{"id":895377,"date":"2026-03-29T07:26:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/davis-world-cup-of-hockey-doesnt-need-warmongering-russia-and-usa\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T12:26:42","slug":"davis-world-cup-of-hockey-doesnt-need-warmongering-russia-and-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/davis-world-cup-of-hockey-doesnt-need-warmongering-russia-and-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis: World Cup of Hockey doesn&#8217;t need warmongering Russia and USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/leaderpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2262910795_301684703.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=9molw2sSiU7J38bxxlHTWQ, 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width=\"1200\"><\/picture><figcaption><span>Members of the US Men&#8217;s Olympic hockey team (top) are recognized by US President Donald Trump as he gestures to them during his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2026.<\/span> <span>Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS<\/span> \/<span>AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Keep Russia out of the World Cup of Hockey!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-aqa=\"identity-sign-in\" data-async id=\"article-block\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Regina Leader Post\" height=\"37\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/20.8.4\/websites\/images\/identity\/logo-identity-rlp-new.svg\" width=\"280\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited online 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aria-live=\"assertive\">\n<h2>Sign In or Create an Account<\/h2>\n<p><span><\/span><span>or<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>And unless the U.S. stops bombing Iran, invading Venezuela and strangling Cuba, ban the Americans, too.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Warmongering nations have been banned from international sports competitions as recently as last month\u2019s Winter Olympics in Italy, where Russian teams were forbidden while some individuals could participate only under a neutral flag. Russian athletes in numerous sports have been banished \u2014 or had their participation limited \u2014 because President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to invade Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async>A dominant hockey nation that has produced NHL superstars Alex Ovechkin and Nikita Kucherov, Russia was also excluded from the inaugural <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"4 Nations Face-Off\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/sports\/davis-can-the-4-nations-face-off-final-be-any-more-politically-heated-than-the-first-u-s-canada-meeting\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/sports\/davis-can-the-4-nations-face-off-final-be-any-more-politically-heated-than-the-first-u-s-canada-meeting\">4 Nations Face-Off<\/a> one year before the 2026 Olympics. Canada beat the U.S. in the 4 Nations final, but the Americans rebounded with an overtime victory against the Canadians in the men\u2019s Olympic final.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<div aria-labelledby=\"ReginaLeaderPostHeadlineNews9796096442506020446524887284056064\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-aqa=\"widget-newsletter\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component data-target-list=\"LP_HeadlineNews\" data-widget=\"newsletter\">\n<p>By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>One week later, just after the U.S. hockey team was feted in Washington, Israel convinced U.S. President Donald Trump to start bombing Iran.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>With both wars continuing and nothing to indicate peace is on the horizon, what\u2019s now the difference between Russia and the U.S.?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Why should Americans be treated any differently than Russian athletes on the world stage? Yet there\u2019s been limited debate about banning the reigning Olympic champions from the next World Cup of Hockey, an event the NHL plans to schedule every four years to alternate with the Winter Games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async>NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and his league\u2019s governors selfishly boycotted the Olympics for 12 years, but worldwide interest created by the recent Winter Games has suddenly made them realize that regular best-on-best hockey competitions could make them oodles of money. The players have often spoken in favour of best-on-best competitions, which are finally allowing Connor McDavid and Cale Makar to don Maple Leaf jerseys against Stars and Stripes-clad opponents Auston Matthews and Matthew and <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"Brady Tkachuk.\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/sports\/davis-two-things-that-will-never-change-reporters-asking-questions-politics-in-sports\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/sports\/davis-two-things-that-will-never-change-reporters-asking-questions-politics-in-sports\">Brady Tkachuk.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s certainly emotional.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>If they could only figure out the politics.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async>Bettman announced this week that the World Cup of Hockey was being planned for 2028 in Edmonton, Calgary and Prague. Eight teams would be competing, Bettman told reporters, without naming the countries. Immediately there was <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"speculation about Russia,\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/davis-kudos-to-nhl-for-not-glorifying-russian-players-during-4-nations-face-off\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/davis-kudos-to-nhl-for-not-glorifying-russian-players-during-4-nations-face-off\">speculation about Russia,<\/a> with Czechia, Sweden and Finland reportedly threatening to boycott the event if that despised country was participating.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Nobody asked about the USA, a country that was killing suspected traffickers and civilians before kidnapping Venezuelan president (and apparent drug lord) Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in a military effort to control that country\u2019s oilfields. Meanwhile the U.S. hierarchy is also plotting to overthrow Cuba\u2019s socialist government, all because political observers believe Trump is trying to hide the infamous Epstein files behind his warring exploits. Teaming with Israel in a war with Iran is Trump\u2019s biggest, most foolish ploy. There are always consequences.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p> Darrell Davis <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/leaderpost.com\/sports\/davis-world-cup-of-hockey-doesnt-need-warmongering-russia-and-usa\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the US Men&#8217;s Olympic hockey team (top) are recognized by US President Donald Trump as he gestures to them during his State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2026. 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