And remember, this is coming from a guy who has 3 daughters ... all of whom play hockey, which I greatly enjoy watching them do.
That said, Olympic women's hockey stinks.
The early rounds are an utter joke with Canada and the U.S. kicking the beejezuz out of sorry squads from Switzerland, Slovakia and Upper Mongolia for all it matters.
Sure, sure. I heard Canada captain Hailey Wickenheiser say the other day that it's no different from the early days of the men's Olympic hockey tournament. You could look it up. She's right.
However, compared to the poor countries in women's hockey, the men's game became competitive on a much broader scale much more quickly. And, at any given Olympics, 6 different teams could win the men's gold medal.
Here's an idea.
Have Olympic qualifying rounds the year before the Winter Games, then invite only the top two women's teams -- Canada and the U.S. -- who would spend a week playing a best-of-5 series for the gold medal.
The bronze? Who cares.
On another note, how about a medal for fourth place? Aluminum? Copper? Platinum???
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Platinum is considered more precious than gold, so why not have that as top medal and move the rest down, Just a thought. Woman's hockey has become something of a cautious man's sport. There has not been a reason for Canadians to be overly excited about the woman's chances for sometime. A medal finish is a for sure deal. Yet I feel that it is a necessary process in which every for years we are reminded by how unskilled the other woman's leagues are.
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