{"id":491280,"date":"2026-02-22T03:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491280\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T03:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:50:08","slug":"go-transit-adds-lakeshore-west-trip-for-olympic-mens-hockey-gold-medal-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491280\/","title":{"rendered":"GO Transit adds Lakeshore West trip for Olympic men&#8217;s hockey gold medal game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">If you are heading to downtown Toronto early to watch the Canadian men\u2019s hockey team play for gold, GO Transit is adding an extra train to help you get there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Metrolinx says a special Lakeshore West train is departing Confederation GO at 5:52 a.m., making all station stops to Union Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The train is estimated to arrive at the downtown Toronto train station at 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The much-anticipated men\u2019s hockey gold medal game between Canada and its archrival, the United States, is scheduled to start at 8:10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Canada last won men\u2019s hockey gold in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Despite the early morning start, some hockey fans are expected to watch the game at bars and restaurants across the province.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Ontario Premier Doug Ford has allowed establishments to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/doug-ford-approves-6-am-alcohol-sales-in-ontario-for-team-canada-gold-medal-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/toronto\/article\/doug-ford-approves-6-am-alcohol-sales-in-ontario-for-team-canada-gold-medal-game\/\">sell alcohol starting at 6 a.m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) is hosting a watch party at Scotiabank Arena with tickets starting at $15. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MLSE says there will be special Canadian breakfast concession offerings, giveaways, and activations for fans attending the party. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Gates open at 7 a.m. MLSE says proceeds of the event will benefit the MLSE Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After 15 days of competition, Canada has won 20 medals in Italy: five gold, six silver and nine bronze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Milano Cortina Games are set to conclude on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you are heading to downtown Toronto early to watch the Canadian men\u2019s hockey team play for gold,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[712,49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-491280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}