Oh, and if you're talking about the olympics, Gretzky said that other countries hated Canada, that they had a vendetta to beat Canada, and that Canada didn't share these feelings about the other countries, but that maybe they should start.
You've got to understand, this is a hockey nation, and he was simply talking hockey. Hockey is our pride and joy, and we take it very seriously. I don't think this stirred up much controversy outside the hockey (or Olympic) world, at least as far as I know.
Just FYI, you can poke and prod me abot politics all day long, and I'll buy you a beer, but start bashing hockey players and oops... off come the gloves!