I’m sure Canadians are rejoicing a lot as of now after winning the Olympic Gold Medal in the Women’s Ice Hockey sports competition! With that said, the Canadian Womens Olympic Hockey players are now having a party to celebrate their victory!
Apparently, long after all the fans had left the barn the Canadian women of the Olympic Hockey team were still on the ice, taking in the gold medal win and downing a couple of beers after beating the United States 2-0 on Thursday.
One of the Canadian Ice Hockey player, Haley Irwin poured champagne into the mouth of Tessa Bonhomme, gold medals swinging from both their necks. Meghan Agosta and Marie-Philip Poulin posed with goofy grins.
Goalies Charline Labonte and Kim St-Pierre posed at center ice for Poulin, lying on their stomachs with a giant bottle of champagne resting just above the Olympic rings.
In a statement released late Thursday, Team Ice Hockey Canada apologized.
“The members of Team Canada apologize if their on-ice celebrations, after fans had left the building, have offended anyone,” the statement said. “In the excitement of the moment, the celebration left the confines of our dressing room and shouldn’t have. The team regrets that its gold medal celebration may have caused the IOC or COC any embarrassment.
“Our players and team vow to uphold the values of the Olympics moving forward and view this situation as a learning experience.”
If the Canadian men win, the party celebration will probably be bigger, but I don’t know if it will mean as much to the NHL stars who make up the team. But, to even get a chance to celebrate inappropriately, the men’s teams will have to win today. Canada faces Slovakia, and the Americans take on Finland. That’s LIVE on NBC at 3 pm.
A big congratulations to the Canadian Womens Hockey Team for winning the olympic gold medal!
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