O! Canada!

From the Toronto Globe and Mail...

With the regular hockey season wrapping up, guys can look forward to having at least one butt cheek glued to a couch or barstool for the two-month televised marathon that is the NHL playoffs, beginning next Wednesday.

According to the TV commercial stereotype of guys watching sports, women are seen either in tight tank tops and serving beer, or as uninterested wives nagging their husbands about undone chores. But times have changed. Women represent a significant demographic among sports fans, so it's almost as likely that they'll be the ones worried about getting to the bar in time to see the first puck drop.

(Sigh) They do things just a lil bit differently in The Great White Up and arguably better, as well. Women hockey fans DO exist in these United States, don't get me wrong. My daughter-in-law's sister Yolanda is one such, but she's a Dallas Stars fan... much to her discredit. But Hey! It's hockey...

Perhaps I should move back up to Dee-troit and put my money where my mouth is, no? (I already did that Northern California thing, in case you're wondering. I'd never entertain doing it again, FWIW.)