Tim Thomas and White House Ceremony

Tim Thomas missed the White House Ceremony which was arranged to celebrate the Stanley Cup championship on Monday. Boston Bruins was there to attend the party.

Although Thomas played an important role in winning the first title but he opt to skip the White House ceremony due to his political and ideological differences with the Obama Government.

“I can require someone to attend a team event. If they don’t, I can suspend him.”I’m not suspending Tim. Whatever his position is, it isn’t reflective of the Boston Bruins or my own. But I’m not suspending him,” Chiarelli said.

Chiarelli added more that Thomas had decided months ago not to attend the White House ceremony. He convinced him to attend the ceremony but he didn’t.

Obama praised the team’s unity. “Together, these players proved that teamwork is everything. It can overcome injuries, it can overcome long odds.”

Thomas is the oldest recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy, the first American-born winner of the trophy since Brian Leetch in 1994, and the first American-born goaltender to win the award.