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The Hockey Canada Officiating Program guides the development and utilization of Officials through all levels of hockey governed by Hockey Canada. The 5-tier level system, is the foundation for the training and development of amateur hockey officials across Canada. Designations of Levels I through III allow the officiating of most minor hockey.
American Hockey League (former NHL) referee Dean Morton In ice hockey , an official is a person who has some responsibility for enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. There are two categories of officials, on-ice officials , who are the referees and linesmen that enforce the rules during gameplay, and off-ice officials , who ...
On-ice officials are present on the ice during the game, and traditionally wear a shirt with black and white vertical stripes. The National Hockey League (NHL) currently employs four on-ice officials in each game—two referees and two linespersons (also known as linesmen).
Francis Charron (born August 22, 1983 [1]) is a Canadian ice hockey referee currently officiating in the National Hockey League. He made his debut during the 2009–10 NHL season , and has worked 735 regular season games and 90 playoff games as of the start of the 2024–25 season [update] .
François St-Laurent (born 26 June 1977 [1]) is a Canadian ice hockey referee, currently working in the National Hockey League.In the summer of 1999, during a camp held by Ron Fournier, he told Réseau des Sports that his goal was to make it to the NHL. [2]
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules. Most penalties are enforced by sending the offending player to a penalty box for a set number of minutes. During the penalty the player may not participate in play. Penalties are called and enforced by the referee, or in some cases, the linesman.
A young hockey linesman is recovering after he was punched in the face by a player who had just been ejected from the game. 15-year-old hockey referee recovering after brutal on-ice assault Skip ...
Chris Schlenker (born 9 July 1984 [1]) is a Canadian ice hockey referee, currently working in the National Hockey League.He has worn sweater number three since being promoted to the NHL before the start of the 2018-19 season; prior to the promotion, he wore 48.