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BOSTON — Matthew and Brady Tkachuk know how to fire up their teammates and fans, and they did a great job helping the United States reach the final of the first-ever 4 Nations Face-Off tournament.
But they might have provided Canada with a little extra motivation entering Thursday night’s championship game at TD Garden.
When Team USA beat Canada 3-1 in Montreal during the round robin stage of the tournament last week, Matthew Tkachuk said after the game, “The message we wanted to send is, ‘It’s our time right now.’”
The Tkachuks also helped spark the fireworks we saw at the start of that memorable game, which included three fights in the first nine seconds.
Canada got its revenge in Boston on Thursday night, winning the 4 Nations championship 3-2 in overtime when Connor McDavid scored 8:18 into the extra period.
Following the win, Bruins forward Brad Marchand had some interesting comments about the Tkachuk brothers.
“They play their …
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