Hayley Wickenheiser vs. Jordan Chong

You're the general manager of a professional team in Europe and you're trying to pick between two gifted centres. You need skill, speed, and some grit and these are two excellent choices. It's the best female hockey player in the world versus my brother. Here's the tale of the tape:

Hayley Wickenheiser

Nickname: Wick Chickenweiser

Size: 5'9, 170 pounds

Born: Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, December 8, 1978 (28)

Team: Calgary Oval Xtreme, Western Women's Hockey League

Position: Centre

Best season: 27-21-48 in 14 games played in 2006/07 (Calgary Oval Xtreme, WWHL)

Biggest goal: scored the 2-1 goal in a 3-2 Olympic gold medal win, the first in Canadian women's hockey history and first gold for Canadian hockey in 50 years

Leadership style: vocal, encouraging, assertive

Runs in the family: cousin of ex-NHLer Doug Wickenheiser

Team Achievements: Olympic Gold in 2002 and 2006, five-time world champion, countless MVP awards

Individual achievements: widely considered the Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey

Overcoming adversity: despite harsh criticism for even trying, became first woman to record a point in men's professional hockey, Kirkkonummen Salamat of the Finish second division; invited to Philadelphia Flyers rookie camp in 1998 and 1999 by Bob Clarke who said she plays like John LeClair but 'meaner'

Plays like: John LeClair

Favourite quote: "It is what it is" - Todd Bertuzzi

In three words: natural, tenacious, clutch

Jordan Chong

Nickname: Chonger

Size: 5'11, 175 pounds

Born: North Vancouver, B.C., August 21, 1985 (21)

Team: St. Scholastica Saints, NCHA (NCAA Division 3)

Position: Centre

Huge season: 48-46-94 in 56 games played in 2005/06 (Dryden Ice Dogs, SIJHL)

Biggest goal: Scored playoff penalty shot with 19 seconds left on way to the Saints beating University of Wisconson Superior for the first time in 15 years (52 games)

Leadership style: no talking, walk-the-walk, lead by example, carry the team on his back

Runs in the family: cousin of perfect-300 game bowler, Fred Chong Jr.

Team Achievements: upsetting the number two ranked team in Canada, the St. Michaels Buzzers, 3-2 in Ontario Junior A championships; beating UWS for the first time in 15 years (52 games)

Individual Achievements: rookie of the year, St. Scholastica Saints; player of the year, Dryden Ice Dogs; best defensive forward, SIJHL

Overcoming adversity: traded as fourth liner of the Portage Terriers to Dryden Ice Dogs -- in just over a year, became team captain and broke franchise goal scoring record; high school teachers told him he 'can't play hockey forever, he needs to focus on school,' now he's on his way to a bachelor's degree from a top ten academic college in the U.S. on a hockey scholarship

Plays like: Chris Drury

Favourite quote: "The name on the front of the jersey is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back" - Herb Brooks, played by Kurt Russell in Miracle

In three words: dynamic, determined, explosive