By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
NEW YORK – They worked hard, they triumphed, and then they played hard – the way athletes so often do.
And yet the photos of the Canadian women hockey players joyously feting their gold medal with beer, champagne and cigars struck some as jarring, or at least inappropriate. And the International Olympic Committee said it was looking into the incident, which took place on the Olympic ice after fans had left.
On Twitter, Facebook and other venues across the Web, many were debating whether the scrutiny was fair. Most seemed to think it wasn’t, and a number thought it smacked of sexism, conscious or not.