Photo: NHL Network Mistakenly refers to the Devils as “Jew Jersey.”
Spelling mistakes happen, I know because I make a lot of them, but sometimes a simple mistake can be misconstrued and become an issue. Take for example the NHL Network inadvertently misspelling “New Jersey” as “Jew Jersey.”
NHL Tonight had a graphic up on the screen displaying the remainder of the Ottawa Senators schedule. The New Jersey Devils and Senators meet in the season finale. The Devils and Sens are vying for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff, so the game may have some significance.
If anybody else was paying attention they would have notice the word “New” had been replaced with “Jew.” Oops!
The state of New Jersey has a Jewish population on nearly half a million. The erroneous graphic could come across as offensive to some. But most may find it a humorous goof up worthy of a chuckle.
Whatever the case may be, it made for an interesting conversation piece for Devils fans tuned into the broadcast. Who knows, perhaps nobody even noticed. New Jersey fans were probably too busy celebrating.
The Devils had just completed a 5-0 rout of the Carolina Hurricanes, earning a return trip the playoffs, a year after missing them for the first time in 13 seasons. Martin Brodeur posted his 119th career shutout and the Devils offense continued their torrid pace.
In their last two games, the Devils have scored 11 goals after having scored that many in their previous eight.
Meanwhile, Ottawa held off the Philadelphia Flyers for a 4-3 shootout win to keep pace with New Jersey. The seventh seeded Senators trail the Devils by six points in the standing with four games remaining.
The team that finishes sixth, figures to have a better first-round match-up as they will face the winner or the weak Southeast Division, which at the moment is the Florida Panthers. The seventh seed will face a much tougher task by drawing the Boston Bruins.
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