The 4 Nations Finals was an eventful and action-packed tournament, culminating in Canada defeating the United States 3-2 in overtime to claim the championship. While the likes of Nathan MacKinnon and Zach Werenski delivered standout performances for their respective teams, it was Brady Tkachuk who grabbed attention with his physical play and early-game fight.
Ahead of the U.S.-Canada matchup, Tkachuk, along with his brother Matthew Tkachuk and J.T. Miller, discussed instigating early-game fights in a group chat, which later became a topic of conversation in hockey circles.
During an appearance on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast, Brady Tkachuk explained: “Matthew and I were talking like if we have this opportunity that like how sick would it be to like do something like this was months ago like if we’re both on the same team like in Montreal like how sick would that be so that kind of just like we’re joking around about it and then the start of the tournament obviously we got to know MSY and he was uh no awesome guy and uh we just kind of joke around like oh we got to do something nuts.”
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