The 4 Nations Faceoff is finally here so we’re forced to address it. So we do. What’s the schedule, what are the rules and does anyone other than the hardest core of fans care? We also discuss the Ryaan Hartman suspension in the DOPeS segment.
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Title Player – Mike Richards
Shout out Noah Wilkerson from Minnesota!
News
Key injuries heading into 4 nations
Quinn Hughes
Sidney Crosby
Mikko Rantanen
Doughty to replace Pietrangelo
Pens terminate Puljujarvi contract
Ryan Suter plays 1500th game – only 3rd American – Matt Cullen and Chris Chelios
22 players all time have 1500 or more
Guess the 5th
4 nations preview
Schedule –
WED CAN vs SWE
THU US vs FIN
Sat – SWE vs FIN / CAN vs US
Mon – CAN vs FIN / US vs SWE
THURS FInal
Tie Breaks – using IIHF points system and we break down the tie breakers when teams tied at end of round robin
Connections
Last Week – Gerry Meehan, Jacob Middleton, Paul Maurice, Patric Hornquvist
This Week – no on got last week so it’s a carryover
Crazy Stat
DOPeS – 10 games for Hartman https://www.nhl.com/news/wild-ryan-hartman-suspended-10-games-for-roughing
Appealing
4th suspension since April 2023
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