13 NHL Officials at Olympics

[BobbyRyan9]

There is going to be a total of 13 officials from the NHL working at the Olympics in Vancouver. They'll be working in mixed groups with referees from different nations.

Referees: Paul Devorski, Mark Joannette, Dennis LaRue, Bill McCreary, Dan O'Halloran, Chris Rooney and Brad Watson

Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Jean Morin, Brian Murphy, Thor Nelson, Tim Nowak and Jay Sharrers

Source: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=508545

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[Mathletic]

http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/...zebras-named-to-vancouver-2010.html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=955&cHash=817d656af2

With 68 days left to the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the on-ice officials who will work the men’s and women’s Olympic ice hockey tournaments.

Leading the list is Canadian Bill McCreary, the dean of NHL referees, who is going to his third Olympic tournament. The 54-year old Guelph, Canada native officiated in Nagano 1998 where he called the gold medal game between the Czech Republic and Russia (1-0). He also officiated the gold medal game four years later in Salt Lake City, Canada – United States (5-2).

The men’s tournament will be called by 14 referees (seven from NHL) and 14 linesmen (six from NHL). NHL referees have been part of the Olympic on-ice officials crews since Nagano 1998.

Danny LaRue (USA) and Danny Kurmann (Switzerland) are also going to their third Olympics. They both worked in Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin 2006. Canadian Marc Joannette (NHL) officiated at the 1997 IIHF World Championship in Finland. He was at that time an IIHF referee.

 

[Systemfel]

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