Toronto Maple leafs to be awarded the Stanley Cup

Canada was stunned Monday when it was announced that the Stanley Cup will be awarded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Cup will be stripped from the champion Detroit Red Wings and awarded to the Leafs, who didn't even make the playoffs.

How is this possible? Well, the Leafs have formed a coalition with the Eastern Conference semi-finalists, the Montreal Canadiens, and conference quarter-finalists, the Ottawa Senators, so now out-number the Red Wings. According to current Leaf coach Ron Wilson, "The Red wings have lost the confidence of the league and should hand the Cup over to our coalition immediately."

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is cutting short a European trip to try to resolve the unprecedented hockey crisis that could force a second playoff series or see the coalition of teams take the Cup.