Flames lose, but I move up in the standings update

Good morning poolies:

Remember yesterday when I told y'all we still had 33 perfect pool sheets? Well the red ink flowed Monday night and now we're down to just one. All our hopes and dreams of a 15-for-15 run rest on the shoulders of pool rookie Geoff Hastings — which goes to prove you don't have need to have the conventional spelling of your first name to have pool success. Geoff is one of five poolies to correctly foresee the Anaheim Ducks upset of the President Trophy-winning San Jose Sharks. Others to make call are: Mike James, Richard Woods, Steve Ayres and Yours Truly.

With the Sharks crashing and burning in the playoffs — again — a whole whack of you lost your champion. The Canwest News Service sports desk was hit particularly hard with Barry Horeczy, Dale Oviatt, Dave Gross and Dave Washburn all having their champion fall a scant 14 wins short of hoisting the Cup. Others who also lost a champion (and a realistic shot at winning the pool) are: Adam Fulton, Arthur Casement (who had sole possession of first for about 40 minutes after Chicago won, but before Anaheim did), Debb Coghlin, Jack James, Jeremy McParland, Justin Lee, Laura Drake, Mark Brennae, Mary Kay Hosfield, Sean Hutchinson and Syndey Washburn. Thanks for coming out.

Of course the Calgary Flames — a team many of you know I have a rooting interest in — also bit the dust. The young, speedy Chicago Blackhawks were just too much for the aging, beat up Flames to handle. As a result Jeff Sandelli, Julianna Nowaczek, Leanne Boyd and Lisa Watson all lost their champion.

All of this to say, the leaderboard looks quite different today, so here it is:

(Also I forgot the $ signs and it's late and I'm not going to go back and add them, but they'll be back for Tuesday's post-Game 7s update)

1 Geoff Hastings 19 No pressure, but a perfect poolie would be REALLY cool
2 Arthur Casement 18 Still hanging around, but without a champ the basement beckons
T3 Brad Bouzane 17 A Rangers win tonight would give you a giant lift
T3 Carolynne Burkholder 17 Your cat is much less orange today.
T3 Debb Coghlin 17 Only one mistake so far, but it was a big one
T3 Jack James 17 Was Khabibulin that good or the Flames that inept?
T3 Natalie James 17 Nice to have so many family members in the top 3
T3 Peter James 17 Just happy not to be embarrassing myself this year
T3 Richard Woods 17 Flames your only error so far
T3 Roman Zakalunzy 17 Remind me to pick your brain about the Carleton MJ program
T11 Barry Horeczy 16 Money from the bet is on your desk
T11 Chris Lackner 16 No arts deskers have seen their champion eliminated, many sports deskers have
T11 Liam Lynch 16 You Bruins' boosters benefit from the Sharks early demise
T11 Marcel Chelkowski 16 The Ducks seemed to be popular in Kamloops
T11 Mary Kay Hosfield 16 Taken over the household lead in the pool. . . but watch out for Cliff
T11 Mike Barber 16 Hoping the bike not getting stolen streak continues
T11 Philip Ling 16 So if coffee is expensive in Hong Kong, how much is beer?
T11 Rob Kovac 16 Dominating the battle of the Robs.
T11 Sydney Washburn 16 Putting hubby to shame
20 Steve Ayres 15 Still waiting for that first bonus point
T21 Leanne Boyd 14 Remember when you were winning? Those days are long gone.
T21 Mary James 14 Hope you had a good flight home
T21 Mike James 14 I'm going through today what you went through on Saturday
T24 Cliff Hosfield 13 Rough Monday, but Tuesday is more important for you in the long run
T24 Dale Oviatt 13 In mourning this morning?
T24 Dave Gross 13 The Ducks like to fight, the Wings don't. Which style wins out?
T24 David Forbes 13 Overall, the Daves and Davids aren't doing so hot this year
T24 James Peters 13 No longer in the lead among pool organizers
T24 Jeff Madill 13 Unlike many others in this group, you've still got hope
T24 Jeff Sandelli 13 There will be changes. There must be changes.
T24 Justin Lee 13 A Canes run can bring you back to respectability
T24 Keith Bonnell 13 You will get your gift today
T24 Lisa Watson 13 Hope you didn't take the early exit too hard
T24 Mike Macaraeg 13 Celebrating Winnipeg Jets day today?
T24 Mike McGuire 13 All the Mikes within a point of each other
T24 Sean Hutchinson 13 Tied with your former roomie!
T37 Colleen Turnbull 12 A Varlamov-Hiller goaltending duel in the final would be good for you
T37 Jeremy McParland 12 Two correct in each conference so far
T37 Jordan Stein 12 Are the Hawks a good match up for your Nucks?
T37 Lloyd Mack 12 Your lack of faith in Calgary was justified.
T37 Richard Warnica 12 If you combine your score with Laura's you'd be competitive.
42 Don McGowan 11 On the bright side, you're not tied with anyone. . .
T43 Adam Fulton 10 Western Conference was a write off
T43 Dave Washburn 10 Congratulations on reaching double digits!
T43 Ron Strate 10 Three straight mistakes, very costly
T43 Shannon Proudfoot 10 Doing slightly better in the other office pool. . .but only slightly.
T43 Steve McKinley 10 I should have visited your desk more, might have changed the outcome
T48 Chris Chapman 9 Not a Hall of Fame-worthy performance this season
T48 James Gordon 9 Losing touch with the pack
T48 Jenn Hosfield 9 No more Red Mile for you this year, hope you got some partying in while it lasted
T48 Laura Drake 9 Sorry to hear about your hefty tax bill. That's one less beer
T48 Mark Brennae 9 Should the Habs and Flames swap GMs?
T48 Rob Shaw 9 Much Canucks talk on the Liberal bus?
T48 Ryan Plesko 9 Will the Oilers hire a coach by the end of the second round?
T48 Terry James 9 Good thing you won last year. . . 'cuz a repeat seems unlikely
T56 Brendan Kennedy 6 Going 2-for-6 good in baseball, not in sports pools
T56 Julianna Nowaczek 6 This is not going well