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NHL.com link The Devils are 12th in the East, 10 points behind the Rangers, with 4 games left. The highest they can get would obviously 9th (now occupied by the Hurricanes). East 1) WSH: 103 (79 GP)x 2) PHI: 102 (78 GP)x 3) BOS: 99 (78 GP)x 4) PIT: 100 (79 GP)x 5) TBL: 97 (78 GP)x 6) MON: 91 (79 GP) 7) BUF: 88 (78 GP) 8) NYR: 87 (78 GP) ------------------ 9) CAR: 86 (78 GP) 10) TOR: 84 (79 GP) 11) ATL: 78 (78 GP)* 12) NJD: 77 (78 GP)* 13) NYI: 72 (79 GP)* 14) OTT: 70 (79 GP)* 15) FLO: 70 (79 GP)* West 1) VAN: 113 (79 GP)x+ 2) SJS: 101 (78 GP)x 3) DET: 100 (78 GP)x 4) LAK: 96 (78 GP) 5) PHO: 96 (79 GP) 6) NSH: 95 (79 GP) 7) ANA: 93 (78 GP) 8) CHI: 92 (77 GP) ------------------ 9) CGY: 89 (79 GP) 10) DAL: 87 (77 GP) 11) MIN: 82 (78 GP)* 12) CBJ: 81 (78 GP)* 13) STL: 80 (78 GP)* 14) COL: 66 (77 GP)* 15) EDM: 59 (78 GP)* * = Eliminated from playoffs x = Clinch playoff spot + = Clinched President's Trophy

McCreary is one of the refs where you can excuse a bad call/missed call because he gets it right more often than not. He certainly had the respect of his peers and the players, that's for sure. I did hear, though, that even though McCreary himself is retiring, his mustache will stay on as a mentor to the other officials. EDIT: Here's a fun fact: Bill McCreary is the cousin of NHL player Bill McCreary Jr, who is more well-known as the player that delivered this hit against a young Wayne Gretzky:

Thanks. Don't let me do your taxes .

Here's a better idea on what to do with both Phoneix and Atlanta: drop them both and have the other 28 teams choose the players from those teams. Deepen the talent pool by contracting the league. That will put on a better product than moving two teams round. Oh, and also get rid of some of the god-awful refs in the league and dump Bettman and company that way we can get some competent people in charge that actually care about hockey.

Australian GP results: 1 1 Sebastian Vettel, RBR-Renault 2 3 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes 3 10 Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP 4 5 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari 5 2 Mark Webber, RBR-Renault 6 4 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes 7 6 Felipe Massa, Ferrari 8 18 Sebastien Buemi, STR-Ferrari 9 14 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes 10 15 Paul di Resta, Force India-Mercedes 11 19 Jaime Alguersuari, STR-Ferrari 12 9 Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP 13 21 Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Renault 14 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth NC 24 Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth DSQ 17 Sergio Perez, Sauber-Ferrari DSQ 16 Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari Ret 11 Rubens Barrichello, Williams-Cosworth (Transmission) Ret 8 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP (Accident damage) Ret 20 Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus-Renault (Water leak) Ret 7 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP (Puncture damage) Ret 12 Pastor Maldonado, Williams-Cosworth (Transmission) Both the Sauber cars were disqualified from the race after post-race inspection revealed that they had their rear wings outside of the regulations. Both Perez and Kobayashi finished 7th and 8th, respectively, in the race. Sauber has announced that they will appeal the disqualification, claiming that the infraction did not give them a performance advantage. EDIT: Sauber will not appeal their disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix. WDC Standings 1 Sebastian Vettel, RBR-Renault: 25 2 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes: 18 3 Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP: 15 4 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari: 12 5 Mark Webber, RBR-Renault: 10 6 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes: 8 7 Felipe Massa, Ferrari: 6 8 Sebastien Buemi, STR-Ferrari: 4 9 Adrian Sutil, Force India-Mercedes: 2 10 Paul di Resta, Force India-Mercedes: 1 11 Jaime Alguersuari, STR-Ferrari: 0 12 Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP: 0 13 Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Renault: 0 14 Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin-Cosworth: 0 15 Timo Glock, Virgin-Cosworth: 0 16 Sergio Perez, Sauber-Ferrari: 0 17 Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber-Ferrari: 0 18 Rubens Barrichello, Williams-Cosworth: 0 19 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP: 0 20 Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus-Renault: 0 21 Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP: 0 22 Pastor Maldonado, Williams-Cosworth: 0 WCC Standings 1 RBR-Renault: 35 2 McLaren-Mercedes: 26 3 Ferrari: 18 4 Lotus Renault GP: 15 5 STR-Ferrari: 4 6 Force India-Mercedes: 3 7 Lotus-Renault: 0 8 Virgin-Cosworth: 0 9 Sauber-Ferrari: 0 10 Williams-Cosworth: 0 11 Mercedes GP: 0 The next race will be the Malaysia Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit on April 10th.

One more period left in the game and it's only a 3 goal deficit. Shouldn't be too hard for the Wings to get at least a point out of it. 4-1 PIT over DET after 2 periods.

Wings PK. Looks like The Todd off for interference.

HANK!!! 4-1 PIT

4-0 PIT. Looks like Howie is being pulled and Joey will come in.

Yambags. 3-0 PIT SHG.

Wings PP. Niskinen off for boarding Fritters.

Wow, looks like the Wings get the benefit of a no-goal call in their favor. Wings lost the faceoff and nearly got burned by it. Still 2-0 PIT.

2nd on! Let's go Red Wings!

1 period down, 2 more to go. Better have a terrific 2nd and 4rd, Wings .

Cool, Wings' haven't given up a last minute goal in a while. 2-0 PIT.

Wings PP coming up. Jordan Staal off for hooking.

Bleh, Penguins score. DuPuis gets it through Howie. No one was harassing him on his way to Howie's right. 1-0 PIT

Good kill by the Wings.

Wings PK. Ericsson off for holding after throwing a Penguin to the ice.

It's the hair Congrats to Babcock and here's to many more!

Jimzie MacHowgood played lights out against the Blue Jackets. About time he pulled that kind of performance FOR us instead of AGAINST us EDIT: f***, I'm not drunk but I somehow mixed up which teams we faced tonight LOL

Congrats on your 2nd career shutout Joey! You deserved that! 2-0 Red Wings victory!

Wings PK. Franzen hit with high-stick.

Octopus sighting.