Jon Cooper on coaching Connor McDavid on Team Canada for the first time: “This is the fastest the league gets — it doesn’t get faster — and he is still a cut above in the speed department”

You’ve been on the other side from Brad Marchand a lot over the years. What was it like to have his energy on your bench?

Cooper: He is everything I hoped for and probably a little bit more. The kid definitely has fire in the belly and a lot of passion for the game. Nobody works harder than him.

I didn’t know him when he was younger. I just coached against him. He has always played the game on the edge. He has been on both sides of it.

When you bring him to an event like this, he just bleeds the red and white.