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Canada beats the United States in overtime officially adding America as the 11th province. Congratulations to Premier Trump."
The account shared a video clip of Canada's winning goal jokingly adding Eh USA, 11th province? Think aboot it!"
During the game itself one Canadian fan unveiled a sign reading 11th Province has a nice ring to it ngl [not going to lie]."
One Canadian X user posted a picture of the Canadian flag superimposed across the U.S. and Canada, both colored red as one country, adding You can't take our game and you can't take our country
We look forward to the United States beating our soon to be 51st state."
Similar comments were made by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt who said We should express our outrage in the face of any abuses of power."
Just to see the reaction, to know what it means to us,
McDavid said on the ice when asked what the most gratifying thing about the win was We already made that statement,
U.S. center J.T. Miller told telecaster ESPN Let's get ready for an epic battle,
The tone for a gripping contest was set when microphone-wearing referee Gord Dwyer said ... just before dropping the puck to start the game, which went off without any brawling I think Canada would be better off being the 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year to Canada, and I'm not going to let that happen, it's too much,
You just go out and have a good time. You're going to win, and we love America. We love you guys. We'll be watching tonight. Bring it home!"
You guys are really talented. I have great respect for hockey players. I'm a hockey fan. I love hockey,
The talent, the skill that you have is crazy. And just go out and have a good time tonight and I just want to wish you a lot of luck. You really are a skill group of people,
I think a little bit of everything. Canada-U.S. is a huge rivalry in hockey,
We don't care about that. It's all about hockey.”
Asked about the politics, he said The Trizzy Train [train and smoke emojis] could be coming through soon,
It’s pretty, pretty wild, and it’s an honor for all of us in here to represent your country and to get a call from the president,
forward Brock Nelson said It was so awesome to get his support,
J.T. Miller, one of three Americans to drop the gloves in the first USA-Canada bout, said on Thursday, via The Athletic Obviously, he’s a very influential person in the world. It’s special. I think it speaks to how good the tournament’s been for hockey and the exposure that’s been given to a new group of fans."
It’s the president of the United States,
defenseman Brock Faber added