I don't remember - or wasn't aware of - the Wayne incident ...   

No, the boys weren't deliberately disrespectful - they were just so excited about winning that they didn't spare a thought for the unhappy bunch at the other end of the rink. It just would have been nice to hear someone say, "They played a really good game ... " Winning NHL players always used to make some suitable congratulatory comment like that in their post-game interviews; maybe they still do. It's just the classy thing to do, and somebody should be telling these young guys that. Be magnanimous in victory; compliment your defeated rivals (as opposed to rubbing their faces in it).

We Canadians always like to tell each other and everybody else how 'nice' we are, so I think we should call ourselves on it when we're not particularly 'nice'. For instance, after the Canadian women defeated the Americans in that terrific game in Salt Lake City, the gloating of the Canadian captain was really embarrassing (yes, the officiating was biased, yes, it was a fierce rivalry, yes, the American women had said or done some rude things, but - it just wasn't classy to go on about how 'we showed them'. There - I've been waiting for four years to get that off my chest).

I had an earlier post that disappeared - basically agreeing that the boys played a great game, no question about it, and deserved to win.