Brandon Hagel Embarrasses the Tkachuk Brothers with His Latest Comments
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The Saturday night clash between Team USA and Team Canada is already a game that fans won't forget, thanks to three fights within the first nine seconds.
The Bell Centre was electric and while international tournaments aren't known for physicality, the tensions was there with Brady and Matthew Tkachuk on the ice.
Will we have the same level of intensity between Team Canada and Team USA in the final of the 4 Nations Face-off
The chaos started with Matthew Tkachuk dropping the gloves with Brandon Hagel, followed by Brady Tkachuk against Sam Bennett and J.T. Miller against Colton Parayko.
After the game, the Tkachuk brothers revealed they had pre-planned the fights and even had a group chat with J.T. Miller about it.
However, Brandon Hagel wasn't impressed and fired back at the brothers ahead of Thursday's rematch by implying they were more focused on attention than national pride.
"We're out there playing for the flag, not the camera We don't have any group chats going on."
Brandon Hagel also admitted he was concerned before the first game that the tournament might feel like an All-Star exhibition.
"I was thinking to myself laying in bed the night before the (first) game, 'If this is going to be like an all-star type of thing then I'm going to be so out of place because I'm putting my head through a wall tomorrow.' That was my mentality."
The Americans are dealing with big injuries, with both Tkachuk brothers, Auston Matthews and Charlie McAvoy ll banged up ahead of the matchup.
Charlie McAvoy has been ruled out, while Quinn Hughes will serve as an emergency replacement for the Team USA.
You can expect big flashes and big hits when Canada and the U.S. meet at TD Garden on Thursday.
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