MINNEAPOLIS--Don King would have been hard-pressed to script a better ending. The inaugural women's NCAA Frozen Four was a great showcase for the sport in this country and an impressive sign of growth in women's hockey.
The sport is expanding, and the midwest is emerging as its new powerhouse, breaking New England's 20 year hold on the women's hockey elite. The NCAA held its first tournament this season, and Minnesota-Duluth emerged from near obscurity to win a national championship in only its second season.
The weekend had fairytale written all over it.
There was just one problem for USA Hockey.
It wasn't made in America.
It all arrived through customs.
That was the dirty little secret whispered through hallways all weekend. Everyone talked about it privately, but few people brought it up openly. It was as if bringing it out publicly would suddenly make it true.
Women's hockey was growing in America, but it was foreigners playing the game.
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