This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! I challenge your call. Of course it was Canada, and of course it was in overtime.

The North American rivals turned what had been a tune-up for the 2026 Olympics into an geopolitical brawl over anthems and annexation as much as international hockey supremacy.

Canada has beaten Team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off in an overtime thriller, 3-2, Thursday night in Boston. Connor McDavid scored the game winner to become a national hero and hockey legend. After dropping the first meeting against Team USA on Saturday in Montreal,

It's coming down to the wire in Thursday night's 4 Nations Face-Off final between Team USA and Canada, as the game was tied 2–2 entering the third period. So what happens if championship goes to overtime?

Canada defeated USA Thursday to win the first-ever 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament, capping what had become a heated and politically charged event.

Despite being the first team to secure its spot in the final with a 3-1 win over the Canadians in the round-robin, the United States was hindered by an ailing bench and stifled by an opposing goalie in Jordan Binnington on Thursday night.

The U.S. and Canada met in a senior men's hockey championship game for the first time since the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

O Canada, you are the 4 Nations Face-Off champions. Canada beat Team USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday thanks to Connor McDavid's goal despite the U.S. leading 2-1 in the second period.

Amid the euphoria of the Golden Goal, that’s how Joe Thornton described teammate Sidney Crosby after he froze the clock on a 3-2 overtime victory over an upstart Team USA 15 years ago in Vancouver. Those words came to mind here again.