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Your SCF Officials
by Paul on 05/28/09 at 06:35 PM ET
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via NHLOfficials,
The NHL names the Officials selected for the Stanley Cup Finals
Here they are:
Referees: Paul Devorski, Marc Joannette, Dennis Larue and Bill McCreary.
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Steve Miller, Jean Morin and Pierre Racicot.
The NHLOA would like to congratulate the Officials selected and wish them all the best for this year’s Stanley Cup Finals.
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Personally, I’m stunned O’Halloran didn’t make the Finals. He was my primary target as far as NHL officials ‘nudging’ playoff games went.
I can’t believe that the NHL isn’t going to lean pretty hard on this series to fall Pittsburgh’s way, and cutting what I thought to be their main guy out of those games makes me wonder if I missed one of the other refs when I looked at them a few weeks ago.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 05/28/09 at 07:28 PM ET
If so, HockeyinHD, the ref least likely to be an accomplice, in my opinion, is McCreary. I admit that I know pretty much nothing about Joannette and Larue.
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 05/28/09 at 07:50 PM ET
That’s a little disappointing. My cheque to Bettman must have bounced.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 05/28/09 at 07:51 PM ET
With McCreary in you know it’s going to be good.
Posted by stoneman from Vegas on 05/28/09 at 07:54 PM ET
they let McCreary do this because he retires next year. it’s sad the league are forcing the great refs like McCreary and Frasher out of the game.
I can’t believe that the NHL isn’t going to lean pretty hard on this series to fall Pittsburgh’s way
dont worry McCreary will make the correct calls. it’s apart of the script
Posted by FlyersFan on 05/28/09 at 08:04 PM ET
The only thing scripted is perpetual Flyers disappointment. Embrace it. 
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 05/29/09 at 06:16 AM ET
I like this crew except for McCreary… guy was a great ref pre-lockout, but I just feel he hasn’t made the transition to the post-lockout game accordingly. He lets a lot of roughing/cross-checking stuff go.
Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 05/29/09 at 08:19 AM ET
Not Devorski. He has called so many outrageously bad goaltender interference penalties, and disallowed so many goals. Im gonna go ahead and call this right now, the first game he refs, The wings will have a goal disalowed, when Homer is 3 feet away from Fleury, and then the league, which cant admit refs make mistakes, even when there is video evidence, will have to make up some excuse about how Homers butt was too close the line and kept fleury from making the save.
Posted by jwad from Florida on 05/29/09 at 09:59 AM ET
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Sorry O’Halloran, you called your way right out of the Finals. I won’t miss you waiving legit goals. By the way, Homer’s ass says “Bye bye, bitch.”
Posted by Aphaea from Pennsylvania on 05/28/09 at 07:14 PM ET