MONTREAL — Michel Lacroix's voice boomed around the Bell Centre. The building's legendary public address announcer asked fans to respect both the United States and Finland ahead of Thursday's game at the 4 Nations Face-Off.
The building's legendary public address announcer asked fans to respect both the United States and Finland ahead of Thursday's game at the 4 Nations Face-Off.Large sections of the crowd booed the American national anthem ahead of the game, which the U.S. won 6-1 thanks to a four-goal third period.
The Americans were also loudly jeered when they hit the ice ahead of puck drop and again during player introductions. There were no boos during Finland's anthem."Everyone has their own views on things," American defenceman Brock Faber said."I'm honoured to wear the red, white and blue. For us, we're just focused on winning games."
"I think we like it, not politically," U.S. forward J.T. Miller said of the crowd vitriol."But maybe just at a sense of, we know where we're at in Canada and I think that fires us up more than anything.Crowds in Montreal have booed the U.S. anthem at NHL games in the past, including after the country's 2003 invasion of Iraq.There was no anthem booing in Halifax for a recent Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American women's hockey teams.
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