One win, many reasons
In the aftermath of the 2011 CWHL Draft, Burlington Barracudas draft pick Melissa Boufounos was the subject of a four part feature in the Epoch Times named “Chasing the Women’s Pro Hockey Dream”. After the disastrous season that the Barracudas endured, her not being selected for the final roster should be called “Avoiding the Nightmare”. In their first 27 games of CWHL regular season play, the Barracudas managed only one win. Before the season even started, the Barracudas had three strikes against them, which would set the tone the season would undertake. Considering that Boufounos generated more publicity than other players on the Barracudas combined, not including her on the team was a tactical error. With the publicity that she generated for the team through the Epoch Times, there is no question that the paper would have continued to write about her during the season. She had the potential to be an ambassador for the league and a media darling. With so many other major newspapers in