Joe Beninati Predicts A Fantastic 4 Nations Final I BMitch & Finlay

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JP and BMitch welcome Capitals play-by-play announcer Joe Beninati onto the show to preview the rematch between Team USA and Team Canada. Joe believes it is going to be extremely difficult for the US to beat Canada for the second time in six days.

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00:00How do you think it goes tonight?

00:01I remember, did the Avalanche win it like three years ago?

00:05I remember the first time watching McCar was,

00:07because I always, hockey playoffs,

00:10I will watch whoever it is

00:11because they're just so electric.

00:13And I remember the first time really watching McCar

00:15on the abs being like the speed that dude had

00:18for a defenseman was just mind blowing.

00:20Yeah, and together with Nathan McKinnon,

00:23and here we go on and on with the talent,

00:26but it's hard in any sport, regardless of sport,

00:31to beat a great team twice in what would this be?

00:35A six day span.

00:37Right.

00:37Canada, if you're gonna look back on history,

00:41Canada in past Olympic tournaments,

00:44I wanna say tonight's the seventh time

00:46at the senior level, best on best,

00:48that Canada and the US have squared off

00:50in a gold medal game per se.

00:52Canada has won four of them.

00:54The last two in particular at the Olympics in O2

00:59in Salt Lake City, which I was lucky enough to cover,

01:01and in 10 in Vancouver.

01:03It is hard to beat a great team twice in six days.

01:07Advantage Canada.

01:08McCar coming back.

01:10Advantage Canada.

01:12If you sit there and say,

01:14Hellebock is better than Bennington,

01:16I'm not gonna disagree with you in the gold,

01:19but Bennington won a Stanley Cup on this ice sheet

01:22in 2019 with the Blues.

01:24You get where I'm going here?

01:25I really think the USA is built and ready to do it

01:29and ready to take down a Canadian team at the highest level.

01:32Canada's won nine of 13 best on best all time.

01:36Five of the last six.

01:38I think it's time for USA,

01:40but it's gonna be hard for them to beat

01:42this Canadian team twice in less than a week.

01:45Yeah.

01:46I pick up what you're putting down, Joe B.

01:49Talking with our friend Joe Beninati,

01:51caps play by play.

01:52You can follow him at joebpxb.

01:55Joe joins us via the Rood guest hotline.

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02:02What can the building do tonight?

02:05In Boston, we saw how outrageously loud

02:09and kind of nationalistic this thing was in Montreal.

02:13I'd expect these new Englanders

02:16to return the favor tonight.

02:18Yes, and especially with so many

02:20of their favorite sons in the lineup.

02:23I think immediately, if you're gonna put a spotlight on,

02:26maybe, you know, hey, watch out for someone.

02:28It's someone like Jack Eichel,

02:30who grew up in the Boston suburbs,

02:33who played collegiately at BU

02:36and was one of the finest at the amateur level.

02:39Now that he is a top flight pro

02:41and a Stanley Cup champion out with Vegas,

02:44it wouldn't surprise me if somebody like Jack Eichel

02:46turns the light on to create a big win

02:49for the United States tonight, it just wouldn't.

02:51There are so many New England guys in that lineup

02:54or guys who have played at least collegiately in that area.

02:58The fan base will be amazingly

03:00red, white, and blue supportive, absolutely.

03:03And from an energy standpoint,

03:06I've had a lot of athletes, JP and B. Mitch,

03:09tell me, regardless of sport, again,

03:11when they have the chance to put on their colors,

03:14when they have a chance to put on the red, white, and blue,

03:17they feel like a superhero.

03:19And if that doesn't pump you up, nothing else will.

03:24They almost take this superheroic approach to the game.

03:28And I think it's amazing.

03:30I was wondering how they were gonna play at what level.

03:34Was this gonna, this wasn't gonna be,

03:35I knew it wasn't gonna be a grip and grin,

03:38all-star kind of friendly no-hitter,

03:40but I didn't realize that they were gonna play

03:42at this level.

03:43And that brings in all the other injury concerns

03:46for the rest of the NHL season.

03:48I just cross my fingers and hope that nobody gets injured,

03:51that everybody's able to play moving forward.

03:53But when they get to this level,

03:55and I expect them to all be frothing at the mouth tonight,

03:58it's gonna be pretty good.

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