I wonder, Amber, just what you meant in your subject header by "Fake" tourney??? As fully expected, local media coverage was virtually nonexistent for this inaugural event -- the Lowell "Sun", never noted for anything but parochial reporting, featured a photo of Neil Donovan (UMass/Lowell) on the front page of its Sports section this morning, but nary a further mention; the Boston "Globe" gave us a line score, nothing more; the Boston "Herald" had nothing whatsoever, apparently considering it a non-event. The "Globe" did include a miniscule article about the Women's world cup, but that was it in three "major" newspapers in the Boston area as far as college hockey deemed worthy of note was concerned. The final result, as you probably know by now, was a 5-4 overtime victory by the Canadian contingent; I'd be willing to bet that no one who follows our beloved NCAA Division I programs would have believed the players from schools north of the border had a prayer of winning. ?? In spite of this first year's dismal coverage, I hope the concept is not abandoned, and that given time it will merit the kind of attention it deserves. For this year, at least, Canada has reinforced their perennial claim to be the breeding ground of superior talent; maybe at the same time they successfully demonstrated that the CIAU is in fact comparable to the NCAA, at least on an "all-star" basis...??? Congratulations, Canada! "Wait 'til next year!" HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.