The 2025 “4 Nations Face-Off” starts up tonight and goes until the 20th in Montreal and Boston, with teams of NHL players from Canada, Finland, Sweden, and the United States competing in a round-robin tournament.
This will be the first best-on-best tournament since the World Cup of Hockey 2016 in Toronto.
Good luck to what sports reporters are calling the “Nova Scotia Mafia” with Cole Harbour native sons 4 Nations Face-Off and Nathan MacKinnon playing for Canada with Brad Marchand of Hammonds Plains, all wearing the red and white. I think we should call them the Bluenose Boyz instead… spelled with a Z.
(Above: Nathan MacKinnon with Brad Marchand at the Jrdan Boyd Celebrity Hockey Tournament n Bedford.)
Here’s the schedule: At Bell Centre, Montreal tonight it’s Canada vs. Sweden, 9 p.m. ATL Thursday, Feb. 13 United States vs. Finland, 9 p.m. ATL Saturday, Feb. 15 Finland vs. Sweden, 2 p.m. ATL United States vs. Canada, 9 p.m. ATL At TD Garden, Boston Monday, Feb. 17 Canada vs. Finland, 2 p.m. ATL Sweden vs. United States, 9 p.m. ATL Thursday, Feb. 20 Championship game, 9 p.m. ATL
(Above: Sid and Ian at the Nova Scotia Showdown October 2, 2023, in Halifax.)
Jordan Binnington gets the start in goal for the true north strong and free. GO CANADA GO, EH!
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-Ian
(Credits: Ian Robinson photos. Blog cover picture of Nate, Sid and Brad, an Ian gift for Father’s Day 2018 from the Los Angeles All Star game.)
