To all those who lambasted me last spring for my Minnesota parody of yahoo journalists like Powers, I would have to say I feel vindicated. Powers, without meaning to, says more stupid things than I did in my parody. And my parody was *trying* to be stupid. That said, let me add that the topic of too many scholarships going to Canadians ignores that in many of these schools hockey is a revenue *producing* sport. For such schools, the scholarships given to players, be they from Canada, the USA, or Mars, are more than paid back by the revenues the players produce. So PowersThePathetic can stop whining about scholarships as if they are some form of foreign aid. My guess is that from a purely monetary viewpoint, the Maine hockey team is alot more in the black since Shawn Walsh got there and stepped up recruitment of Canadians. Heck, in pituitary ball and football, there's been some talk about *paying* collegiate players since they bring in so much revenue. In any case, coaches are simply going for the best available players. If American players aren't as good, then they don't deserve the spots. In the very same way that Canadian whiners about there being too many Europeans in the NHL are wrong, so too are collegiate whiners about there being too many Canadians in the colleges. The best players are winning out. Development programs in a country that is getting beaten out by another can choose to either learn from the successful ones and upgrade, or cry in their soup and ask for quotas. Hey, I've got a ten-year old son who would love to some day play collegiate hockey. If he's good enough, then he'll make it. If he isn't and gets beaten out by some Canadian, then the better player won. My son may just have to settle for lesser pursuits. Like becoming a future President of the United States. :-) DaveH