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Celtic host Ross County in their first post-split match on Sunday, April 24, two days after title rivals Aberdeen take on St Johnstone in Perth. Cory Ross Jersey . Motherwell v Hearts at Fir Park completes the opening weekend of the top-six fixtures released by the Scottish Professional Football League on Tuesday morning.In the bottom six, the Sky cameras will be at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium to see Inverness CT take on Kilmarnock - the first of five post-split matches live on Sky Sports - while Dundee United take on Hamilton and Partick Thistle come up against Dundee. The eagerly-awaited showdown between Celtic and Aberdeen takes place on Sunday, May 8 - live on Sky Sports - where the Hoops, who boast an eight-point lead at the top of the table, can secure a fifth successive title.Hamiltons highly-anticipated clash with Kilmarnock, a match which is likely to decide who will contest the end-of-season relegation play-offs, will be held at New Douglas Park on Saturday, April 30. SPFL post-season fixtures, top six:April 22:St Johnstone v AberdeenApril 23:Motherwell v HeartsApril 24:Celtic v Ross CountyApril 30:Hearts v Celtic (12.30 - Live on Sky Sports)Aberdeen v MotherwellRoss County v St JohnstoneMay 7:Hearts v Ross CountyMotherwell v St JohnstoneMay 8:Celtic v Aberdeen (12.30 - Live on Sky Sports) May 11:Ross County v MotherwellSt Johnstone v Celtic (7.30 - Live on Sky Sports)May 12:Aberdeen v HeartsMay 15:Aberdeen v Ross CountyCeltic v Motherwell (12.30 - Live on Sky Sports)Hearts v St JohnstoneBottom Six:April 23:Partick Thistle v DundeeApril 24:Inverness v Kilmarnock (12.30 - Live on Sky Sports)Dundee United v HamiltonApril 30:Hamilton v KilmarnockPartick Thistle v InvernessMay 2:Dundee v Dundee UnitedMay 6:Inverness v Dundee UnitedMay 7:Dundee v HamiltonKilmarnock v Partick ThistleMay 10:Dundee United v Partick ThistleMay 11:Dundee v KilmarnockHamilton v InvernessMay 14:Inverness v DundeeKilmarnock v Dundee UnitedPartick Thistle v Hamilton Accies Also See: Mann quits as Killie chairman Strong Celtic impress Kennedy County claim top half spot Griffiths secures Celtic win Elvis Dumervil Jersey . There is no argument that the line of Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Thomas Vanek was one of the hottest in the NHL leading into the post-season, and they did combine for three goals and seven points, but it was the depth of all four lines that helped propel Montreal. L.J. Fort Jersey . -- Omar Infante walked past the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium, where he dressed so many times as a member of the Detroit Tigers, and slipped on a crisp, new Kansas City Royals jersey. http://www.customravensjersey.com/custom-billy-cundiff-jersey-large-183d.html . Not sure yet. #livetweetingthegreatuntangle — Strombone (@strombone1) April 17, 2014 Stage three, coping: I feel like I could use a cigarette or something.PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Ray Shero as general manager eight years ago with the mandate to build a roster around two of the games brightest stars and turn ticker-tape parades through downtown into an annual rite of spring. Nearly a decade -- but just one Stanley Cup later -- Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin find themselves on a perennially underachieving team. And Shero finds himself out of a job. The Penguins fired Shero on Friday, three days after another early playoff exit, this one a seven-game loss to the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Coach Dan Bylsma remains in charge until Sheros replacement gets a chance to evaluate the entire organization top to bottom. "We share the disappointment of our fans that we have not had success in the playoffs over the past five seasons," co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle said in a joint statement. "We believe that new leadership in the general managers office will bring a new approach and new energy, and help us return to championship form." Assistant general manager Jason Botterill will serve as general manager on an interim basis. Penguins President and CEO David Morehouse called Botterill a candidate to take over and believes whomever the team brings in wont need to make major changes on a club that won 51 games in 2013-14. "Its not a complete rebuild," Morehouse said. "This is a team that has had a level of success. What were trying to do now is get from good to great." Its a destination the Penguins reached only briefly during Sheros tenure, spending most of the time in a murky middle ground that made them one of the leagues model franchises during the regular season but a symbol of disappointment once the calendar crept into May and beyond. Pittsburgh won the franchises third Cup in 2009 but has failed to produce a bookend. Pittsburgh is just 4-5 in playoff series over the last five years after blowing a 3-1 series lead against New York. Morehouse didnt blame the 51-year-old Sheros ouster on one specific misstep. "This is a decision thats been in the works for a long time since weve won the Cup," Morehouse said. "We wanted to get back to the Stanley Cup finals and we havent and were going to make some changes." The Penguins brought Shero in before the 2006-07 season and tasked him with finding the right kind of players to complement Crosby and Malkins otherworldly offensive talent. It culminated on a giddy night in Detroit in 2009, when the Penguins edged the Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 to earn the franchises third Cup, a run that included the crucial trade deadline acquisitions of forwards Chris Kunitz and Bill Guerin. It was supposed to mark the beginning of a dyynasty. Demetrius Williams Jersey. . Yet five seasons have come and gone with the Penguins in a familiar position: watching the final stages of the playoffs go on without them. It hasnt been for lack of trying. Shero remained aggressive in investing in a "win now" mode as the ensuing disappointments piled up. He enthusiastically said the Penguins were "all in" last year after trading for Jarome Iginla, Jussi Jokinen, Brenden Morrow and Douglas Murray. The moves often created headlines but little else, and boatloads of regular-season victories and a sellout streak seven years and counting proved no longer good enough. Whether Bylsma will be along for the ride remains unclear. The affable, open-minded Michigan native was a revelation when the Penguins promoted him from their American Hockey League affiliate in the spring of 2009, hoping his optimism would help a loaded team break out of a midseason funk. It worked brilliantly. Four months after taking the job, the former NHL nomad who spent nine seasons as a gritty fourth-line forward was raising the Cup in ecstasy. Considering Crosby and Malkin were both in their early 20s at the time, champagne toasts were expected. A half-decade later, Bylsma is the winningest coach in franchise history with 252 wins but the wait for another Cup run continues. While Pittsburgh enjoyed nearly unparalleled success from October to April -- including easily capturing the Metropolitan Division this year despite losing more than 500-man games to injury -- the Penguins again struggled to adapt in the post-season. Morehouse said the new general manager will determine whether Bylsma and the rest of the staff gets another shot. The 43-year-old Bylsma has two years remaining on his contract, the product of an extension he received last June as a vote of confidence from Shero following a four-game sweep at the hands of Boston in the Eastern Conference finals. The deal came with a promise to adopt a more defensive-minded approach. The Penguins even brought in longtime NHL coach Jacques Martin as an assistant, an old-school yin to Bylsmas new-school yang. Crosby took the blame for the teams underperformance as the Penguins cleared out their locker on Thursday. A day later the general manager ordered to put the leagues leading scorer in a position to keep Pittsburgh at the top was cleaning out his office. Whoever ends up redecorating will have his tough choices to make. At the same time, he gets to start with Crosby and Malkin firmly entrenched. Both players are signed through the rest of the decade. There are worse places to start. "A lot of teams would like to be where we are," Morehouse said. "However we do have high expectations and we do want to get to them." ' ' '