Beverly Hills Cigar Club to Hockey Haters: Light(en) Up!

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Mar 1st 2010 at 8:01PM

Much ado has been made of the cigars ignited by the Canadian Women's Hockey Team in celebration of the gold medal they had earned. Of course, they are not the first to light cigars following a victory, and despite much of the criticism being levied these days, they are unlikely to be the last. Vin Lee, CEO of the Beverly Hills Cigar Club, wants the team to know that they have his support.

In addition to decrying the International Olympic Committee's suggestion that an investigation may be necessary, he said in a statement:

Every other sport – from the Stanley Cup, the World Cup of Soccer, NASCAR to the Super Bowl -- supports celebrating victories with a bottle of champagne and a great cigar," points out Lee. "The moment is emotional; in the case of the Olympics, it often is the reward of years of hard work and sacrifice. The Canadian Women's Hockey Team should not be chastised for wanting to mark their victory on the ice. They are national heroes.

It would be nice for the IOC to lighten up on this issue ... having already missed the opportunity to light up in support of the Canadian women's team.

And, congratulations on a victory that was certainly earned!

Tags: beverly hills, BeverlyHills, canada, canadian womens hockey team, CanadianWomensHockeyTeam, cigar, cigars, hockey, ice hockey, IceHockey, OlympicGames, olympics

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stuandstella Mar 1st 2010 9:56PM

Right on girls. Light em up and fuck the suits.

Jimmy Hines Mar 2nd 2010 1:01AM

Amen. Light em up & smoke em if you got em. Great job Ladies. Aren't those old farts funny, they're SO caught up with themselves.

Fjrizzu Mar 2nd 2010 12:25PM

The problem is not with the players celebrating. The problem is with Vin Lee's statement that every sport celebrates with champagne, "And a great cigar." There simply is no such thing, they all stink out loud! Even when I was a smoker I couldn't stand the damn things. I used to commute to work on the LIRR, sat in the smoking car (when there was such a thing). There could be 50 people in the car smoking cigarettes and it never bothered me. As soon as somebody started a cigar up, I had to leave. Only cigar I ever even partially enjoyed, was something called Wolf Brothers Crooks and the only reason for that, was that they were soaked in rum.

Tigre Mar 23rd 2010 2:47PM

I disagree that cigar smoke is offensive. I like the way cigars & pipes smell but I can't stand cigarette smoke. It bothers the hell out of me.

Anyway, I have no problem with them celebrating the way they did and I don't get what all the hub bub is about. We've been watching men in sports do this for years and now all of a sudden it's a huge deal. Please... everyone needs to lighten up and get a life if they have a problem.

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