I always stand and cheer for the US. Something tells me our national hockey team is not exactly a hot bed of radical leftist thought.
The NHL has done an excellent job of bringing the world’s best hockey players together to play a terrific game. It’s way better than the NBA.
Hockey, to me, is one of the last pure sporting endeavors in North America and perhaps the western world.
You so very rarely ever hear of doping, public arrests for drugs, rape, spousal abuse, drunk driving. I don’t recall one time that a player from any national team brought politics on the ice, interviews or press statements.
That goes back to even the cold war Olympics and Canada Cups. Yes, there was a heightened us vs. them mentality, that is undeniable. It stayed in the stands in on the sports pages though. The players just played.
I’m tuning out of so much of anything sports related before the national anthem until 0:00 and we all know why.
My thoughts exactly. I think this was a moot point for this squad.