MILAN, Italy — Team USA is jumping all-in on the Olympic village experience.
Team Canada is dabbling, and … well … uh, dorm life is cute and all. But the comforts of a five-star hotel and a good night’s sleep might be too attractive to pass up.
“I don’t think we’re doing it as an insult or anything like that,” Canadian goaltender Logan Thompson said Monday morning. “We want to win gold, and we want to give ourselves the best opportunity to do so.”
The vast majority of athletes, including most men’s and women’s hockey teams, from all the skating events taking place in Milan are bunking together in residence-style housing at athletes’ village.
Dining hall, card games, common areas, roommates, the…