new video loaded: State of the Hockey Rivalry: Team U.S.A. vs. Team Canada
Does the U.S.A. vs. Canada rivalry have a new, Cold War intensity? In this week’s episode of “The Athletic Show,” Pierre LeBrun, a senior N.H.L. writer for the Athletic, and Brady Tkachuk, an American and the captain of the Ottawa Senators, discuss the hostile atmosphere facing American players in Canadian arenas, drawing parallels to 1980 and revealing how that friction fuels Team U.S.A’s locker room.
January 27, 2026