NHL referee Marc Joannette will be celebrating an incredible milestone this evening at the Centre Bell in Montreal, QC. The Verdun native became only the 9th NHL referee in history to work 1,5000 NHL regular season games a few weeks ago on February 12th, 2023 in Philadelphia when he officiated a game between the Seattle […]
Category Archives: NHLOA Milestones
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Nov
Nov
NHL referee Kevin Pollock reached an important milestone Saturday evening at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY by officiating the game between the Boston Bruins and the hometown Sabres. Saturday’s game was Kevin’s 1,500th NHL regular season game as a referee, a journey that only a few others have accomplished in the history of the […]
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Tonight, AHL/NHL linesman Joe Mahon will be working his first NHL Regular Season game at the SAP Center in San Jose, CA when the Anaheim Ducks will be visiting the hometown Sharks. The Calgary, AB native will be joined on the ice by referees Gordie Dwyer and Garrett Rank while linesman Trent Knorr will be […]
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Oct
Tonight, AHL/NHL linesman Ryan Jackson will be working his first NHL Regular Season game at the United Center in Chicago, IL when the Minnesota Wild will be visiting the hometown Blackhawks. The Montreal, Quebec native will be joined on the ice by referees Wes McCauley and Francois St.Laurent while linesman Jonny Murray will be completing […]
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Oct
Oct
This afternoon, NHL linesman Tommy Hughes will be working his first NHL Regular Season game in Buffalo, NY when the Florida Panthers will be visiting the hometown Sabres. The London, Ontario native will be joined on the ice by veteran referees Chris Lee and Dan O’Rourke while linesman Shandor Alphonso will be working the lines with […]
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Tonight, in Seattle, National Hockey League linesman Vaughan Rody will be skating one last time in a NHL game before hanging his whistle for good. Retiring veteran officials are given the choice of the venue where they would like to officiate their final game. The Winnipeg, MB native did not select Climate Pledge Arena due […]
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On April 17th in Toronto, linesman Scott Cherrey celebrated his 1,000th NHL Regular Season Game at the Scotiabank Arena when the New York Islanders visited the Maple Leafs. Cherrey made his NHL debut on October 6th, 2007 in Washington,DC (Hurricanes vs Capitols). Having the privilege of working this special assignment with Scott tonight […]
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On April 17th in Detroit, NHL referee Brian Pochmara celebrated his 1,000th NHL Regular Season Game when the Florida Panthers visited the Red Wings. Joining him on the ice for this special assignment were fellow referee Justin St.Pierre along with linesmen Brad Kovachik and Bryan Pancich. The NHLOA would like to congratulate referee Brian Pochmara for reaching […]
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On April 16th in Calgary, NHL referee Brad Meier worked his last game before calling it quits after 24 years of service with the National Hockey League. Meier who made his NHL debut on October 23rd, 1999 at the old Civic Arena in Pittsburgh (Hurricanes vs Penguins) left the ice with a total of 1,459 […]
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Tonight in Chicago, referee Jordan Samuels-Thomas will be officiating his first NHL Regular Season Game at United Center when the San Jose Sharks will be in town to play the Blackhawks. Samuels-Thomas was hired by the National Hockey League last summer under a minor league referee contract and wears jersey no.42. He will be joined […]