Peter Mulholland and his wife skipped their traditional trip from Vancouver to Seattle to watch baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays play the Mariners this year.

When they played “O Canada” for the second time, there were no American fans left in the arena to boo. Instead, the Canadian team stood at the blue line, arm in arm, player and coach, wearing their championship hats while the maple leaf flag was lowered behind the 4 Nations Face-Off trophy and the national anthem reverberated across

Welcome to the final game of the 4 Nations Face-Off. The United States and Canada played each other for the second time in six days, with the U.S. winning 3-1 on Saturday in Montreal. NHL.com Editor-in-Chief Bill Price was in Boston to provide all the sights, sounds and highlights from a historic night for hockey.

Sidney Crosby and Drew Doughty have won two Olympic gold medals, including in 2010 when Crosby scored the “Golden Goal” in overtime against the United States. Brad Marchand played in the World Cup of Hockey final the last time we had best-on-best competition nine years ago and scored the championship-winning goal.

The routine friendly bet between leaders of Canada and the United States before hockey games was replaced by taunts and heightened stakes on Thursday.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau basked in the geopolitical thrill of victory Thursday night, celebrating Canada’s 3-2 overtime win over team USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off final with a jab at President Donald Trump.