With all the problems hockey faces after returning from a season long hiatus, this is one that was somewhat unexpected.

Jacques Demers won a Stanley Cup as coach of the Montreal Canadiens in 1993. Today, he announced that he is illiterate. If hockey hadn't already been blasted back to the stone age by last year's strike, this would have set the game back 20 years. The stereotype of the gap-toothed, mullet-toting, french fries and gravy eating hockey player has now been proven. That's right, it's no longer a joke. Not only was this man a championship coach, he served as a General Manager in the late 90's. He was IN CHARGE. Scary.

However, maybe Canada comes out ahead in this one. In America we have the No Child Left Behind Act. We guarantee Johnny will read....damnit. Meanwhile, the Canucks take the ones that can't spell and have them win Stanley Cups and lead major sports organizations. Oh Canada indeed.

Anyway, I'm off to unlearn 14 years of education and win the Super Bowl. Toodles.