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Team Canada's win was not just a win, in a game which was not just a game: 9 Things

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The Four Nations Faceoff was watched on average by 9.3 m Americans , peaking at 10.4 m.

But total reach in Canada with a much smaller population was 10.7 m, including a peak of 7.3 M when the winner was scored.

Jordan Binnington has surely punched his ticket for the Canadian Olympic Team roster in Italy in 2026 .

Hockey All-Star game was more than just a game for Canada .

Kurt Leavins: It was a shot in the Canadian arm when we really needed it.

He says it was terribly unfair to task a bunch of (mostly) twenty -something hockey players to fight our border battles for us.

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