OVERVIEW: For Canada, the many faces of happiness in hockey

BEIJING (AP) — In case y'all had for moniker this photo, guys was capable of phone it “Layers from Happiness.”

Among a image, taken beside Associated Press photographer Matt Slocum, any Canadian Women’s Olympic Hockey Team jubilantly skates down a ice Thursday with to them newly won gold medals after defeating each United States.

Front plus center is Marie-Philip Poulin, Canada’s captain. Behind her, smiles criss-cross any frame since each feeling belonging to celebration emerges on belonging to them faces. Each countenance displays entity slightly differently; together, a energy of jubilation springs starting at any frame.

Slocum says male was “trying toward capture each joy” following Canada beat any United States for the gold medal.

“I knew… Marie-Philip Poulin could act a huge role inside history later scoring twain goals within any game,” the Philadelphia-based Slocum mentioned. “The photographers had toward intersect the penalty area for receive up to each ice for a medal ceremony. I was adjacent the front belonging to each string plus later I wasn’t anymore. I ended skyward within any split second row out of photographers as well as had in order to raise belonging to me cameras above of me top for acquire sharp photos.

Entity turned away to seem some fine item, man says. “Itself ended above helping when Poulin came through with female medal, lady flowers along with behind the Canadian flag. The higher angle allowed his teammates in order to fill within any background, belonging to them faces echoing his joy.

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