In a clip from ESPN sports talkshow Get Up that went viral last week, former National Hockey League player PK Subban weighed in on the differences between the culture in the NHL and NBA.
The thrilling final between Canada and the US was a rematch of last Saturday’s marquee round-robin clash, a contest marked by three fights in the opening nine seconds.
Canada won the game narrowly 3-2, after the US left Connor McDavid, the best player on the planet, open in the slot in sudden-death overtime.
But Thursday showed that wherever where you’re from, when you step onto the ice, something about you will always be Canadian.
Usually, comparing the two is a game of numbers: revenue, viewers, salaries, that kind of thing.
