US women's hockey stars are prepared to fight Canada players at Winter Olympics amid rising tensions

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NEW YORK – The recent national tension between the U.S. and Canada isn't just spilling into hockey. It's spilling into women's hockey. 

Multiple stars on the U.S. national women's hockey team said they are prepared for hand-to-hand combat with Canadian opponents at the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. 

After Canadian fans booed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off this past February, U.S. women's hockey star Caroline Harvey is prepared to hear it again ahead of her team's games against Canada this upcoming February in Italy. 

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"It's expected, especially playing Canada," Harvey told Fox News Digital of potential anthem booing at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee media summit. "They don't like us very much. So it's more motivating than anything and, personally, it fuels the fire and makes us want to, you know, beat them more than ever." 

And the "beating" may not simply be in regard to the final score either. 

Jamie Rattray, #47 of Canada, fights Abbey Murphy, #37 of the United States, in the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Group A match played at WinSport Arena on August 26, 2021, in Calgary, Canada.  (Derek Leung/Getty Images)

"I don't like them either. They're a respectable competitor, they're so good, and always give us such a hard game, it's so back-and-forth. But when we get in the heat of the moment, we just always fight and don't like them," she added. 

"It does get personal at times." 

The first hockey fight Harvey, 23, has ever been