If the former Olympic gold medalist Mike Eruzione was still playing hockey, he could have found himself in one of those fights between the US team. And the Canada team during his game of confrontation of the 4 nations on Saturday in Montreal.
Three fights occurred in nine seconds at the beginning of the game among the rivals for a long time, which occurred shortly after many in the multitude of Bell Center booed “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Of course, the fights did not occur as a result of the boo: Matthew Tkachuk, of the US team, who participated in the first fight, admitted that they were planned by himself, his brother Brady and Jt Miller long before the game.
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Players and fans represent the US national anthem. Uu. Before the first period of the 4 -nations confrontation game between Canada and the United States in Bell Center in Montreal on Saturday. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press through AP)
But, at least, the players have said since then that the boos made their juices flow, and that he did the same for Eruzione.
“I was very disappointed with that situation. It is a hockey game, it has no political ramifications,” Eruzione said in “The Will Cain Show” hours before the final of the 4 nations between the two teams on Thursday.
The “miracle on ICE”, which turns 45 on Saturday, was when the winning goal years. Eruzione was the captain of that team, who would win the gold medal two days later.
That Usa-Use confrontation, played in Lake Placid, New York, had much higher bets, given the cold war.
Captain Mike Eruzione, from the US team, takes the hand of the Russian team after an 1980 exhibition game against the Soviet Union in Madison Square Garden in New York on February 9, 1980. (Bruce Bennett Studios through Getty Images)
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“1980 was different. We played the Soviets, and it was a great battle from a political point of view,” Eruzione said.
But politics is now playing a role in this rivalry, especially for fans. For Canadians, it has been his response to President Donald Trump and his proposed 25% tariffs on goods that come from Canada to the United States and their proclamations that Canada could become the “State 51”.
The United States fans responded by booing the Canadian national anthem in Boston before Canada’s party against Finland on Monday, and should not surprise anyone if it happens again on Thursday, but Eruzione hopes it can be avoided.
“I hope we don’t listen to anything like that tonight,” he said.
The former American hockey player Mike Eruzione poses in front of his shirt, which was auctioned in New York on February 23, 2013. (Nezih Payzin/Picture Alliance through Getty Images)
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