Surprise, McCreary to ref Game 5

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5/16 Notes
Published 5/16/2008 by Matt Saler at On the Wings
... … According to Mike Heika, Bill McCreary will officiate Game 5. Heika’s concerned that there will be repercussions for comments made by Brenden Morrow in which the Dallas Stars captain accused McCreary of anti-Mike Fistric bias in Game 1. Whatever. McCreary has not been kind to the Wings in the past, so I’m sure it will all “even out.” Evening things out is what the NHL is about, right? ...

Morrow-McCreary feud provides an interesting sup-plot
Published 5/17/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... will be in action on Saturday: The Dallas News's Mike Heika fills in the details: May 16, Dallas News : It appears Bill McCreary will be one of the referees for Game 5 Saturday in Detroit. This would be the same Bill McCreary who Stars captain Brenden Morrow said on his radio show Thursday ``made up'' a call in Game 1 to ``even the score'' with Stars' rookie defenseman Mark Fistric, who apparently did not show the proper amount of respect to McCreary during Game 5 of the Anaheim series. When asked about a roughing call on Mark Fistric made in Game 1 that handed Detroit a ...

Stanley Cup officials
Published 5/21/2008 by James Mirtle (noreply@blogger.com) at james mirtle
... the 2008 Stanley Cup Final. Their career playoff games are also listed (updated through round three). Referees: Paul Devorski (147); Brad Watson (91); Dan O’Halloran (59); Marc Joannette (52). Linesmen: Jean Morin (134); Jay Sharrers (113); Shane Heyer (97); Pierre Racicot (83). The big surprise is no Bill McCreary, who had refereed the finals from 1994 to 2007. He had one blown call in Round 3 that stands out, the phantom roughing penalty on Stars youngster Mark Fistric in Game 1, much to the ire of captain Brenden Morrow . The ones that made the cut are vets, too, however: ...