Was it the Canadian whiskey or the Russian vodka?
No telling, but whatever it was caused 30 members of the Russian junior hockey contingent to be kicked off a Delta flight early Thursday morning for “unruly behavior.”
The Russians won the world junior championships Wednesday night in Buffalo, N.Y., beating Canada 5-3. More than an hour after the upset win, several Russian coaches and trainers were on the ice — one holding a bottle of Crown Royal Canadian whiskey and others sipping from paper cups — to pose for pictures.
The group arrived at the Buffalo airport in time for a 6:10 a.m. flight to Atlanta, but was turned back by the flight crew. After players and managers spent Thursday at the Days Hotel across the street — where a front desk clerk said they were “sleeping it off” — a team spokesman said the group would fly out in two groups today, which is the Russian Orthodox Church’s Christmas.
