Puckarinen

The new European club competition, Champions Hockey League, got the clubs' and fans' attention fast when the IIHF announced that the league would have the biggest prize purse ever in European hockey, ten million euro in total.

The money has been front and center in a lot of stories that have been written about the CHL, as a motive for the players to play hard, even when the team's chances to advance to the semifinal have gone.

So, it was nice to see that a team can decide to tank a game even when there's 50 000 euros on the line. Money isn't everything.