What the ...... celebration?!?!?

I have stayed away from going on about hockey but after reading about the "scandal" concerning the Canadian Women's Hockey Team I had to say something.

Ok ... let me see if I got this straight. AFTER the Gold Medal winning game the Canadian Women's Hockey team is celebrating in their locker room. An hour or so later, AFTER the rink has cleared, they bring it out onto the ice. It is a tradition for them to go out and get pictures on the ice and by the various logos. They brought out beer, champagne, and cigars. Big deal, right?

Well, not until the US media got a hold of the "story" and starts the whining. They brought it to the attention of the International Olympic Committee.

"Gilbert Felli, the IOC's executive director of the Olympic Games, said that drinking in public was "not what we want to see" from athletes at an Olympic venue. The organization will investigate the actions and will speak with the international hockey federation and Canadian Olympic Committee and ask them to "act accordingly.""

Act accordingly? They weren't pissing or spitting on the ice. They weren't fall down drunk. They weren't trashing the place. No one was puking. No fighting took place. (All of which makes it to tame to be considered a party by Korean standards.) They were smoking Cuban cigars not joints. Sadly, no acts of lesbianism occured. They didn't even Lewinski the cigars. What the kimchi is the problem?

There might be an under-age person (of age in her province) sipping beer. The horrors. Oh and one reporter said they were chewing on the gold medals. Seriously. What a bunch of puritanical idiots trying to make something out of nothing. It reminds me of the shitty reporting you see at the Korea Times.

What is next? They will investigate the Russian bobsledder who started celebrating when the Canadian team wiped out and could have been seriously injured? That would be as stupid as this "investigation." The look the guys team mate gave him was enough.

Hockey Canada quickly issued an apology. Personally I wish they had pulled a page out of Pierre Trudeau's play book and give the media the bird. "Seeing people celebrating a gold medal win bothers you? Fuck off." Or for a less profane response use Sven Kramer the Dutch skater who when confronted by a reporter asking dumb questions simply said "Are you stupid?"

Here is a link to some of the pictures taken during the Teams shenanigans after the game. Party on girls!!!!! Congratulations on the win!!!