Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby, right, hoists the 4 Nations Face-Off championship trophy after his squad won it by beating the United States 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, Feb. 20,

When Connor McDavid’s shot hit the back of the net to end Thursday’s showdown between the USA and Canada, he sent an entire nation into delirium and put an end to the most thrilling week of hockey in many,

Just 15 years after Sidney Crosby’s “golden goal” for Team Canada in the Olympics, Connor McDavid’s game-winner at the 8:08 mark of overtime in the championship game of the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off to deliver a 3-2 win over Team USA seemed to serve as something of a passing of the torch on the biggest “best-on-best” stage in nearly a decade.