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Canada coach Jon Cooper said the mixture of personal political feelings and hockey rivalry didn’t make sense. He didn’t mind Montreal fans booing Auston Matthews because he’s a hockey rival on the Maple Leafs. But he thought politics at a hockey game were misplaced.

As the “The Star-Spangled Banner” played, many in the Bell Centre crowd booed loudly, despite a pre-anthem plea to show respect.