Last night’s Canada-USA Four Nations Face-Off game was hockey played at its highest level.
The best players in the world use physical contact not just as a defensive tool to separate opponents from the puck, but also as a means to retain possession against man-on-man pressure.
Here’s USA defenseman Jaccob Slavin (#74) using a reverse hit on a defensive-zo…
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