Team Canada apologizes for post-game behaviour

Canada's Jayna Hefford (16) and Gillian Apps (10) celebrate after Canada beat USA 2-0 to win the women's gold medal ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.
Chris O'Meara/The Associated Press

VANCOUVER - Hockey Canada apologized Thursday for an impromptu party the Olympic women's hockey team threw for itself on the Canada Hockey Place ice after winning the gold medal.

Canadian players, still wearing their uniforms and with gold medals draped around their necks, celebrated their victory by drinking champagne and beer at centre ice following a 2-0 win over the United States.

The International Olympic Committee said it will investigate the celebration, which included drinking by one of Canada's underage players.

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Who cares? Go Canada Go. Tom

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

This celebration was not in very good taste, but I am much more concerned by the still unexplained death of the Georgian athlete during practice.

VANOC would have us believe that the fatal accident was all the athlete's fault. I'm much more inclined to think that the luge track was poorly constructed, no doubt to maximize the speed, excitement, and hence profits generated by the event.

Nouveau Canuck

mockanon said...

No doubt one of the biggest shockers of the past decade! Please continue to unearth underreported scandals such as this one.

Anonymous said...

Yes Nouveau Canuck
I smell a conspiracy in the Luge athlete's death. Have we seen any toxicology.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the same concerns would be had if this was the men's team. In terms of the luge althlete, there were reports before his death that inexperienced athletes need to be careful because the track is dangerous. There was actually a story that singled him out as someone who does not appreciate the dangerousness of the track (it was published in the Star the day before his death)... a bit chilling. Not to "blame" the athlete, but this is certainly a piece of the puzzle.

Anonymous said...

Getting back to Nouveau Canuck's point. Is the track dangerous? Or has there been an overreaction to an accident. Track looks fine to me.

Go Canada Go said...

Wait. This is what we're worried about? Really? Talk about moral regulation.

About the track: would the design not have had to clear safety standards? They would have had to have made sure that the risk of harm was minimal, correct? I wonder what the inquest will reveal about the design of the track.