Canadian women’s hockey team celebrates win

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Feb 26, 2010

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Team Canada players sit on the ice and celebrate winning the gold medal with bubbly, beer and cigars. In a statement released late Thursday, Hockey Canada apologized. Getty Images

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Rebecca Johnston celebrates with a beer. Getty Images

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The Canadian team enjoy a bottle of Champagne following the medal’s ceremony. AFP/Getty Images

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Canada’s Tessa Bonhomme poses with a cigar, beer and her gold medal during celebrations . REUTERS

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Canada’s Meghan Agosta (2) and Jayna Hefford (16) celebrate with cigars. AP

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Team Canada members drink champagne and beer. Getty Images

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Canada Haley Irwin, pours champagne on Tessa Bonhomme mouth. Half an hour after beating the United States the players staged a raucous celebration — smoking cigars and swigging beer and bubbly. AP Photo

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Canada’s Haley Irwin (21) and Meghan Agosta (2) celebrate with cigars and beer. AP

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Canada’s Jayna Hefford and Gillian Apps celebrate. AP

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Canadian team players Haley Irwin (L) and Meghan Agosta celebrate with champagne. EPA

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(L-R) Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin, Kim St-Pierre and Charline Labonte drink beer on the ice while holding their gold medals after Canada defeated the US in women’s Olympic hockey final game. Poulin, who scored both goals for Canada, doesn’t turn 19 the legal drinking age in British Columbia until next month. AP Photo

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Canada’s Meghan Agosta drinks a beer and smokes a cigar. AP Photo

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(L to R) Catherine Ward #18, Marie-Philip Poulin #29, Caroline Ouellette #13 and Charline Labonte #32 of Canada celebrate with the gold medals following their team’s 2-0 victory. Half an hour after beating the United States the players staged a raucous celebration – smoking cigars and swigging beer and bubbly. Getty Images

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Canadian team players celebrate their victory over the USA after receiving their medals, at the end of their women ice hockey gold medal game. Half an hour after beating the United States the players staged a raucous celebration – smoking cigars and swigging beer and bubbly. In a statement released late Thursday, 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.” EPA

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Canadian goalie holds up the national flag as she skates by during the medals ceremony. AFP/Getty Images

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