There was no solace with silver in Olympic battle of hockey heavyweights — Canada’s faces said it all

Source: New York Post

The most striking images were the faces belonging to the vanquished. One by one, Canadian hockey players lowered their necks to receive silver medals, and a few minutes later, they were handed stuffed toys honoring Tina and Milo, the mascots of these Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. And one by one, they grimly accepted these tokens of achievement as if they were being handed cigarettes in the moments before facing a firing squad.