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Remember, this is Montreal, not Canada.

Yeah, it's Quebec, might as well be France. Glad to see the Islanders had the last laugh.

thak you for your comments....Montreal is NOT Canada. Most of us out west pray for all to go well for all USA forces in Iraq

Good point. Maybe on the next referendum, Quebec will make their break and then truly become part of France.

Remember, this is Montreal, not Canada.

A lot of French-descended people there aren't there? I've heard Canada has some non-Socialists mostly in only certain provinces but the rest you can forget.

Remember, this is Montreal, not Canada.

What's the difference?

Maybe all the US teams should pull out of the NHL and start their own league, leaving the "Canadian Hockey League" with Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and a couple other teams. Let 'em play up there, etc. Just kidding. :)

In all seriousness, though, Canada has traditionally been our friend and ally though we don't always agree on everything. Montreal is a nice city and if some hockey fans boo our national anthem, well, that's their right, just as I have a right to pick some other place to visit and spend my US dollars if I so desire. (What would happen to Montreal businesses without the US tourist money?)
I hope that the boos were just the actions of a few
and not Canadians (or Quebecers) in general.

I don't remember anyone booing "Oh Canada", though.

Another sports-related incident between the US and Canada involving patriotic things:
In the 1992 World Series, the first to feature a Canadian team, the Marine color guard carrying the Canadian flag at a game in Atlanta accidentally had it upside down. Canadians were shocked, though some joked about it: A T-shirt sold in Canada had the US flag upside down with the legend: SORRY EH!!

As the games moved to Canada, the presentation of the flags before the game came with the P.A. announcement
that "the Marine color guard has requested the honor of again carrying the Canadian flag". This time, it was
right-side-up.

(And one more thing about the US and Canada: There was a time when, for most people, crossing the border only took a few seconds: What is your name? Your city? Where are you headed, and for what purpose? Are you bringing any guns
or alcohol with you into Canada? etc.

Last summer as I drove to Montreal, I had to get out of my car and wait several minutes while they looked through it--something which is happening increasingly to more people,
what with the concern over terrorism (and sometimes there are long waits while multiple cars are being searched). Same thing happened on way back into US: a wait while they searched my car.

Well, I only hope that the day will come when we don't need to worry about terrorists entering the US via Canada (or vice versa)...and it would only take a minute or so to do the border crossing.)

I was at the Washington - Calgary game last night - a dreadfully boring game - and nobody boo'd the U.S. anthem, if anything there was more cheers than normal