Former New York Rangers head coach reveals he avoided Canadian players after brutal 4 Nations defeat

The 4-Nations Faceoff tournament was arguably one of the best decisions the NHL has ever made, as displayed the greatest best-on-best tournament we have seen in a really long time. Unfortunately Team USA fell short as Team Canada managed to get the game winning goal during overtime.

Two players that represented Team Canada also play for the Philadelphia Flyers, those two players being Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny. Following the tournament the players had to fly back to Philadelphia for their game against the Edmonton Oilers. Leaving Connor McDavid to travel with the two players.

Unsurprisingly, Team USA and Flyers head coach John Tortorella didn't want anything to do with Canadians celebrating their victory and revealed that he decided to drive back to Philadelphia to avoid all the Canadians.

Honestly can't blame the guy considering the intensity that surrounded the tournament and especially the Championship Game. Along with this being Sanheim and Konecny first international tournament with Canada, so it's likely they would have been celebrating the entire time back to Philly.

Now that everything is also back to normal for all NHL organizations, and everyone has returned to their respective teams, the main focus for these players is to help push their teams towards the playoffs.

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