|
Written by Rob Massey - The Guelph Mercury
|
GUELPH — NHL referee Bill McCreary sits in the Tim Hortons inside the Gryphon Centre talking about his future, when a couple of young girls approach his table.
They’re about 10 and are participants in a Gryphon girls’ hockey camp.
They stare at him, then ask for his autograph, happily handing over a Gryphon athletic schedule when he readily agrees. They leave with their prized possession clutched in their little hands.
Yes, NHL referees are rock stars, too, and McCreary is hoping to...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by Dan Rosen - NHL.com
|
TORONTO -- At times, Scott Ferguson will find himself out of position on a play when he's officiating games in the Ontario Hockey League. But off the ice completely? Nah, never that drastic.
Well, not until Thursday.
Ferguson had to come to an NHL-run event to get his first taste of being an off-ice official while still being challenged with all the tasks that come with being on the ice. It sounds strange, but a few radical changes are being tested at the 2010 NHL Research, Development and...
|
|
Read more...
|
A number of former participants of the USA Hockey Officiating Development Program (ODP) who previously worked in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) as part of their development have been signed to officiate at various levels of professional or collegiate levels of hockey during the 2010-11 season.
National Hockey League (NHL) linesman and president of the NHL Officials’ Association Brian Murphy, from Dover, N.H., heard about the promotions while helping instruct at a USA...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by T.J. Colello - The Cape Brenton Post
|
The 54-year-old hung up his blades following the 2009 season after a 32-year career that started in the World Hockey Association in 1977. He later patrolled the ice in the American Hockey League before graduating to the NHL in 1981.
But when you mention Koharski’s name, many people conjure up his off-ice yelling match with New Jersey Devils head coach Jim Schoenfeld during the 1988 playoffs, where the coach told the referee to “have another doughnut.” A YouTube favorite for hockey fans...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Written by Greg Sakaki - Nanaimo News Bulletin
|
Referees aren’t always the most popular sports figures, but Lloyd Gilmour connected with his community.
Gilmour, a longtime NHL referee and Nanaimo restaurateur, died Wednesday of complications from Alzheimer’s. He was 82 years old.
"He's at peace now," said his son Richard. "It's a tough go, that Alzheimer's."
Born in Cumberland, Lloyd was a talented junior hockey player with the Nanaimo Clippers before a logging injury sidetracked his playing career. Instead, he became a linesman and...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
2008-2010 NCAA Rulebook