Connor McDavid scored at 8:18 of overtime in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States on Thursday night as 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.

Rivalries aside, it provided the type of entertainment that those involved in the contest hope can help fuel a new generation of fans.

Mike Eruzione, who scored the game-winning goal in the U.S. men's 1980 Olympic win over the Soviet Union, received a hero's welcome on the ice. He egged on the crowd and pumped his arms as more U-S-A chants rang out.