Ahead of a recent 4 Nations game in Canada against a U.S. team, some home-team fans decided to let out some boos as a singer belted out America’s national anthem.
A few days later at a game in Boston against the Canadian team, some American fans decided to respond in kind when “O Canada” was performed.
A mixture of cheering and boo’ing for the Canadian national anthem in Boston ahead of Canada vs Finland at the #4Nations pic.twitter.com/yVXWLrjiA9
— Claire Hanna (@clahanna) February 17, 2025
The New York Post covered some of the context surrounding the international tensions spilling into the world of sports:
On Monday, Team Canada held off Finland for a 5-3 win at the TD Garden, this time, some fans in attendance returned the jeers during the singing of “O’ Canada.”
With the game not involving Team USA, the hostility on the ice did not exactly match that of Saturday night’s contest, in which the Canadian crowd rained boos down during the U.S. anthem in Montreal, with the jeers overpowering any semblance of support for the anthem.
The Canadian boos likely came due to the current political climate between the two countries, as President Trump has