Joe Biden just took a shot at the Toronto Maple Leafs in his speech to Parliament “I like your (hockey) teams, except the Leafs!” Biden says he doesn't like them cause the Leafs beat the Flyers in January #cdnpoli
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United States President Joe Biden visits Canada: “I like your (hockey) teams, except the Leafs!”
Joe Biden isn’t a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The 46th President of the United States landed in Ottawa on Thursday and his visit marks the first non-summit overnight visit by a U.S. president in nearly two decades.
Following a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday morning, Biden gave a speech at Parliament Hill to an audience of MPs, senators, ambassadors, Indigenous leaders, and other notables including former prime ministers Jean Chrétien and Joe Clark.
The speech featured a jab at the Leafs, which was met by a combination of playful cheers and boos from the crowd…
“I have to say, I like your teams, except for the Leafs,” Biden said “I’ll tell you why. They beat the Flyers back in January, that’s why. If I didn’t say that – I married a Philly girl – I’d be sleeping alone tonight, fellas.”
The game Biden is referencing specifically came on January 8, in which the Leafs handily beat the Flyers in Philadelphia by a score of 6-2. The Leafs have already swept their three-game season series with the Flyers, as they beat them in Toronto by a score of 5-2 in November and December by a score of 4-3.
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