The decision to have players from both teams line up arm-in-arm at center ice for the playing of the Ukrainian and United States national anthems was pre-planned in what stood as a symbol of unity and solidarity.
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Members of the Ukrainian Selects and Boston Junior Bruins hockey teams stood arm-in-arm in a show of unity during the national anthems before their game at the International Peewee tournament in Quebec City