scotian1
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It shouldn't be if only for the fact that Canada provides the U.S. with more oil than any other country.
GDT: Relegation Round • Jan. 3 • United States 12, Latvia 2
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It shouldn't be if only for the fact that Canada provides the U.S. with more oil than any other country.
BobDobolina
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I didn't mean it like that at all. I meant in terms of supposed "anti-Canada" attitudes some posters were claiming many Americans possess, I just never see it.
Dude what I am saying is there is a HUGe gap here between the haves and have nots. That is all.
A game vs Latvia and one against Zanzibar would have the same outcome as long as the Zanzibars know how to skate that is
I mean Canada won't have enough time or drive to score more than 18-19 goals in that game no matter which of the 2. I suspect the laughter and or the traffic of players falling all over the ice would slow Canada passing game down more..no?
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Oh c'mon no one does that...I have not seen that in any situation. If anything I have seen some American fans singing along with the Canadian anthem. You guys may hate us, but MOST Americans don't dislike Canada.
i have never seen this.. i have seen canadians boo and/or make noise and obscene comments during the American anthem, but never the other way around. it really all just proves that we don't care as much as the canadians about this "rivalry" because we have a lot more going on here than in canada where (as i have said before on here) you have hockey, maple syrup, and a moose or 2.
it really is all relative and consequential, though. toronto fans are some of my favorite that come watch games here.
Hunter Gathers
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Exactly.
The hate is weirdly one-way. Almost creepy in a way.
Close your eyes, plug your ears. Just keep on pretending.
Gentlemen, all you have to do is browse the web (particularly Youtube) to see videos of fans on both sides of the border booing each other's anthems at sporting events. If you don't believe me, simply go look. It's easy enough to check.
And honestly, if you don't normally come into contact too much with Canadians then I'm sure you wouldn't be aware much of this other stuff we're referencing. I live right on the border and I am back and forth frequently and have grown up here all my life in a huge tourist industry that caters mostly to Americans so I've had a lifelong exposure to it, as have many Canadians. On the other hand, I know many Americans who live more towards the interior of the U.S. who have very little experience with Canadians other than meeting them online once in awhile so of course they aren't as aware of such things unless they've ever had a specific discussion about it with Canadian friends.
If you really doubt us, there are plenty of examples of it but I really don't think you would be pleased for us to start posting them.
But I assure you that it is definitely not one way although you may understandably think that if you aren't aware of things.
And honestly, if you don't normally come into contact too much with Canadians then I'm sure you wouldn't be aware much of this other stuff we're referencing. I live right on the border and I am back and forth frequently and have grown up here all my life in a huge tourist industry that caters mostly to Americans so I've had a lifelong exposure to it, as have many Canadians. On the other hand, I know many Americans who live more towards the interior of the U.S. who have very little experience with Canadians other than meeting them online once in awhile so of course they aren't as aware of such things unless they've ever had a specific discussion about it with Canadian friends.
If you really doubt us, there are plenty of examples of it but I really don't think you would be pleased for us to start posting them.
But I assure you that it is definitely not one way although you may understandably think that if you aren't aware of things.
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This. It is sad that there are Americans on here thinking the hate only goes one way.
Thing is, we can't blame them too much though because honestly a great deal of Americans are just unaware of the stuff that is said to and/or about us by other Americans. I think they'd understand us more if they had those experiences.
We don't hate Canada, at worst Americans feel indifferent towards Canada. With all the war and terrorism that has went on in America in the past 15 years, people around me (in NY, and I'm 17 so this is more of people around my age) consider Canada one of the few allies that we have.
Oh lets keep it light for goodness sake. It's only sport, people that get too emotional need to toughen up. Don't let hurt feelings in sport cloud your mind.
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Shootmaster_44
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Dude what I am saying is there is a HUGe gap here between the haves and have nots. That is all.
A game vs Latvia and one against Zanzibar would have the same outcome as long as the Zanzibars know how to skate that is
I mean Canada won't have enough time or drive to score more than 18-19 goals in that game no matter which of the 2. I suspect the laughter and or the traffic of players falling all over the ice would slow Canada passing game down more..no?
Enjoy the WJC
The amusing thing is Zanzibar no longer exists as a country. It became Tanzania in 1964. However, Tanzania has produced a NHL player, Chris Nielsen who played 52 games with Columbus, this is more than can be said for many of the teams in the IIHF.
But comparing Latvia to Tanzania is ridiculous. It would be like comparing the USA to Swaziland in rugby. Considering the Latvians actually qualify for the Olympics in hockey and have produced many, many NHL players, this comparison is crazy.
I will concede that the Latvians generally are overmatched at the WJCs. But you do have to remember that to even be here last year they had to win the Division I tournament to get in. They scored 21 goals and gave up 3 in 5 games, outclassing Belarus, Ukraine, Italy, Japan and Great Britain. I seem to recall Belarus finishing fourth at the 2002 Olympics and Italy and Japan being consistently in the World Championship. The Ukraine generally had a few players on the great Soviet teams of the 80s. In fact, even Great Britain won Olympic medals in the 1930s (however, it really was a Canada II). So all those countries do have hockey pedigrees.
Hunter Gathers
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Pretend what? I've seen plenty of USA v. Canada matches and Americans just don't care enough about Canada to boo them. I don't see what the issue is here. It's some weird, one-way hate coming from y'all. I mean, if y'all want to boo, go ahead. Just don't get pissed when we call you out on it and try and make up lies to cover it up.
Hunter Gathers
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It'a sad that Canadians think we have enough time to care either way about your country. I have never, ever met an American who had anything bad to say about Canada or Canadians. Ever.
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