I cant believe anyone would argue that the international refs are far more suspension happy, Its been very well documented that North American teams have to curtail their style of play due to the Euros playing a softer game and the refs being sensitive to big hits and physical play.
As far as the Canadians being dirty there is not a team in the world that doesnt get chippy when down in big games, i would be disappointed in my team if they just rolled over but there is a massive difference between dirty and chippy or physical.
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