near-perfect in 2014, with

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