In this March 19, 2015, file photo, Montreal Canadiens chief executive Geoff Molson and Canadian Women's Hockey League Comissioner Brenda Andress pose with Montreal Stars players, from left,  Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux, Julie Chu, Noemie Marin, Charline Labonte, Ann-Sophie Bettez, and Cathy Chartrand, right, during a press conference in Montreal.  In just its first year, the upstart U.S.-based National Women's Hockey League beat it's longer-established, Canadian-based counterpart to the punch by paying its players this season. Now the five-team Canadian Women's Hockey League is vowing to start paying its players. The question now is whether two competing leagues are sustainable, with players and officials on both sides of the border suggesting that a merger might be best in the long run. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
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