Patrick Kane responds after the American anthem was booed during 2 of his games this weekend.

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The National Hockey League witnessed some controversy take place during their games over the weekend when some Canadian hockey fans decided to express their unhappiness with recent policy changes in the United States of America. Those fans did so by booing during the performing of the American national anthem with several incidents of this nature taking place over the weekend.

The first such incident appeared to be in the City of Ottawa on Saturday with one in the City of Calgary just a few hours later, but by far the most obvious protest would come from fans in the City of Vancouver on Sunday.

Unfortunately for the Detroit Red Wings they would serve as the opponent for two of those games in Canada and following the controversial protest from fans some of the players on the Red Wings roster were asked to share their thoughts on the entire fiasco. One such player was Red Wings star forward Patrick Kane, who is of course himself an American born player.

“It’s too bad,” said Kane following the game in Vancouver. “It is what it is. I guess you can maybe understand it from this side, but it seems like it’s a thing that’s going around the league right now.”

Red Wings head coach Todd McLellan, a Canadian born former player turned coach, also had some thoughts on the matter but chose to keep them to himself, choosing instead to focus on the sport.

“I know why you’re asking me that question and I have my personal opinions on the political landscape but I’m gonna keep those to myself and I’m gonna separate that from what we were all here for and that is the entertainment value of a hockey game,” said McLellan.