Team Finland Head Coach Reveals Who He Thinks Will Win Canada-USA Rematch

The championship game has been set for Thursday night as Team Canada and Team USA look to get reacquainted after the former took down Team Finland by a score of 5-3 on Monday.

Canada needed a regulation victory to seal their own fate, otherwise they would have opened the door for Team Sweden to potentially take their spot in the finale with a regulation win of their own.

Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, and Sidney Crosby came through in the clutch with 4 of the 5 goals for Canada, ending Finland's tournament chances.

At the end of the game, Finland's head coach, Antti Pennanen, was asked by the media on who he thinks would come out on top in the highly anticipated rematch, considering he's already faced both teams and seen them first-hand.

With a wry smile on his face knowing what the media was trying to do, he was then asked to clarify on whether or not he believed the Americans were the better side after his initial response:

Team USA dominated in their opening game as they took down the Fins by a score of 6-1 before defeating Canada in a close 3-1 affair. Meanwhile, the Canadians earned their first victory over Sweden in overtime last week, but came out with a more convincing effort today against Finland on Monday, although nearly surrendering a 4-goal lead in the 3rd was not ideal.

With a few days in between games, there will be a lot of predictions, debates, and fan fare, but you can bet that Thursday's finale will be an even more energetic affair with the 4 Nations Face-Off Trophy on the line.

Nathan MacKinnon believes Team Canada will be ready for the challenge, and with international superiority on the line, it will be interesting to see which Canada shows up on Thursday night.