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Today is March 11th, the 70th day of 2014. There are 295 days left in the year.

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Game postponed after Peverley collapses on bench.

GMs not inclined to make major changes to game.

Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.

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Today's Birthdays: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is 78; Terrence Howard (Dead Man Down, Iron Man) is 45; Johnny Knoxville is 43; Thora Birch (American Beauty) is 32.

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Tampa, FL. --The pieces continue to come together, but it was the second contest in a row where the Tampa Bay Lightning only managed one point in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Phoenix Coyotes Monday at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.

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The DuMont network aired "Movies For Small Fry" on this date in 1947. It was network television's first successful children's program.

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University of Minnesota Ranked No. 1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine 19th Annual Men's College Hockey Poll - #22 (First-place votes in parentheses) Rank School Last Week's Ranking 2013-14 Record Weeks in Top 15 1 University of Minnesota, 506 (30) 1 24-4-6 22 2 Boston College, 480 (4) 2 25-5-4 22 3 Union College, 439 3 24-6-4 16 4 St. Cloud State University, 401 4 21-8-5 22 5 University of Wisconsin, 371 5 21-9-2 21 6 Ferris State University, 324 7 25-9-3 16 7 Quinnipiac University, 319 6 22-8-6 22 8 UMass Lowell, 268 8 21-9-4 21 9 University of North Dakota, 219 9 20-11-3 12 10 Providence College, 199 10 19-9-6 22 11 University of Notre Dame, 161 12 21-12-2 18 12 Cornell University, 133 13 15-8-5 16 13 University of Michigan, 86 11 17-11-4 22 14 Northeastern University, 67 14 18-12-4 9 15 University of Vermont, 47 RV 19-12-3 2 Others receiving votes: Yale University, 25; Colgate University, 22; Minnesota State University, 13. Notes: The University of Minnesota is the No. 1-ranked team in the nation for the second week in a row ... The Hockey East Association leads all conferences with six ranked teams, while the Big Ten Conference and ECAC Hockey have three ranked programs each, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has two teams in the rankings and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association is represented with one team in the poll ... A total of 18 teams received votes. About the poll: The 19th annual USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll is conducted each week in conjunction with the American Hockey Coaches Association. The poll includes input from coaches and journalists representing each of the six NCAA Division I ice hockey conferences, as well as composite votes from officers of the AHCA and USA Hockey. ************************************************ ON DVD THIS WEEK - Released March 11 The Book Thief Homefront Out of the Furnace Inside Llewyn Davis Vikings ... Next Tuesday, March 18, Frozen is released on DVD. ************************************************ One and Done: Argos release Khalif Mitchell. Combine: Edem's 4.56 40-Yard Dash. Please visit the league's official website, cfl.ca. ************************************************ A man in China underwent surgery to have a toy whistle removed that he swallowed as a child. [Doctors will go back in later this week to try to reach the GI Joe.] ************************************************ Tampa, FL. — Short of a trade in the next two days, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are expected to release cornerback Darrelle Revis by 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to league sources. Read the rest here. ************************************************ Imagine: It's 9 o'clock at night... you still have an hour of primetime TV, the local news, and a late night talk show or two... but you've run out of Oreos. Did I mention it's 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT? What will you do? Someday you may print your own Oreos. A 3D printer that shoots out flavored Oreos based on Twitter trends has become a hit at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. The name of the exhibit is Oreo Trending Vending Lounge. ************************************************ I'll be okay Daddy. ************************************************ You're reading the Johnny Blog. Almost as much as watching NFL free agency, isn't it? ************************************************ Today in Elvis History 1964 - Elvis Presley's 14th movie, "Kissin' Cousins," was released. 1967 - Elvis Presley recorded four songs for the film "Live A Little, Love A Little." 1972 - Elvis Presley's cover of Buffy Saint-Marie's "Until It's Time For You To Go" hit #40 in the U.S. 1978 - Elvis Presley's album "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" reentered the charts at #35 in the U.K. 2005 - Lisa Marie Presley's new video for "Dirty Laundry" was world premiered on AOL Music's First View. 2005 - The cast members from the broadway musical "All Shook Up" performed live on NBC's "Today". ************************************************ If you've ever tried to lose weight you've probably at least considered a cleanse. There's the Master Cleanse, Dr. Oz's 48-Hour Cleanse, the Colon Cleanse... and so many more. But my new favorite is the diet cleanse made entirely of ice cream. Yep, it turns out there's a vegan ice cream shop in Los Angeles that's offering a four-day, ice cream only-diet cleanse that's supposed to be good for you. For $240 (correct) Kippy's Ice Cream Shop will give you 20 pints of its coconut-cream based, raw, organic, non-dairy ice cream, in a variety of flavors. The cleanse works out to one pint per meal, five pints per day, for four days straight. ************************************************ Today in Beatles History: 1967 -  The Beatles single "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" hit #2 in the U.K. 1967 - A video of the Beatles performing "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" was played on "American Bandstand." 1970 - The Beatles' "Abbey Road" won Best Engineered Recording Of 1969 at the 12th annual Grammy Awards. 1990 - On the "Dr. Demento Show" the special topic was a demented salute to the Beatles. 1997 - At Buckingham Palace, Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. ************************************************ Fifty Shades of Grey has built-in franchise potential, since E.L. James' book is the first in a trilogy. However, producers say they're taking the story one movie at a time for now: "We just want to get this one wrapped and get it cut. We'll see the cut, see how it goes, and once it's released, we'll start discussing what happens next." ************************************************ Today in Sports History: 1882 - The Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association was formed in Princeton, NJ.  1892 - The first organized women's basketball game was played. The game was at Smith College between students and faculty members. 1909 - The first gold medal to a perfect-score bowler was awarded to A.C. Jellison by the American Bowling Congress. 1930 - Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000. 1948 - Reginald Weir became the first black tennis player to participate in a U.S. Indoor Lawn Tennis Association tournament. 1978 - Bobby Hull (Winnipeg Jets) joined Gordie Howe by getting his 1,000th career goal. 1979 - Randy Holt (Los Angeles Kings) was penalized nine times for 67 minutes in the first period of a game against the Philadelphia Flyers. 1990 - Jennifer Capriati, 13 years old, played her first professional tennis match. 1990 - Denis Savard (Chicago Blackhawks) scored his 1,000th point. 2004 - Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks) was suspended by the NHL for hitting Steve Moore (Colorado Avalanche) in the side of the head from behind and driving his head into the ice in a game on March 8. Moore landed face-first with Bertuzzi on top of him. Moore suffered a broken neck, a concussion and deep cuts on his face. The NHL suspended Bertuzzi for the remainder of the regular season and the playoffs and announced that his eligibility would be assessed the following season and would take into account Moore's health and the progression of his recovery. The Canucks organization was also fined $250,000. 2004 - Major league baseball banned THG. The health policy advisory committee of management and the players' association unanimously determined that THG builds muscle mass.  ************************************************ On this date in 1986, Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a one-stick model. ************************************************ Coming Up: Tonight -- Nothin' Doin' Wednesday -- Nothin' Doin' Thursday -- NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers 7:30pm EDT Friday -- Nothin' Doin' Saturday -- Nascar Nationwide Series -- Drive to stop Diabetes 300 presented by Lilly Diabetes at Bristol Motor Speedway 1:00pm EDT NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils 7:00pm EDT Sunday -- Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway 1:00pm EDT ************************************************ That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow!