NHLOA members meet Tim Horton Children’s Foundation campers On Thursday December 18th, officials Francois St.Laurent, Darcy Burchell, Scott Cherrey and Matt MacPherson had the immense pleasure to welcome Rebekah, Sean, Ali, Serena along with their teachers Karyne Sansoucy and Jules Beaulne Morin and Marie-Frédérike Scott from The Tim Horton Children’s Foundation to their dressing room […]
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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 focus on a more aggressive aspect of the game than the previous weeks; third man in an altercation. As you may all be aware, no one is allowed to enter an altercation in […]
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ELMIRA NATIVE TEES UP HIS NHL OFFICIATING CAREER. Waterloo Region Record by Mark Bryson ELMIRA — Garrett Rank is just five weeks away from another milestone moment. The Elmira native and accomplished two-sport performer will make his National Hockey League regular-season debut on Jan. 15 when he referees a game between the Buffalo Sabres […]
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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 be more on a rule clarification than on a judgement play! A few times a year, sometimes when a team is killing a penalty, there will be a second left on the penalty […]
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Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! In this week’s column, we will go over a situation that happens several times every year; two teams refusing to play the puck! Yep, that’s right, there is sometime situations where both teams avoids from playing the puck in […]
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Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! Last week in Pittsburgh, when the New York Rangers were visiting, the fans and the viewers got to witness a wild finish! The Rangers thought they had won the game in the shootout and were back in their dressing room celebrating when the officials brought them back […]
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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 bring to light an illegal tactic used by some teams to gain a competitive advantage on a “on the fly” player’s substitution. For safety reasons, players are allowed to step on the ice […]
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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 feature Rule 83; off-side. Nowadays, every NHL arenas have multiples HD cameras everywhere in their building in order to be able to entertain all hockey fans with some spectacular images of the game. Although that […]
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NHLOA Members welcome Jacob, Audrey & Mike On Monday November 10th, members of the NHLOA (Referees Greg Kimmerly and Tom Kowal with Linesmen Jean Morin and Matt MacPherson) were very pleased to meet Jacob, Audrey and their father Mike prior to a Boston Bruins hockey game. Jacob, who uses a wheelchair and hand braces to […]
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Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! In this week’s column, we will go over a situation that happened last week in Pittsburgh (October 28th vs NJ Devils @ 2:12 of the Second Period). You can watch the video here: http://www.nhl.com/ice/blogpost.htm?id=33135 On this play, the […]