from Michael Russo of the Star Tribune,

Call Paul Devorski’s cellphone, and the last of the old guard’s ringtone is ... Meghan Trainor’s “Lips Are Movin.”

“I’ve got a 9-year-old. Guess who put that on my phone,” Devorski said, with a big laugh, moments after arriving in San Jose on Tuesday to work his second-to-last NHL game the next night. “Elle loves it.”

Sunday afternoon in Philly will be the end of an era.

When you think of Devorski, you think of Bill McCreary and Don Koharski, Kerry Fraser and Don Van Massenhoven, Mick McGeough and Rob Shick, Terry Gregson and Dan Marouelli.

Old-school, helmetless, visorless refs, guys who used to work solo with two linesmen and nameplates on the back of their striped jerseys.

All those personalities have retired, and Sunday, when the Penguins meet the Flyers, the orange-banded “Devo” will officiate his 1,791st and final NHL game with a hand-picked crew that includes his 45-year-old brother and linesman, Greg.

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