The NHL Playoffs start tomorrow - do you care? If so, who are you cheering for and why?

Tillman pleads guilty. Sentencing tomorrow but think he might get "no time"

No talking on cell phones in car 280 dollar fine and 4 points on licence

Woman been missing in city since before Christmas. they have had air search and ground search but she hasn't been found. Her family is devestated. She is early 50's and has anxiety problems. Everyone is on the lookout ( sheds, cars etc.) -40 weather is worrisome.

Hockey has brought big bucks to the province.

A Quebec judge has ruled that a cross check is an offense under criminal law.

So - today's question is - why is a cross check called a cross check? (it goes across the body or face, of course. But almost all checks do that. So why is only one type called a cross check?)

Hint - the answer is not in Revelation.

Hint - the reason comes from another sport.

For the past several years, many here in the west have come to the conclusion that there is something wrong in how the NHL conferences are dispersed. Or that there is the inevitable and unsolvable problem of social-geography - it is easier to travel in the east coast because of the lack of distance compared to the western conference (ie. how many teams are between Montreal and Washington, D.C. compared to the huge geographical difference between Vancouver, Edmonton, and Dallas, etc.).