Jon Cooper on the possible booing of the American anthem before Team Canada vs. Team USA: “We hope it doesn’t happen… Everybody should come, cheer for the great game, and leave that part out of it”

Team Canada ud83cudde8ud83cudde6 lines at practice:

Reinhart-McDavid-Marner
Crosby-MacKinnon-Stone
Hagel-Cirelli-Point
Marchand-Bennett-Jarvis

Toews-*Konecny
Morrissey-Parayko
Sanheim-Doughty

Binnington
Hill

Absent: Makar
Extra: Montembeault

— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) February 14, 2025

Is the game against the Americans going to be the good guys vs. the villains?

Cooper: Yeah, I guess. I think it is going to be really, really, really good hockey players against really, really, really good hockey players.

As you’ve gone through the history of international hockey, a couple of decades ago, USA-Canada probably wasn’t a big deal.