Habs lose, Montreal 'fans' don't riot update

The good news: American sports talk radio hosts won't have any more ammunition to attack Canada.
The bad news: There are only two Canadian teams left in the playoffs.

Yes, as 91 per cent of you predicted the Montreal Canadiens were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, which should mean no more booing of the Star Spangled Banner. The Boston Bruins swept their Original Six rivals Wednesday night, something 10 of you called correctly. Of course there is still a massive log-jam in the standings but that's too be expected this early in the playoffs.

Below you'll find the latest team side standings, but James Peters chimed in earlier today with a player side update over at the blog, www.sonsofmanitoba.blogspot.com

T1 $Arthur Casement 7 The antithesis of the basement
T1 Debb Coghlin 7 So what happened to your Avs this year?
T1 $Don McGowan 7 Jokinen is a bum. I stand by it.
T1 $Cliff Hosfield 7 Another strong start in your sophomore season
T1 $Jack James 7 So can the Flames win in Chicago
T1 $James Peters 7 Will this be the year one of the pool organizers wins?
T1 $Justin Lee 7 Boldly called three first-round sweeps. Got one right.
T1 Leanne Boyd 7 I'm sure you're happy the Flames won, it must make Jeff easier to be around
T1 $Mary James 7 Looking forward to IKEA, the Market tomorrow
T1 $Mike James 7 Got your Charleswood Hawks championship gear yet?
T11 Barry Horeczy 6 Get ready to write a cheque to the Ottawa Food Bank
T11 $Brad Bouzane 6 They bagged and tagged Mariner Moose
T11 $Brendan Kennedy 6 Next year I vow to increase the Kennedy quotient in this pool
T11 $Carolynne Burkholder 6 Are the Canucks peaking too soon?
T11 Chris Chapman 6 Congratulations, I'm so excited for you and Janet!
T11 $Chris Lackner 6 Can arts reporters do well in sports pools? We'll soon find out
T11 Colleen Turnbull 6 For the first time in a long time, no competition for top Colleen
T11 $Dale Oviatt 6 Just watching Iginla score into an empty net as I type this
T11 $Dave Gross 6 Hope you can watch hockey in Miami
T11 $Dave Washburn 6 You're lead over your wife is purely alphabetical
T11 David Forbes 6 Following in your footsteps into the Carleton MJ program
T11 $Geoff Hastings 6 Will we have a Jeff vs. Jeff vs. Geoff battle this year?
T11 $James Gordon 6 Thanks for the notebook love on your blog
T11 $Jeff Madill 6 Sorry to see the London Knights eliminated
T11 $Jeff Sandelli 6 Will Iginla have better finish on Saturday?
T11 Jenn Hosfield 6 How's the Red Mile been?
T11 $Jeremy McParland 6 I'm going to need to get some material for you new Kamloops folk
T11 Jordan Stein 6 Got tickets for the second round?
T11 $Liam Lynch 6 Got your cheque
T11 Lisa Watson 6 I bet you had your Flames gear on today
T11 $Marcel Chelkowski 6 So, how's the Tournament City?
T11 $Mary Kay Hosfield 6 What were you saying about the Flames' chances?
T11 $Mike Barber 6 You will be one of the few people awake to get this e-mail right away
T11 Mike Macaraeg 6 Looking at some old photos tonight, you were in some of them
T11 $Mike McGuire 6 So were you
T11 $Natalie James 6 And you were in many of them
T11 $Peter James 6 And I was in almost, if not, all of them
T11 $Philip Ling 6 Congrats on your lead on the player side
T11 $Richard Warnica 6 You will be amazed by McKinley's Aussie Rules skillz
T11 $Richard Woods 6 Oooh, we have a battle of Richard W.'s to look forward to!
T11 $Rob Kovac 6 AND a battle of Robs.
T11 Rob Shaw 6 How long until Lois starts filling out a pool sheet?
T11 Roman Zakalunzy 6 Last-minute picks looking good early on.
T11 Ron Strate 6 Still in Lethbridge?
T11 $Ryan Plesko 6 Belated congratulations on your engagement
T11 $Sean Hutchinson 6 Hope you're also taking in some Red Mile action
T11 $Shannon Proudfoot 6 Got that pool advice refund yet?
T11 $Sydney Washburn 6 Don't let Chip get all uppity, you're still tied.
T11 $Steve Ayres 6 Early lead in the battle of the Steves
T11 $Terry James 6 If it's Thursday it must be Amsterdam.
T52 $Steve McKinley 3 Trying to decide what's worse Jokinen's penalties or your pool picks?
T52 $Lloyd Mack 3 How's the auction going?
T52 Laura Drake 3 I will avoid making sexist comments about women and pool picks
T52 $Keith Bonnell So THIS is why you don't usually enter pools. . .
T52 $Julianna Nowaczek 3 Might want to stick to Lexulous
T52 Adam Fulton 3 Perhaps it's a good thing you're not paying the entry fee.