MONTREAL The U.S. national song was harshly jeered by Montreal fans before Saturday night’s 4 Nations Face-Off match.
Between the Americans and host Canada. In the two games the US has played in the NHL-run international event,
“The Star-Spangled Banner” has evoked such response twice. The audience was implored in both French and English by public address announcer Michel Lacroix,
“In the spirit of this great game that unites everyone that you kindly respect the anthems and the players that represent each country.” So it happened.
Compared to Thursday night before the U.S. game against Finland, a far larger number of Bell Centre supporters jeered this time,
And the jeering continued throughout the duration of the song. U.S. starting goalie Connor Hellebuyck stated, “I paid no attention to it,”
