Preston MacDougall<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ESPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESPN</span></a> introduction to the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USAvCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAvCanada</span></a> final game of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/4Nations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4Nations</span></a> Face-Off included the pre-game locker room speech before the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USSR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSR</span></a> v <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> Gold Medal Men’s <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Hockey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hockey</span></a> game in 1980 as dramatized in the movie “<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Miracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Miracle</span></a>.”</p><p>The only problem was that <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TeamCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamCanada</span></a> were the ‘good guys’. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TeamUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamUSA</span></a> was led by the Deplorable <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TkachukBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TkachukBrothers</span></a> (themselves bringing the Hanson brothers from “Slapshot” back to life), fans were wearing <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> hats and booed the national anthem of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. <a href="https://www.wamc.org/news/2025-02-21/wamc-sports-report-2-21-25-american-fans-boo-o-canada-before-4-nations-face-off-title-game" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wamc.org/news/2025-02-21/wamc-</span><span class="invisible">sports-report-2-21-25-american-fans-boo-o-canada-before-4-nations-face-off-title-game</span></a></p>