Americans and Canadians are punching and booing each other in the wake of President Donald Trump's taunts about making Canada a US state -- at least on the ice hockey rink.
Canadians have a long history of taking their national team hockey seriously. But with Trump goading their country and questioning its sovereignty, the temperature ahead of Thursday's NHL Four Nations Face-Off tournament final is decidedly icy.
"We hear the comments. We feel like we're being mocked," said Cedric Bernard, out playing recreational hockey on a Montreal rink.
"Our way of honoring ourselves (as Canadians) is to win at hockey," added Bernard, leaning on his hockey stick with pucks scattered around his skates.