Connor McDavid delivers a warning for the United States that Canada still has a great chance to win 4 Nations Face-Off

Connor McDavid played in the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, but it was with the 23-and-under Team North America, not Canada.

Sam Bennett has known Connor McDavid since they were little kids, playing minor hockey as linemates before the age of 10.

The United States defeated Canada 3-1 in the 4 Nations Face-Off final, highlighted by a key hit from Charlie McAvoy on Connor McDavid. McAvoy's leader

Charlie McAvoy lined up Connor McDavid and delivered a textbook hit that sent the best hockey player in the world careening into the glass and down to the ice. A mere 19 seconds later, Jake Guentzel scored the tying goal — McDavid scored the first one — on the way to the United States beating Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off on

Connor McDavid knows what is at stake for Canada as the 4 Nations Face-Off scene shifts from north of the border. "It's kind of like a Game 7," the Edmonton Oilers star captain said late Saturday night.

For the first time since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, Connor McDavid is playing in a true best-on-best international tournament. He’s waited nearly a decade for this moment.