Top 5 Canadian Flag Moments in Sport

The Maple Leaf has played a prominent role in some of Canada's best sporting moments. Rob Pizzo counts down what he thinks are the Top 5. Did he miss any? Let us know!

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Top 5 Canadian Flag Moments in Sport

[largolt]

US Marines got the Canadian flag upside down?! As a US citizen, I am embarrassed and would tell them they have NO BLOODY EXCUSES for that error. The military screams about your bed linens being absolutely perfect at every corner and your shoes and rifle having to be 101% perfectly clean but they can't be bothered to know what our Northern neighbour's flag looks like?! I'm not Canadian and even I know what the old colonial flag looked like. I know the capital of Canada. I know the Canadian national anthem. I can name quite a few Canadians besides Celine Dion and I can find the Northwest Territories on a map.

[Djabrailov_Art]

Dayum the Canadians was so chill about the flag upside down

[bartzwiep]

Both American and Canadian players have said the Canadian flag was NOT on the American dressing room floor. A statement made in the series 'Engraved on a Nation: On the Line'.

[GoWestYoungMan]

The US Marine Corps flew the Maple Leaf upside down on purpose. No one is that stupid.

[niccones]

So fucking shameful to see as an American

[triangle]

Dayum the Canadians was so chill about the flag upside down