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The WJC Thread. USA! USA! USA!

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FreddyFoyle said:
As for Canadian fans cheering against USA, what do you think is going to happen?! Canadians tend to cheer for the underdogs. USA is a big rival for Canada in all things -- there's what, 33 million Canadians and over 300 million Americans? So of course Canadians will do whatever they can to beat Americans in any sport, and probably cheer for anyone playing the USA (except probably the Russians ...). That's sports. Not life. Canada is USA's biggest trade partner, and most loyal ally (except for the Bush misadventure in Iraq ...). That will probably never change ... unless you vote in another Bush or Caribou Barbie.
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I've been around this sport for about 40 years now and enjoy what it has to offer at many different levels. Canadians cheering en masse against the United States wasn't commonplace in years past, at any level of the game. It is commonplace now at every level of international competition I have followed. To claim otherwise is simply a mistaken notion. To also say they wouldn't root for the Russians over the American team is a complete fallacy as well. There are plenty of international examples, including the Olympics IIRC, where Canadians have done just that. Last year the US team was seeded 5th in the World Jrs (not that the seedings year-to-year really matter in this type of a tournament as a predictor, I know) and the Canadian fans didn't root for us as underdogs. I agree with the others who note this happening seems to be traceable to the 1996 World Cup and the victory by the US NHL players.

I do agree that the Canadians support this tournament with gusto, and it would be tough to hold it in the United States without Canadians nearby to help it along financially. It makes for a better environment when the seats are packed and people are really into the game, regardless who they cheer for.
 
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You missed part of my point ... most Canadians don't see USA as underdogs in ANYTHING. So what if you're fifth seed, you're still Americans and 'Masters of the Universe' with your political theme of 'American Exceptionalism.' It is the classic big country-little country rivalry. Usually accentuated because the larger neighbouring country doesn't see what the big deal is. Sweden-Finland, Australia-New Zealand, Germany-Netherlands are all similar rivalries to USA-Canada. Most Canadians won't cheer for Russians in hockey ... this goes back to 1972. However younger Canadians might jump at a chance to cheer against the Americans if they're playing Russia. I'll give you that. But not Canadians old enough to remember Canada's original international hockey rival, now supplanted for the most part by Team USA. So now that USA Hockey is a true rival, you get some of the "cheering en masse" that was exclusively aimed at the Russians/Soviets ...

You should feel honoured. ;)
 
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Dirty said:
The Drunken Canucks cheer against the US no matter who they are playing, including the Russsians. Who cares though? Screw them. Makes beating their smarmy punk arses and seeing the entire country on suicide watch all the better.
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You only show that you wish hockey mattered to Americans as much as it does to Canadians ...
 
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Palmier 2 SVK 0 end of 1st.
Drew Shore won 8 of 9 faceoffs. Getting kudos from announcers.
 
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vizoroo said:
Palmier 2 SVK 0 end of 1st.
Drew Shore won 8 of 9 faceoffs. Getting kudos from announcers.
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shots were 22-1; wow. usa up 3-0 now as coyle gets a ppg from palmieri and kreider. 3 pts each for coyle (G, 2A) and palmieri (2G, A)
 
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Why don't the Slovak's just get into the net with their goalie? Jimminy Christmas, the entire USA team was on top of the net on that power play.
 
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5-1 now.. shore and brown score for the US sandwiched around a slovak goal by jurco
 
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yeah he was simply terrible.. went down way too early on the goals by coyle and shore. then just grossly misplays the etem knuckler.
 
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zucker gets blindsided by a deliberate cheap shot to the head.. a 2nd slovak player ejected from the game. zucker is still down on the ice.
 
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Both of those guys should be gone for multiple games. That hit was even worse than the first one.
 
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This seems to be a growing trend out of Europe. Their passive counterpunch style can't keep up, so they start headhunting.
 
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In case anyone was wondering why they heard some of the crowd boo Etem whenever he touched the puck during the game, it's because he had made some disparaging remarks about Buffalo on his Twitter account, and of course, the locals don't take too kindly to haters of their city.

Some great games, had club level seats.
 
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