The Quebec Major-Junior League and Women's Olympic are about the only hockey worth watching in my mind. I don't really bother with the Million-Dollar-Crybabies anymore. I've been more-or-less fed up since the first strike.

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And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow
With smiling [faces] lyin' to ye' everywhere ye' go
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.