4 Nations showcase closest hockey has come to a best-on-best tournament since 2016 World Cup
The superstar centre set to headline Canada’s roster at the 4 Nations Face-Off was a vocal proponent of getting NHL players back on the international stage and under the brightest lights.
“I’ve gone to a couple of camps with him,” the 27-year-old said of his childhood idol. “This will be just that much better.” “It’s unbelievable,” McDavid said during a recent interview while filming a commercial shoot for Rogers, a 4 Nations Face-Off sponsor. “Everything that he’s done for the game, everything that he’s accomplished, and the fact that he’s still playing hockey and playing at such a high level, it’s incredible.”
“This isn’t exactly the Olympics or a World Cup,” McDavid said of the 4 Nations. “ it’s a good teaser.” The overarching hope is the 4 Nations, which will be played without Russia because of the ongoing war in Ukraine, serves as an appetizer before NHL reappears on sports’ biggest stage in just over 12 months at the 2026 Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy.
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