Remember the Super Chexx table game with the *BOO* button? Great fun :) 
Posted on 02/16/2025 3:49:41 AM PST by Libloather
Three fights broke out in the first nine seconds of a 4 Nations Face-Off game between the U.S. and Canada Saturday.
At the opening puck drop, Matthew Tkachuk of the U.S. and Canada's Brandon Hagel didn't wait to drop the gloves.
Just two seconds later, Matthew's brother, Brady, went toe-to-toe with Sam Bennett, who is NHL teammates with Matthew with the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.
That wasn't all. After an opening rush into the Canadian zone, a scrap involving just about everyone broke out, and J.T. Miller and Colton Parayko got into a fight of their own.
The penalty boxes filled up, but cooler heads eventually prevailed.
The game was being played in Montreal, so the tensions in the crowd were already high. The "Star-Spangled Banner" was booed loudly despite pleas from the public-address announcer to "respect" both nations' anthems.
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So any game between Montreal and Philadelphia should be a boo fest.
I should watch more hockey…..
Isn’t Quebec Soyboy Trudeau’s home province? It’s probably the only province in Canada that supports him.
I’ve been a NY Ranger fan for 60 years. I played hockey at a high level, I coached hockey at a high level, my kid works for an NHL team. The game is in my veins and will be until I am dead and buried. My father taught me about the game and when I visit the cemetery to see my father and talk with him about the game, I leave a team sweater at his headstone.
I loved the first 10 seconds of the game. Fighting is part of the game and this was arranged ahead of time. It had nothing to do with the booing of our National Anthem (more on that in a minute), but more to do with pumping both teams up. The only surprise was JT Miller trying to punch above his weight class.
Now to the National Anthem. Hockey is a religion. The buildings from which the game is played are our temples. The players are our religious figures and the fans are our worshippers. What the Canadian people did last night was blasphemy. Want to boo a player? Have at it. Want to boo a ref, knock yourself out. But booing a countries National Anthem is about as low as you can get. And the Canadian people should know that and even after the announcer expressing that there needs to be a modicum of respect, the Canadian fans still did it.
I will never lose respect for the game, the players, the refs and the fans who love this sport. But, last night, I lost respect for Canada. Politics had no place in the temple, but they went there anyway. And as the final score indicated, karma truly is a b*tch.
Here is my prediction. The remaining three games are in Boston. The Canadians will be playing there. They will receive the same treatment as the Americans, which I am vehemently opposed to, but it will happen. The following morning Trump will be blamed by the Lame Stream Media on how he incited this violence. Some Democrat will want to impeach Trump for it.
Sounds like the fans got their moneys worth, that what hockey is all about!
Make hockey great again....done!
The Boston fans will be out for blood! Canada had to go piss them off! Can’t wait for the rematch!
Time will tell. The election is coming up shortly. The Liberals may stay in power by "blame Trump".
The last Stanley Cup winner from Canada, their national pastime, was in 1993!!!!
Another freeper wrote, ‘Canada, the guy North Dakota.’ Obviously not too serious but they do need a good razzing.
Remember the Super Chexx table game with the *BOO* button? Great fun :)
The thing is, Liberal pukes like Trudeau hate hockey, it’s a game for “White Rednecks”. They much prefer basketball and soccer.
Well aware, bears repeating.
Which is why I pointed out their screwed up priorities.
“Remember the Super Chexx table game with the *BOO* button? Great fun :)”
I loved it.
Canadian sport attendees have been booing the National Anthem for a while. It happens at Raptor games, NHL games.
I don’t see a direct correlation between that and the fights that occurred between Team USA and Team Canada. They just don’t like each other.
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