the commentators said a little bit about it, with the obligatory "Yeugh" noises. overall everyone thought it was funny, but they also made sure to be (jokingly) mildly grossed out because that's the norm in america. ESPECIALLY in the sports world.
so then i decided to look for more hockey kisses and i found this video of ziggy palffy laying one (a real one) on travis green:
now, for those of you who aren't in the know, the loud, old dude on the right is don cherry. he's the host of hockey night in canada and he's major over there. anyhow, he's pretty hard to peg but he's a major patriot and seemingly excited about military stuff and generally strikes me as pretty conservative. but you'll notice (and i don't know when this video is from but it's gotta be pretty old considering palffy hasn't played in a while and that islanders uniform looks way 90s, so this was, you know, when gay stuff was a little less mainstream) that while cherry was definitely amused, he didn't say anything homophobic. keep in mind that hockey in canada is like football here. hockey night in canada and don cherry are classic. i could be wrong about this, but i would imagine that if two football players were to have kissed on the lips, at least one of the commentators would have been like "EWWWWWW!!!!!!!"
i just thought it was interesting because it so wasn't the reaction i expected from don cherry. that old guy is nuts. and upon further research, i found out that cherry went on the record in support of same-sex civil marriages (which canada has allowed for quite a while now). he is an anglican and doesn't support same-sex marriage in the church, but he said something to the effect of: "well it's not costing me money so why should i care? let people be." i wish more americans could have that attitude, especially on record.
oh, and an yzerman man-love moment just for kicks:
and again, without don cherry screaming, for fun:
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