Referees Eric Furlatt and Justin Kea are working together for the 1st time this season; Linespersons Tommy Hughes and Onni Hautamäki are paired up for the 1st time this season.

This week’s roundup covers a scary linesman injury in Montreal, the NHL’s first Finnish official, goals wiped out in New Jersey, Denver, and Ottawa, a former NHL defenseman’s debut in stripes in the ...

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Referees Graham Skilliter and Morgan MacPhee are working together for the 1st time this season; Linespersons Kiel Murchison and Ryan Gibbons are paired up for the 1st time this season. Penalty-type ...

Former NHLer Kevin Connauton will make his professional officiating debut tonight, working Steelheads vs. Goatheads in the ECHL ...

The ECHL has updated its officiating roster for 2026-27 - and has increased the number of games to be handled by a two-ref crew. The changes and the lineup: ...

The Colorado Avalanche thought they’d scored four times on Wednesday night. Only two of them counted. Colorado had a pair of goals taken off the board in the first ten minutes against the Dallas Stars ...