San Francisco 49ers star George Kittle had a message for Canadians after Hué “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a game game of the United States on Saturday.
The Canadians came hard after the American national anthem before the washer fell to the Bell Center in Montreal. The Canadian team then dropped the match in the United States, 3-1. Kittle and the rest of the Americans playing and watching the match had the last laugh.
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American teammates celebrate the goal of the Net Empty on Canada by Jake Guentzel during the hockey game at the 4 Nations game in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP)
“Do not hoot the hymn!” Kittle wrote in an article on Instagram with the final score.
As soon as the washer has dropped, the gloves of American and Canadian players also dropped. There were three fights in the first nine seconds of the match.
Matthew Tkachuk fought Brandon Hagel out of the opening game, his brother Brady fought with Sam Bennett and JT Miller fought Colton Parayko. Brady Tkachuk told ESPN that his brother’s fight “occurred quite organic”.
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Canada’s head coach Jon Cooper talks to the players during the 4-nations game game against the United States in Montreal on Saturday, February 15, 2025. (Christinne Muschi / The Canadian Press via AP)
The American defender Zach Werenski was not satisfied with the hoots during the national anthem. In the NHL, hoots were heard during the song after President Donald Trump announced prices in Canada, which has since been interrupted. The president also teased that Canada becomes the “51st state”.
“We knew it was going to happen,” said Werenski. “It happened the last game, it happened in the NHL before that, and we knew that tonight was going to be in the same way. We obviously don’t like it.”
The United States faced hoots before its match against Finland and then won 6-1.
American players celebrate after defeating Canada in Montreal on Saturday February 15, 2025 (Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press via AP)
“That’s what it is,” said Werenski. “We had a sort of an idea. We used it as a motivation of the best we could and found a way to get a victory. But we had an idea to go there, so it was not a Surprise.
