As much as I dislike the Habs, I dislike Canadian fans more. I am confident we will win either tonight or at Boston. I would like the win to occur in Boston just for the Fans but the other side says...close the door now and rest up.
Re. Fans....While watching game 3 in the zoo of that arena I listened and became enraged as 22000 fans BOOOED the entire US National Anthem. (I thought their vocalist was outstanding though...far better then our Rencourt). Show some %$%$%$%$ing respect. While they invented the game, the US made the NHL what it is today and put lots of $$$ in their pockets of Canadian players and support staff. Without the US there is no professional league and the canadians would still be playing on a pond.
While on the ferry the game was on the boats' TV and I was glued to the set. The Canadians scored the first goal and a real Montreal'er and Canadian fan cheered..it was a lone cheer in the group watching the game. I smiled and said ..."you're never going to go 7 games with Boston" and he went into a rant on how great the team is, how great the people are, how great the fans are, how wonderful Canada is blah blah blah..... I interrupted the guy and said...HEY! If it is all so great, then what the hell are you doing here? Go home already. And frankly, as far as the fans and the people are you are the rudest people on the planet as demonstrated by booing during the playing of the US national anthem.
I found this excerpt in a Blog:
The other topic of conversation Tuesday at Montreal's practice was the booing of the American national anthem by Bell Centre fans before Game 3. Most Canadians were disappointed about that behavior."I feel like there's a confusion there with the fans," Gainey said Tuesday. "They feel like booing the anthem is supporting our team in that the anthem represents the Boston team. If they can separate those two things and respect the anthem of the United States of America, they can still participate loudly and in whatever they want to disrupt the Bruins."
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One of the hockey mag's:
After the Montreal fans gave their time-honored display of classlessness in booing the Star-Spangled Banner, Michigan-born Tim Thomas feigned surprise. "I thought when Obama got elected (president) they were going to stop doing that?" cracked the Bruins goalie
One other hockey Journal on an Habs - Islander game:
Montreal fans attempted to drown out the singing of the American anthem with boos before the game, a gesture probably not appreciated too much by Montreal defensemen Mike Komisarek (West Islip, N.Y.), Francois Bouillon (New York, N.Y.), Schneider (New York, N.Y.) and forward Chris Higgins (Smithtown, N.Y.).