Category Archives: NHLOA News

Congratulations to the 24 officials selected to work the 2nd round 2017 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS 2nd ROUND OFFICIALS The NHL has announced today the names of the NHL officials selected to work the Second Round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The National Hockey League has 33 Full-Time Referees and 33 Full-Time Linesmen during the regular […]

The NHLOA joins Hockey Fights Cancer™ Awareness Campaign The NHLOA is proud to be alongside the NHL and the NHLPA and many others groups in the hockey community to support the battle for cancer with the Hockey Fights Cancer™ initiative. For the next few weeks (October 24th to November 18th), all members of the NHLOA […]

7 new officials have been hired for the 2016-17 season Article by Adam Kirshenblatt – NHLOA Correspondent SEVEN NEW FACES The path to the NHL goes through the minor leagues. This holds true if you’re a player or if you’re an official. This year the retirement of Rob Martell, Greg Kimmerly, Dennis Larue, Mike Civik, […]

6 NHLOA Members promoted to full time status The National Hockey League has officially promoted six officials who were under a minor league contract last year to full-time status for the upcoming season. These promotions to full-time status in the NHL will be effective on September 1st 2016. Last season, six NHLOA officials announced their […]

The NHL has announced the names of the on-ice officials selected to work the 2016 World Cup of Hockey The National Hockey League has announced today the names of the on-ice officials selected to work the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto from September 17th to October 1st 2016. This tournament will see the […]

The NHL has announced the names of the NHL officials selected to work the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals The NHL has announced today the names of the NHL officials selected to work the 2016 Stanley Cup Finals. REFEREES Wes McCauley, Dan O’Halloran, Dan O’Rourke & Kelly Sutherland. LINESMEN Derek Amell, Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray & […]

Congratulations to the NHLOA members selected to work tonight’s game February 21st, 2015   The NHLOA would like to congratulate the officials selected to work the 2015 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series game that will be played today at 7PM (US Western Time) in Santa Clara, CA. The Los Angeles Kings will be visiting the […]

NHL Officials participate in this great initiative from the USA Hockey program Once again this year, NHL Officials will be participating in the Hockey Weekend Across America. This great initiative from the USA Hockey program offers an opportunity for local grassroots officials to meet the top officials in the world and have a brief glimpse […]

Special day for Okotoks local officials.Calgary, AB Okotoks and High River officials joined the NHLOA officials in Calgary for the first Annual ORA Referee’s Night Out. Okotoks and High River officials Caleb Garet, Mike Skitch, Ian Shardlow, Troy Kowal and Corey Brandt were special guests of NHL Referees Tom Kowal, Brad Meier, and Linesmen Shane […]

Officials selected for this year’s game in Columbus, OH 2015 NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND – COLUMBUS , OH The NHLOA would like to congratulate the officials selected to work the 2015 NHL All-Star Game that will be played today this Sunday at 5PM (EST) at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The selected officials are: Referees                                            Linesmen […]