Hockey fans in Montreal booed the American national anthem before singing passionately Or Canada Before the confrontation on Saturday night between Canada and the United States in the confrontation of the 4 nations.
The crowd of Bell Center gave the Canadian team a welcome when the players skipped on the ice after being introduced by the legendary MMA fighter Georges St-Pierre.
The mood changed quickly when the noncommissioned officer David Grenon of the Royal Canadian Air Force Band launched into the first letter of The Star Banner When people began to make fun of the stands.
Under the attentive eye of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Montreal’s spectators booed lust despite the application of the Michel Lacroix public address so that fans respect both hymns.
The energy turned drastically when Grenon changed to sing Or Canada. He asked fans to sing with him before holding the microphone to the crowd, which rejected the country’s hymn.
Then, the players responded with three fights in the first nine seconds.
Brandon Hagel de Canada fought against striker Matthew Tkachuk in the initial confrontation, before Canadian striker Sam Bennett dropped his gloves with Brady Tkachuk in the next raffle.
Seconds later, Canadian defense Colton Parayko was a fist for his fist with Jt Miller.
On Saturday he marked another instance of the American anthem that was interrupted before Canadian sporting events amid increasing political tensions between neighbors and close allies in recent weeks.
Several fans booed the hymn of the United States on Thursday night when the Americans played Finland, continuing a trend of the NHL games in Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver after.
There were also boos in the recent games at the house of the lonely NBA franchise of Canada, the Toronto Raptors.
On February 3, a 30 -day tariff pause was negotiated on the goods that enter the US from Canada, but Trump slapped 25 percent of the imports of steel and aluminum to the United States on Monday.
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The crowds in Montreal also booed the United States anthem in the NHL games during Iraq invasion in 2003 of the country.
Most fans refrained from booing last weekend when Lacroix asked viewers to respect the hymns during two Montreal Canadiens games. There was no booming Hymn in Halifax for a recent game of the rivalry series between Canadian and American female national teams.
The players and coaches of Canada and the United States have mainly expressed that fans should contain.
“I would like to see all the respected hymns,” said the star of the Canada team, Connor McDavid. “That is all I will really say, but I would like to see the respected hymns.”
“Obviously, I don’t love to see that, but it’s what it is,” said American captain Auston Matthews.
Fans also booed the American team when he stepped on the ice before Puck Drow on Saturday, but that type of treatment is not unusual for Canada’s largest rival.
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Political tensions or not, the Pro-Canada crowd was accused of energy when the two hockey powers were found for the first game with their main NHL stars in more than a decade.
“The reason we are all here is because this is the best sport in the world,” said Canada’s chief coach Jon Cooper, Saturday morning. “I trust that the great fans, the passionate fans who will celebrate this sport will brighten both hymns, and we join and celebrate what could be the best game that will happen in the last decade.”
The 4 nations are considered a snack for the return of the NHL to the Olympic Games in 2026. The NHL players participated in five Olympic Games between 1998 and 2014, before missing the 2018 and 2022 games.
Canada opened the tournament with a 4-3 victory in extra time on Wednesday against Sweden. Meanwhile, the United States made its way to a 6-1 victory over Finland. The tournament changes to Boston for a couple of round-robin games on Monday before the final next Thursday.
