Tonight’s NHL Playoff Referees - 4/30/14

Philadelphia Flyers at New York Rangers – Game 7 – 7:00pm

Tim Peel #20

3.4 minor penalties per game
11.3 PIM per game
Record: NYR 3-1, PHI 1-6
Favors home team (20.7% more minors on road team)
Home win %: 56.1%
Average minors by team:
- NYR 1.3, Opponents 2.3
  - (80.0% more calls on Opp)
- PHI 1.5, Opponents 1.9
  - (28.6% more calls on Opp)
Game 7: Peel’s last Game 7 was BOS/MTL in 2011

Chris Rooney #5

4.1 minor penalties per game
13.0 PIM per game
Record: NYR 4-1, PHI 3-1
Favors home team (14.4% more minors on road team)
Home win %: 63.0%
Average minors by team:
- NYR 2.1, Opponents 19
  - (9.5% fewer calls on Opp)
- PHI 1.6, Opponents 2.4
  - (46.2% more calls on Opp)
Game 7: Rooney worked the Rangers’ Game 7 victories over the Washington Capitals in 2012 and 2013.

Peel/Rooney Combined Playoff Stats:
- 8.5 minor penalties per game (combined)
- 23.0 PIM per game (combined)
- Favor home team (call 12.5% more penalties on road team
- Total Power Plays Given: 28 – 50.0% to home team
- Home team record: 2-2
- Calls by period (excludes matching/misc): 10-9-8-0
- Worked 1 OT game
- In 3 of 4 games, leading team has been given a penalty in last 5 mins.
Linesmen: Derek Nansen #70, Derek Amell #75
Supervisor: Bill McCreary
Standby Referee: Dean Morton #36
Standby Linesman: Michel Cormier #76

Eric Furlatt #27

3.9 minor penalties per game
11.9 PIM per game
Record: COL 3-2, MIN 2-3
Favors home team (6.2% more minors on road team)
Home win %: 52.7%
Average minors by team:
- COL 1.4, Opponents 1.9
  - (35.7% more calls on Opp)
- MIN 1.9, Opponents 1.6
  - (15.8% fewer calls on Opp)
Game 7: Furlatt worked one Game 7 in 2013 (DET/ANA) and one in 2012 (WSH/BOS)

Wes McCauley #4

3.3 minor penalties per game
10.1 PIM per game
Record: COL 2-1, MIN 4-1
Favors home team (7.6% more minors on road team)
Home win %: 63.0%
Average minors by team:
- COL 2.0, Opponents 1.8
  - (8.3% fewer calls on Opp)
- MIN 2.1, Opponents 2.1
  - (Calls even between MIN/Opp)
Game 7: McCauley worked one Game 7 in 2013 (LAK/SJS)

Furlatt/McCauley Combined Playoff Stats:
- 11.8 minor penalties per game (combined)
- 45.8 PIM per game (combined)
- Favor road team (call 12.0% fewer penalties on road team
- Total Power Plays Given: 36 – only 47.2% to home team
- Home team record: 3-1
- Calls by period (excludes matching/misc): 13-13-6
- No overtime games
- Last game was a penalty-fest with 121 PIMs between Dallas & Anaheim.
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik #71, Scott Cherrey #50
Standby Referee: Brad Watson #23
Standby Linesman: Darren Gibbs #66

Dave Jackson #8

3.9 minor penalties per game
11.8 PIM per game
Record: SJ 4-2, LAK 3-1
Favors home team (7.9% more minors on road team)
Home win %: 50.6%
Average minors by team:
- SJ 1.3, Opponents 2.0
  - (60.0% more calls on Opp)
- LAK 1.8, Opponents 2.4
  - (35.7% more calls on Opp)

Dan O’Rourke #9

3.7 minor penalties per game
11.0 PIM per game
Record: SJ 4-1, LAK 2-4
Favors home team (18.4% more minors on road team)
Home win %: 60.5%
Average minors by team:
- SJ 2.3, Opponents 1.8
  - (21.7% fewer calls on Opp)
- LAK 1.5, Opponents 2.2
  - (44.4% more calls on Opp)
No official has worked more Game 7s than Dan O’Rourke over the past 3 seasons. He’s officiated:
- 2013 – NYR/WSH and DET/CHI
- 2012 – NJD/FLA and NYR/WSH
- 2011 – PHI/BUF

Jackson/O’Rourke Combined Playoff Stats:
- 10.5 minor penalties per game (combined)
- 22.0 PIM per game (combined)
- Favor home team (call 47.1% more penalties on road team
- Total Power Plays Given: 42 – 57.1% to home team
- Home team record: 2-2
- Calls by period (excludes matching/misc): 11-13-10-3
- Worked 1 OT game
- In last 2 games, only called one 3rd period penalty (2:34 into the third).
Linesmen: Brian Murphy #93, Jonny Murray #95
Standby Referee: Gord Dwyer #19
Standby Linesman: Shane Heyer #55

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