Being born in Hibbing, I suppose that I can join the attack. :-) As long as we are at it, let's make it a Minnesota State Law. Whereas Minnesota has the only legally qualified hockey players, whereas Minnesota pays tax dollars directly for college hockey, whereas only Minnesota is so forward thinking as to prevent external contamination of hockey and whereas all other games outside of Minnesota called "hockey" are basically flawed by non-Minnesotan contamination, Be it public law that (1) Minnesota teams shall play no team except other Minnesota teams. Special consideration will be given to underpriveleged teams which are from communitites not located next to a body of water or do not have a hockey player at each street corner. (2) Minnesota teams shall recruit no players not born, raised and schooled in Minnesota. Any player who has been outside of Minnesota must be able demonstrate that they call catch walleye pike using nothing by a willow stick and hay bailing twine, bring down deer with a pellet gun and a flashlight, sharpen their skates by running the blade across their teeth and that they need their sister or mother in order to tie the knots necessary to keep their clothes on. (3) Minnesota commentators shall state nary a good thing about another foreign team. Any violation of this provision shall result an immediate missionary work to Madison, Wisconsin, to teach the gospel of Minnesotan hockey to the heathen for a period not to exceed two years. (4) No hockey programs shall be recognized except those existing fully within the State of Minnesota. (5) It shall be always stated that hockey was created, invented and kept pure wholly within Minnesota. (The sport to the north of the God's country of Minnesota referred to indescriminantly as "hockey" is something akin to ice dancing by savages for the purpose of warmth. it has no rules, no skill and no Minnesotans.) (6) All other claims to hockey, hockey ability, and/or hockey programs will be considered fraudulent and treated as such. Any Minnesotan calling the abomination conducted external to Minnesota "hockey" shall be incarcerated in Florida for a period of not more than six months beginning in October and ending in April. (7) Any referee or linesman calling a penalty on a Minnesota team will be made to attend Viking Valhalla meetings. No Minnesotan is taught to slash, high stick, cross check, interfere or rough another player. Since these skills are not taught, they must be imported from Maine, Massachussets, Michigan, Wisconsin or Canada. These foreigners do not play hockey and are not allowed within Minnesota; therefore, no referee can call these penalties on any player from a Minnesota team. (8) Players names ending in borg, ein, korn, sen, son or stad will be given an extra year hockey scholarship. This will be considered necessary to maintain the high academic standards of schools granting such scholarships. (9) Minnesotans shall be taught that the difference between Woofer's and Wooger's is that Wooger's win. Be it enacted that the above law shall take place immediately. This should stir the pot sufficiently well that hockey-l mail boxes all over the world will never be empty! :-) Walt Olson Michigan Tech