We are barreling toward the single best tournament in sports.

No, it isn’t the NFL playoffs or the College Football Playoff. It’s not this summer’s World Cup, either.

And it’s certainly not the World Baseball Classic or even March Madness.

I’m talking, of course, about the Men’s Olympic Hockey Tournament.

From Feb. 11 to 22, in a not-quite-finished, not-quite-to-spec arena in Milan, Italy, the top hockey-playing nations (minus the bad one) will face off for true world supremacy.

And with all due respect to the fine people of Finland, Sweden, and Czechia, let’s be honest about what this tournament is all about:

USA. Canada. Round Three.

Last February’s Four Nations Face-Off was just the appetizer. This is the main course, and revenge is on the menu for the Americans.

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