Breea, Maria, Frankie, Tanner, and Adrienne visit NHLOA members in Toronto ZEBRAS CARE VISIT – Tim Horton Children’s Foundation – Toronto – January 19 2015 On Monday January 19th NHL officials Dave Jackson, Greg Kimmerly, Steve Miller and Brad Kovachik had the pleasure of meeting five students from George R. Gauld School in Mimico […]
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Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will try to take some confusion away on why sometimes an obvious offside was waved off by the linesman! Rule 83.1 states:If a player legally carries or passes the puck back into his own defending zone while a player of the opposing team is […]
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ONE AMERICAN OFFICIAL’S PATH TO THE NHL By Mark Burns, TouchPoint Media The path to becoming a National Hockey League official is a journey that includes challenges, adversity, competition and pure passion. We recently charted the officiating development of Philadelphia native Ian Walsh, 42, who has spent the past 15 years working in the […]
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Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will once again feature the goalkeepers, to be more specific; their sticks! As per rule 10.2; the blade of the goalkeeper’s stick shall not exceed three and one-half inches (31/2”) in width at any point except at the heel, where it must not exceed […]
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MAKING THE CALL: A LOOK AT THE CAREER OF REFEREE DAVE JACKSON By Kelly Greig From on-ice taunting, to blown calls, to working with the legends of the league, referee Dave Jackson shares his career high and low lights. Dave Jackson always dreamed of being in the NHL. Like many young Montrealers […]
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Adam, Daniel, Dylan, and Tom visit NHLOA members in Toronto ZEBRAS CARE VISIT – Tim Horton Children’s Foundation – Toronto – January 29th 2015. On January 29th, prior to the Toronto Maple Leafs vs the Arizona Coyotes game, the officials working had the opportunity and honor to visit with some great kids, courtesy of […]
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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 […]
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Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! This week’s column will try to try to explain who’s player needs to serve a penalty or multiple penalties assessed to a goalkeeper. As you know, goalkeepers do not serve their own penalties in the penalty box! […]
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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 […]
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Rule / Situation of the week Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! This week’s column will feature a few situations were an appeal is lodged at the referee by a team for an improper starting line-up from the other team. It is important to know that this is an appeal play and therefore […]