If the former Olympic gold medalist Mike Eruzione was still playing hockey, he could have ended up in one of these fights between the American team and the Canada team in their game of 4 nations game on Saturday in Montreal .
Three fights took place in nine seconds at the start of the match between the long -standing rivals, which occurred shortly after many in the crowd of the Bell Center have hooked “the star banner”.
Of course, the fighting did not occur following the hoots – Matthew Tkachuk of the American team, who participated in the first fight, admitted that they were planned by himself, his brother Brady and Jt Miller Before the match.
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Players and fans represent the American national anthem before the first period of 4 nations against-off games between Canada and the United States at the Bell Center in Montreal on Saturday. (Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP)
But, at the very least, the players have since said that the hoots have flowed their juice – and that did the same for Eruzione.
“I was very disappointed with this situation. He is a hockey match, he has no political ramifications,” said Eruzione on “The Will Cain Show” a few hours before the 4 nations final between the two Teams Thursday.
The “Miracle on Ice”, which will be 45 years old on Saturday, was when Eruzione’s winning goal put the American team, a heavy outsider full of university players, over the Soviets, who dominated international hockey Years. Eruzione was the captain of this team, who would win the gold medal two days later.
The fact that the USA-USSR clashes, played in Lake Placid, New York, had much higher issues, given the Cold War.
Captain Mike Eruzione from Team USA shakes hands with the Russian team after a 1980 exhibition match against the Soviet Union at Madison Square Garden in New York on February 9, 1980. (Bruce Bennett Studios via 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,” said Eruzione.
But politics now plays a role in this rivalry, especially for fans. For Canadians, this was their response to President Donald Trump and his 25% prices on goods from Canada in the United States and its proclamations that Canada could become “51st state”.
Fans of the United States responded by hooking the Canadian national anthem to Boston before the Canada match against Finland on Monday, and that should not surprise anyone if it happens on Thursday – but Eruzione hopes that it can be avoided.
“I hope we don’t hear anything like this this evening,” he said.
Former American hockey player Mike Eruzione poses in front of his jersey, which was auctioned in New York on February 23, 2013. (Noseih Payzin / Picture Alliance via Getty Images)
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