I do not believe either the Olympics or the Women's World Championships will produce an NC$$ Women's Championship. I think the steady growth of the women's game, not the hype, will bring a final four (The Puck Stops Here?). The numbers of women and girls playing ice hockey in places like Minnesota and Michigan, as well was the Northeast is the critical factor. Only when there is a competitive league in the midwest will that happen. I am not so sure, given the Wooger's priorities, how soon that may be. _____________ / good shooting hungerf _____________/ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.