All the chips are on the line for Thursday's Canada-U.S. hockey game
Mark Logan, a Calgary Rapper and cousin of Team Canada defenseman Cale Makar, joins the Calgary Eyeopener to talk, and rap, about the 4 Nations Face-Off final between Canada and the U.S. amid political tensions between the two neighbours.
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