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MONTREAL \u2014 Sam Bennett has known Connor McDavid since they were little kids, playing minor hockey as linemates before the age of 10. <\/p>\n
He was on the other side of McDavid in last year\u2019s Stanley Cup Final, as the Oilers stormed back from a 3-0 deficit to force a Game 7, with McDavid eventually winning the Conn Smythe Trophy even after the Panthers took the series.<\/p>\n
So when Bennett talks about what Saturday\u2019s USA-Canada matchup will mean to McDavid, who has not yet played in a best-on-best version of this rivalry, take him seriously.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can tell how badly he wants to win,\u201d Bennett said after Canada practiced Friday. \u201cHe came in the locker room after the win the other night [against Sweden], he was jacked up. He was probably the most jacked up out of anyone. Just shows how badly he loves winning. It\u2019s definitely an admirable trait he\u2019s got.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stages like this are where legends get written. <\/p>\n
All McDavid has to do for a reminder is to look a few stalls over in Canada\u2019s locker room to Sidney Crosby, who scored the most famous goal of his decorated career in the 2010 Olympic final to take gold over Team USA.<\/p>\n
McDavid was playing for the Toronto Marlies at the time, still young enough to be teammates with Bennett in the Greater Toronto Hockey League. <\/p>\n
The team watched together.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just remember it being so exciting to see that goal go in,\u201d McDavid said. \u201cEvery Canadian was excited.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s match between the two hockey heavyweights does not have the same stakes as an Olympic final. <\/p>\n
After both teams won their opening matches at the 4 Nations Face-Off, the winner is all but assured a spot in the final, but it\u2019s entirely possible \u2014 even likely \u2014 that there will be a rematch between these two teams with a trophy on the line next Thursday in Boston.<\/p>\n
Still, it is the first best-on-best match between Canada and the United States in over eight years, and it is taking place amid heightened tensions between the two countries, with the \u201cStar Spangled Banner\u201d receiving boos north of the border.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the feeling I have for this game,\u201d Bennett said, \u201cis very similar to how I felt before Game 7. Just the buildup and how badly I want this.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the defining player of his generation, this could be a defining game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s big. It\u2019s exciting,\u201d McDavid said. \u201cPlaying the Americans in Montreal, best-on-best tournament. It\u2019s what you dream of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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