{"id":465551,"date":"2026-02-21T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/465551\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:20:15","slug":"doug-ford-will-allow-bars-to-serve-alcohol-at-6-a-m-for-olympic-gold-hockey-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/465551\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Ford will allow bars to serve alcohol at 6 a.m. for Olympic gold hockey game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One Canadian province will be using the \u201cit\u2019s 5 o\u2019clock somewhere\u201d mentality for Sunday\u2019s men\u2019s hockey gold medal game against Team USA.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Friday that bars and restaurants across the province will be allowed to serve alcohol as early as 6 a.m. ET, ahead of the gold-medal match, which has an expected start time of 8:10 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire country will be watching on Sunday morning as our men\u2019s hockey team plays for Olympic gold,\u201d Ford <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fordnation\/status\/2024932038130778152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">posted to X Friday<\/a>. \u201cTo help us all celebrate Team Canada, the province will be allowing bars and restaurants across the province to sell alcohol starting at 6:00 a.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50367107;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38559594\" width=\"887\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ontario-premier-doug-ford-arrives-120344824.jpg\" alt=\"Ontario Premier Doug Ford smiles, wearing a dark suit and patterned tie, with Canadian flags in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-38559594\"  \/>Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives at a portrait unveiling ceremony for former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 3, 2026.  REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s all come together, support local businesses and cheer on Team Canada!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford\u2019s decision comes after some municipalities in the province, along with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, brought about a motion to allow local cafes and restaurants to serve alcohol beginning at 6:00 a.m. ET during the 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Ontario has bent the alcohol service rules by permitting sales across the province as early as 7 a.m. during the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Ford allowing the sale for Sunday comes shortly after Team Canada secured its spot in the championship with a thrilling <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/20\/sports\/canada-will-play-for-gold-after-rallying-past-finland-in-tense-olympic-semifinal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3-2 comeback win over Finland<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38559586\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/connor-mcdavid-97-team-canada-121838885.jpg\" alt=\"Connor McDavid #97 of Team Canada acknowledges fans after their 3-2 victory against Finland at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.\" class=\"wp-image-38559586\"  \/>Connor McDavid of Team Canada acknowledges the fans after the team\u2019s 3-2 victory on February 20, 2026 in Milan, Italy. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>With just 35 seconds left in regulation, Nathan MacKinnon scored the game-winning goal during a Canada power play, something that teammate Connor McDavid said was a year in the making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was built through a lot, a lot of conversations over the course of a year, starting back at 4 Nations,\u201d McDavid said of developing the power play, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7060232\/2026\/02\/20\/canada-finland-olympics-mens-hockey-semifinal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked on this power play a lot, it\u2019s something we\u2019ve talked about a lot, and we do it for these big moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found a way to score a big one in a big moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Canadian province will be using the \u201cit\u2019s 5 o\u2019clock somewhere\u201d mentality for Sunday\u2019s men\u2019s hockey gold medal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[19,5,2602,43,66,422,2787,31286],"class_list":{"0":"post-465551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-olympics","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-toronto","13":"tag-usa-hockey","14":"tag-winter-olympics","15":"tag-winter-olympics-2026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116107885988970850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}