There’s almost never a situation where grown men should be handed a stuffed animal, and doing so two minutes after a gold medal hockey game is no exception.
On Sunday,Team USAdefeated Team Canada 2-1 in overtime to clinch their first gold medal in 46 years. Both teams fought like rabid animals for just over 60 minutes, giving every fiber of their being to win the final medal event of theWinter Olympics.
But in a wild game, Jack Hughes provided the wildest moment of all.
With that win, the Canadians were forced to grapple with a devastating loss, bringing home the silver with a team that by all means could have won gold.
But that somehow wasn’t the most devastating part.
After a few Olympic organizers went and handed out silver medals one-by-one to a dejected Canadian squad, they went back for a second trip and handed out the most unusual token of all:
A stuffed animal. No, I’m not kidding.
The plush toy was Tina the Stoat, but also a stuffed "Flo" — which is a tiny "impish" character, according to NBCviaYahoo Sports. Tina was one of the mascots of the Games, and evidently, every competitor who won a medal in any event got one.
And none of the players cared,especially chief whiner Nathan MacKinnon.
I’m with Team Canada on this one (I can be a good fan, see?).
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