NY Rangers fans boo Canadian national anthem as Toronto Maple Leafs visit Madison Square Garden

The national anthem wars betwixt the United States and Canada are not implicit yet.

While it has been faint, playful sports banter successful the past, things took a superior crook past month amid governmental tensions betwixt the 2 countries.

It began astatine an Ottawa Senators crippled connected Feb. 1, erstwhile the fans booed the "Star-Spangled Banner" upon the Minnesota Wild's visit. The adjacent day, Toronto Raptors fans booed the anthem erstwhile the Los Angeles Clippers came to town.

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Madison Square Garden during the nationalist anthem earlier opening nighttime betwixt the New York Rangers and the Arizona Coyotes.  (Brad Penner-USA Today Sports)

The boos reached caller heights during the highly contested 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, which Canada yet won implicit the U.S., but erstwhile the Toronto Maple Leafs visited Madison Square Garden connected Friday night, the boos inactive rang.

New York Rangers fans booed the singing of "O, Canada" earlier their 3-2 nonaccomplishment to the squad from up north.

In a consciousness of irony, Team USA skipper Auston Matthews was connected the opposing extremity of the boos Friday night, considering helium is simply a superstar for the Leafs.

New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) looks connected during the anthem earlier a crippled against the Vancouver Canucks astatine Madison Square Garden. (Jessica Alcheh-USA Today Sports)

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The archetypal boos came connected the aforesaid time that President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid consisting of a 25% further tariff connected imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff connected imports from China. Trump besides has stated that Canada could go the "51st state." The Canadian tariffs were yet held off.

After Canada defeated USA successful an overtime thriller for the 4 Nations title, Prime Minister Justin Trudueau, who had announced his impending resignation, took a parting changeable astatine Trump.

"You can't instrumentality our state - and you can't instrumentality our game," he posted connected X.

The New York Rangers and the Minnesota Wild grant Canada conscionable anterior to the nationalist anthem astatine Madison Square Garden connected October 27, 2014, successful New York City. The Rangers defeated the Wild 5-4. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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As for the Blueshirts, it was a pugnacious nonaccomplishment arsenic they proceed to effort to squeak into the playoffs. The Leafs' 76 points are presently the second-best successful the Eastern Conference, and the squad leads the Atlantic Division.

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