What do Europeans think of Canadian hockey?

Member: Rob

Posted by Rob on 01 March 2000 at 22:41 GMT
Posted from 198.164.251.135 (fctnts11d06.nbnet.nb.ca)

Is it true that the concensus in the European sports media is that Canadian hockey players are nothing but a bunch of goons?
I ask this question in light of the recent Marty McSorely stick swinging incident in which he knocked Donald Brashear out with a vicious stick to the head. I know that it made the sports headlines in some European countries. I fear that it is going to give North American hockey a bad reputation. That's if it didn't already have one.