Even with Boston about 3,000 kilometres closer to Ottawa than Vancouver, the dream of bringing the Cup to Canada tops the bonds of being a day trip away.

Bruins fans in Ottawa are still being given a hard time cheering against the last remaining Canadian team.

"(I've) been called a traitor, been booed by Lisgar Collegiate students," said city staffer Barre Campbell, who wore his black and yellow Boston jersey to work Friday. 

He added he's been told to return his Canadian citizenship and was told by his bus driver this morning to move to the back.

"I'm very confident, the Bruins have all the momentum," Campbell said. "I think the momentum has shifted from Vancouver to Boston."

Canucks fans in Ottawa said their team still enjoys home-ice advantage with two of the three games left in Vancouver, and they're not wavering in their support.

"We have our own towel power in our basement, and the basement is covered in Canuck colours," said Darcy Palubiski, who said he was in Vancouver for a game two weeks after being released from hospital following cancer treatment. "We wear our jerseys for every game."

The hockey fans at Johnny Canucks sports bar acknowledge there's a lot of fans who are torn between the two teams, with more Canadian players on Boston and Vancouver players being accused of diving and biting during the series.

However, the argument ultimately comes back to patriotism.

"There's a lot of Bruins fans in Ottawa and I've seen a few on the street," said Canucks fan Graham Milner. "Ultimately, it's a Canadian game and we'll bring it back to Canada."

With a report from CTV Ottawa's Stefan Keyes