The pundits were quick to remind Canadian sports fans that there was much to celebrate on Wednesday, like the ascension of the country's new queen of the blades. But...
"Sometimes you can't help but think it would be entirely acceptable if all our athletes finished last in every event as long as the men's hockey team got to the top," writes Allan Maki in the Toronto Globe and Mail (reg. required). Yes, sometimes you can't help but think it.
Reaction to Canada's unceremonious exit from men's hockey:
"How does this loss rank?... For me personally, it could be the worst. Ever." - Team captain Joe Sakic.
"We all have a hand in this, we all have a responsibility in this loss. But there's no words to describe how devastating a loss this is." - Executive director Wayne Gretzky.
"Everyone in my country is jumping, I think. Lots of drinking, lots of vodka," - The spectacular Russian rookie, Alexander Ovechkin.
And from the experts:
"This result is an epic disaster. It is a colossal failure."
"The Winter Olympics did not come to a screeching halt yesterday. It only seems that way."
"Losing at hockey is always an option, but not one Canada really likes to excuse, especially when $97 million worth of hockey talent gets blanked, shut out, skunked in three of its last four games of a lost Olympics.
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