What’s ironic about the United States women’s hockey team’s stunning Olympic gold medal shootout win over Team Canada Wednesday is it happened 38 years to the day of the Americans’ original “Miracle on Ice.”
What’s even more eerie is Canadian team captain Jocelyne Larocque shunning the silver medal is reminiscent of what Russia star and ex-San Jose Shark star Sergei Makarov did after he was handed the consolation prize in Lake Placid, N.Y.
The heart-broken Larocque’s visceral reaction of dismissively taking off the silver medal after it was placed around her neck became an international incident overnight.