Category Archives: NHLOA Milestones

Referee Meier will celebrate this milestone tonight in Calgary Tonight in Calgary, referee Brad Meier will be celebrating his 1,000th Regular Season NHL Game at the Scotiabank Saddledome when the St.Louis Blues will be visiting the Calgary Flames. Tonight’s game is actually regular season game #1,005 for Meier as he worked his official 1,000th game last season […]

Linesman Gibbons worked his first game in Dallas Tonight, NHL linesman Ryan Gibbons from West Vancouver, BC worked his first Regular NHL Season Game when the Pittsburgh Penguins visited the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. He was joined on the ice by fellow referees Tom Kowal and Graham Skilliter while […]

Referee Pollock to reach this milestone tonight in Pittsburgh The Kincardine, Ontario native will enter an elite group when he will be working his 1,000th NHL game in Pittsburgh tonight with the San Jose Sharks visiting the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 15 NHL seasons veteran will be working this special assignment with officials Wes McCauley, Pierre Racicot […]

Referee Romasko became the first Russian and second European to work an NHL game Monday night. Last night, Evgeny Romasko of Tver, Russia has worked his first regular NHL season game when the Edmonton Oilers visited the Detroit Red Wings at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, MI. He was joined on the ice by […]

Mark will reach this amazing milestone tonight in Calgary The North Battleford, SK native will enter an elite group when he will be working his 1500th NHL game in Calgary tonight with the Anaheim Ducks visiting the Calgary Flames. The 22 NHL season veteran will be working this special assignment with officials Brad Watson, Brad Meier […]

Kendrick worked his first game on Jan. 17th in Ottawa Last night, Kendrick Nicholson of Milverton, Ontario has worked his first regular NHL season game when the Carolina Hurricanes visited the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Center in Ottawa, Ont. He was joined on the ice by fellow referee Paul Devorski, linesmen Brian Murphy […]

Shandor worked his first game in Buffalo, NY Last night, Shandor Alphonso of Orangeville, Ontario has worked his first regular NHL season game when the Florida Panthers visited the Buffalo Sabres at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY. He was joined on the ice by fellow referee Dan O’Halloran, Ghislain Hebert and linesman Brad […]

Mike Leggo will reach this Milestone tonight at the Staples Center in LA      Like the 23 referees before him who’ve made it to the 1,000-games milestone, Mike Leggo’s road to the NHL has been a long one. The days of working early mornings in small-town arenas, progressing through junior leagues in BC, the […]

Referee Chmielewski worked his first game in NY The NHLOA would like to congratulate Tom Chimielewski as he worked on tuesday his first NHL regular season game as the Ottawa Senators visited the New-York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum.  He was joined on the ice by fellow officials Greg Kimmerly, David Brisebois and Mark Shewchyk […]

Linesman Sericolo reached this milestone on Saturday in LA The NHLOA would like to recognize the tremendous accomplishment of one of our fellow officials. On Saturday March 29th, Tony Sericolo worked his 1000th NHL regular season game as a Linesman as The Winnipeg Jets visited The Los Angeles Kings at The Staples Center in Los […]