When it comes to international tournaments, of course patriotism is always at the forefront - but when it comes to being out in the bar or walking around town and seeing another team, it doesn't matter where you're from - you're all hockey beauties, you all live by the same rules governed by a lifestyle that was perfected long before you were ever born. You walk by the other team, nod out of respect - you are all part of the same world, the same hockey republic.