Canada defeated the United States after the two sides struggled with the rink in a championship game, which turned out to be about more than just a hockey on ice.
The 4 nations face the end of 3-2 in the overtime.
Every day, this gadget would be important for the two neighboring countries that have long been friendly rivals on the ice.
But the warming of rivalry this time was the coming threat of economically damaging trade war, as well as Donald Trump's constant reflections to annex Canada and make it in the 51st country.
Trump himself was invited to attend the game in Boston by the TEAM USA General Manager Bill Gerin. The US president failed to do so, but made sense to call the team to wish them luck.
He also repeated his desire to learn Canada, writing in a social post of truth before the game in which the country hoped “someday, maybe soon, will become ours and a very important, fifty first country.”
Later, Canada Public Safety Minister David McGinti told reporters that he had taken Trump's Quip as a sign that the president was “worried about the result” by the game.
After Canada's victory, Outbound Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – called “Trump Governor” by Trump – Posted on X: “You can't take our country – and you can't take our game.”
For fans in North America, the finale was “Dream Match,” Ice Hockey writer Daniel Nudunt-Bowman told the BBC. Not since the 2014 Winter Olympics had the best men's ice hockey hockers from Canada, and the United States faced such a subsequent game.
Both countries are proud of some of the largest stars in the National Hockey League (NHL), such as Canadians Mitch Marner and Connor McDavid, and Americans Oston Matthew and Jack Eihel. The game was a chance for this new generation of players to prove themselves.
But in Canada, the game was also personal, allowing fans to both fans and casual fans to have fun in national pride at a time when the country's sovereignty seems threatened by its closest neighbor.
The first game between Canada and the United States at this tournament, played on February 15 in Montreal, saw the American national anthem played by Canada fans, although the dictator asked fans in advance – both in English and in French – to show respect for the enemy Team.
The vocal protests of the US anthem have become a common view of sports games in Canada in the last month, as Trump has threatened a 25% tariff for all Canadian goods.
When it was about singing the Canadian anthem, the fans – including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – threw him to the top of the lungs.
Then three matches erupted on the ice in the first nine seconds of the game between American and Canadian players. It was an amazing view, even by ice hockey standards where battles are common.
Matthew Tkachuk, a US team player who was among Brawls participants, told reporters afterwards that his team should report a message that “our time is right now.”
Perhaps the strongest message sent that day was the decisive TEAM USA victory 3-1 against Canada.
Few Canadians would dispute how inseparable ice hockey is for the country's national identity.
Sport has served as the background of some of the most patriotic moments in Canada history, such as the Sydney Crosby gold medal for overtime work at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Historically, Canada had the upper hand against the United States. The two countries have met 20 times in the best tournaments of the Canada Cup in 1976, with Canada winning 14 of these matches.