American hockey captain Meghan Duggan married his former lover, Canadian captain Gillian Apps on Saturday. The ceremony was celebrated in Pownal, Maine with the greetings of hockey fans and members of both teams.
In the winter Olympics in recent years, in the field of women’s hockey, the US and Canada teams have repeatedly faced, competing for the championship. The US team, with the participation of Meghan Duggan, has twice defeated at the hands of the Canadian team with the presence of Gillian Apps in the two Olympics seasons in 2010 and 2014. However, in 2015, Gillian left. Canada and the Winter Olympics this year, Captain Meghan and the US team ended the Canadian team’s goal series from the previous Olympics and won the gold medal.
Not only are the opponents in the Olympics, both have also faced many times at the ice rink at the World Championships, including the first match in the World Championships finals. However, Meghan was slightly better when she won 7 championships compared to 3 of Gillian. It can be said that both of them are an eight ounces and a half – pound person. Their talents are equal.
Gillian has now retired from the national hockey team and worked with Boston College coach Katie King and Meghan continues her career on the ice. Another interesting detail is that both Meghan Duggan and Gillian Apps play as strikers of the competition. Perhaps the two had inadvertently fell in love with the opponent on the ring.
The love of two girls Meghan and Gillian is like in a novel. From a longtime rival, become a lover, and then a partner. Both received a lot of support from relatives, friends and fans, including members of both teams. The US team congratulated the two on Twitter: “Love can truly overcome everything, even the greatest rival. Ask Meghan Duggan”. And the Canadian team retweeted the above status line with congratulations: “From rivals on the ice rink become partners of each other. Congratulations!”.
In addition, many people also think of another pair of former captain of the US and Canada team, Julie Chu and Caroline Ouellette. Julie was Meghan’s captain who met Captain Gillian of Caroline at the 2014 Olympics. The two were also married and had just welcomed their first child.
The love of two girls Meghan and Gillian is like in a novel. From a longtime rival, become a lover, and then a partner. Both received a lot of support from relatives, friends and fans, including members of both teams.