I just realized this. We have Crosby haters in the hockey section, there's a bit of a buzz in the football section about "Pats/Brady haters," and a lot of people aruge that the "hate" comes from the player/team's success.
Would this hold true for Team Canada? Canadian men came off a 9-0 tournament with a gold medal back in May, Canadian women are dominating everywhere, Canadian Juniors are defending tournament champions after coming off a three-peat and now they have a 19-game winning streak. Gretzky said it best at 2002 Olympics that "...everybody wants Canada to lose except for..." and we know how the rest of that speech went. So? Do European hockey fans hate Team Canada?
2007-12-26 12:34:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
Sorry, I should've capped the "m" in Men and "w" in Women. Just realized how arrogant that looked.
2007-12-26 12:39:12 · update #1
Very likely. However, I dont know if European hockey fans care about the international tournaments as much as Canadian fans. Canadian fans sometimes act like its a life or death matter. US and European fans are not quite as zealous.
Note - I am neither Canadian nor European, this is just what it seems like to me.
2007-12-26 12:44:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
as far as international tournaments go, i'm somewhat of a neutral being from England (even though our team is improving) so during things like the World Championships and the Olympics i don't mind who wins but its always nice to see a big team, like Team Canada come unstuck against someone like Latvia. it's not because i don't like them it just makes good viewing
2007-12-26 21:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by DAZzle (Doing Stuff, Since 1987) 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hrm. Well, I'd say yes. Our success is even starting to irk ME.
Can I just say... Tavares... Wow. I mean... I expected him to be wow... but.... wow.
OK.... I TAKE EVERYTHING BACK. Holy crap... we played brilliantly in the 2nd & 3rd against Sweden. I guess they don't hate us anymore.
2007-12-26 23:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by green 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody would hate us nice Canadians would they? (hehehe) Gooo Canada!
(P.S. - Hockey is way more important than mere life or death)
2007-12-26 20:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋