farnham54
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I am speaking, of course, of the Montreal vs Boston Hockey Playoff series. Now I know many of you are probobly not hockey fans, but this has little to do with the sport.
As with any sporting event, both of the team's national anthems are sung before the game, both flags very visible. the Montreal Canadians hosted the Boston Bruins in Montreal, Quebec. At the outset of the game, the anthems were sung.
The Montreal fans booed like there was no tomorrow when the American national anthem was played. This, in my opinion, was completley unacceptable. Even Canada's favorite commentator, Don Cherry, made note of it. He said "I guarantee when the Habs go to Boston this will not happen, because those Bostoners have too much class" or words to that effect.
Sure enough, the series moved to Boston a few games later. Not only did Boston not boo the Canadian anthem when it was played, they in fact cheered the roof off of the arena. That is classy, respectful, and Canada should quite frankly be ashamed of this act of poor sportsmanship.
I've had people tell me that "the Americans started it in such and such a game of such and such a series!". In my mind, it doesn't matter who starts it--each incident is completley unnessecary, and Boston has shown that you don't need to retaliate disrespectfully each time.
So, I tip my Fedora to you, Boston and America. You guys have class, and bring a bit of that to the ice with you when you play.
Regards,
Craig
As with any sporting event, both of the team's national anthems are sung before the game, both flags very visible. the Montreal Canadians hosted the Boston Bruins in Montreal, Quebec. At the outset of the game, the anthems were sung.
The Montreal fans booed like there was no tomorrow when the American national anthem was played. This, in my opinion, was completley unacceptable. Even Canada's favorite commentator, Don Cherry, made note of it. He said "I guarantee when the Habs go to Boston this will not happen, because those Bostoners have too much class" or words to that effect.
Sure enough, the series moved to Boston a few games later. Not only did Boston not boo the Canadian anthem when it was played, they in fact cheered the roof off of the arena. That is classy, respectful, and Canada should quite frankly be ashamed of this act of poor sportsmanship.
I've had people tell me that "the Americans started it in such and such a game of such and such a series!". In my mind, it doesn't matter who starts it--each incident is completley unnessecary, and Boston has shown that you don't need to retaliate disrespectfully each time.
So, I tip my Fedora to you, Boston and America. You guys have class, and bring a bit of that to the ice with you when you play.
Regards,
Craig
