Sports Illustrated reports that “Montreal Canadien fans booed during the playing of the U.S. national anthem before the New York Islanders’ 6-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.” Islander forward Mark Parrish says, “I came to the game pretty pumped up, but once I heard that it really got me going. So I guess I can thank them a little bit for getting me more pumped up.” In your face!
I really enjoyed Montreal when I visited there about 10 years ago, but even back then there was a vague sense of rudeness. I’d like to think that this scene at the hockey game was an isolated occurance not representative of the general populace, but I’m not so sure these days. For now I’ll just fan the flames of intolerance and stick with my original assertion: The French suck. 😉
