KMartin wrote:

> Maybe that is not new, but from what I got off the PodCast is that 
> they were booing not because of the general rivalry between the hockey 
> programs of the US and Canada (like a college rivalry), but because of 
> the country they were from.  The impression was that the booing was 
> more politically motivated.  Which I believe has no place in amateur 
> sports.
>
> IMHO
>
> Kathy M.
> Go Gophers!
>
>
> On Friday, January 6, 2006, at 07:50  PM, Hampton, Nathan E. wrote:
>
>> It wasn't just that game. It started at the US vs Canada game, won by 
>> Canada 3-2 on an open net goal. One of the Canadian players slashed 
>> Jack Johnson, and Johnson retaliated with an elbow just after the 
>> open net goal. Johnson got a penalty as he should have, and also as 
>> he should have, received the player of the game award! But the 
>> Canadian fans were upset at his treatment of the Canadian player, so 
>> they booed Johnson EVERY time he touched the puck, and the Americans 
>> in general. So, what else is new? 
>
It isn't like US fans don't engage in cheap nationalism at sporting 
events. 

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