burlingtonfreepress.com — It's a dramatic and attention-grabbing way to start the International Ice Hockey Federation's women's world championships: Canada versus the United States. Well before the 7 p.m. drop of the first puck, the University of Vermont's Gutterson Fieldhouse should be rocking at a fever pitch seldom reached in the venerable Quonset hut as the world's two superpowers of women's hockey clash.