SHOULD WOMEN COMPETE FOR THE STANLEY CUP?

An interesting question. I enjoy on occasion watching the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's nightly news program The National; anchor Peter Mansbridge is one of the best in the business anywhere, and while scanning through last evening's programme they did a story where Canada's Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson is saying that since the NHL season is now down the toilet that the American and Canadian women's hockey teams should compete for the Stanley Cup.

Of course, the chance of that happening is virtually nil since care of the trophy was transferred to the NHL back in 1947. But an Edmonton attorney challenged the league's monopoly on Lord Stanley's Cup, claiming that control lay with a independent trustees.

Boy, those Canadians love their hockey...