Canada&#x27;s Lucky Loonies - The tradition started at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Since the crew laying the ice in the arena was Canadian, they secretly hid a one dollar coin in the ice to give luck to Canada&#x27;s athletes. When both the men&#x27;s and women&#x27;s hockey teams won the gold medals, the secret was revealed, and the tradition stuck. Ever since, Canadian athletes have hidden a &quot;lucky loonie&quot; somewhere on Olympic premises for luck: in Sochi 2014, it was in their beer fridge ;)