Future of Women's Olympic Hockey

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Ice hockey-NHL set to throw women's hockey Olympic lifeline

The NHL is prepared to throw women's hockey an Olympic lifeline and said on Thursday that it is in talks to help set up a North American professional league for the world's top female players.

After years of dominance by Canada and the United States, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge warned at the Vancouver Olympics that women's hockey must be more competitive or risk removal from the Winter Games.

An elite league is considered a key step in helping narrow the massive gap in talent that has left women's hockey fighting for Olympic survival.

Would this help or hurt the recruiting of international players to UND? Overall this is a good move for women's hockey.