The ECHL has named the referees and linesmen working the 2018-19 season.
Additions
New to the league are referees Cameron Fleming, Jake Jackson, Eric Krasnichuk, Jarred Mitrano, Mackenzie Nichol, Ben O’Quinn, Jake Rekucki, Brett Roeland, Alexander Ross, Steven Sailor, and Anthony Tapper.
Linesman joining the league include Dan Barreca, Darryl Butt, Matt Ceko, Michael Coleman, Ross Crimaldi, Justin Day, Jordan Deckard, Kris Delaney, Randy Dengler, Cam Dykstra, Brady Fagan, Julien Fournier, Matt Fox, Eric Frank, Neil Frederickson, Robert Griffin, Shane Gustafson, CJ Hallman, Petr Hejna, Joseph Hutek, Ryan Jenken, Shane Kanaly, Sheldon Keough, Brian Lambert, Jason Leisten, Joe Maynard, Michael McCullough, Kilian McNamara, Michael Miggans, Sean Perry, Jared Reid, Michael Robinson, Cole Ruwe, Carter Sandlak, Sam Schildkraut, Joshua Smith, Craig Soderstrom, Jordan Solomon, Daniel Spore, Rocco Stachowiak, Denny Urban, Jim Vail, Karl Von Haasl, Logan Wetekamp, and Trent Williams.
Among the new guys, referees Fleming, Mitrano, O’Quinn, Rekucki, Ross, and Tapper all took part in the Traverse City Prospect Tournament during the offseason, as did Dengler, Dykstra, Frederickson, Gustafson, Sandak, and Williams.
Departures
Departed officials include refs Nick Gill, Mike Hamilton, Andy Howard, Chris Ivanko, Kyle Lekun, Marco Lizotte, and Mike Zalcman.
They’re joined by linesmen Jamie Alary, Shayne Bender, Lucas Bisbee, Alex Black, Chris Cahoon, Erik Contino, Michael Fusani, Jameson Gronert, Steven Hallman, Michael Houle, Robert Keltie, Ray King, Justin Knaggs, Ian McCambridge, Chase McGee, Jared Mitrano, Shaun Morgan, Seth Mukai, Max Nicastro, Jeff Ning, Dylan Peper, Jon Shaw, John Tallieu, and Ryan Townsend.
Promotions
Referee Stephen Thomson has hung up his sweater, as the veteran official has been promoted to the ECHL’s Director of Officiating. Mitch Dunning, Beau Halkidis, Michael Markovic, and Jesse Marquis have all been hired to National Hockey League contracts and will split time between the NHL and AHL this season.
Below are the ECHL referees and linesmen for the 2018-19 ECHL season. Click on a heading to sort by name or number.
2018-19 ECHL Referees
# | Name |
---|---|
2 | Nichol, Mackenzie |
3 | Rouillard, Steven |
4 | MacFarlane, Sean |
5 | O'Quinn, Benjamin |
5 | Sailor, Steven |
6 | Tufts, Jeremy |
7 | Gouin, Olivier |
7 | Sewell, Liam |
8 | Gour, Jesse |
9 | Garon, Alex |
10 | Menniti, Matt |
11 | Ross, Alexander |
11 | Sheehan, Michael |
12 | Pontes, Chris |
14 | Mitrano, Jarred |
15 | Barone, Andrea |
15 | Szczurek, Stan |
16 | Anderson, Kenneth |
17 | Reneau, Stephen |
18 | Faist, Jason |
18 | Jablonski, Donald |
20 | Krasnichuk, Eric |
20 | Rekucki, Jacob |
21 | Fernandez, Sean |
22 | Parker, Jeff |
23 | Roeland, Brett |
23 | Schlittenhardt, Peter |
23 | Sitarski, Jonathon |
24 | Wilk, Andrew |
25 | Bruggeman, Andrew |
26 | Normandin, Alex |
27 | Fleming, Cameron |
28 | Puddifant, Tyler |
28 | Tapper, Anthony |
29 | Jackson, Jake |
29 | Martin, Lucas |
2018-19 ECHL Linesmen
# | Name |
---|---|
75 | Barreca, Dan |
85 | Bellgraph, Logan |
78 | Bet, Nicholas |
95 | Bethmann, Andy |
91 | Bloomenrader, Cade |
58 | Bowles, Riley |
42 | Brady, Matt |
73 | Brunelle, Guillaume |
80 | Brush, Addison |
95 | Bull, Brian |
65 | Butt, Darryl |
38 | Carissimo, Tory |
93 | Carnathan, Paul |
32 | Ceko, Matt |
54 | Cianfrini, David |
31 | Cohen, Daniel |
38 | Colby, Brent |
81 | Coleman, Michael |
40 | Coll, Russ |
50 | Collins, Andrew |
96 | Cornell, Justin |
80 | Crimaldi, Ross |
91 | Davis, Jake |
52 | Day, Justin |
67 | DeBaugh, Scott |
49 | Deckard, Jordan |
96 | Delaney, Kris |
68 | Dengler, Randy |
45 | D'Loughy, Sean |
61 | Dolan, Rhodes |
77 | Drain, Stephen |
79 | Dykstra, Cameron |
96 | Emanatian, Michael |
89 | Fagan, Brady |
85 | Fair, Chris |
63 | Fitzgerald, Ryan |
83 | Flood, Kyle |
83 | Fournier, Julien |
63 | Fox, Matt |
45 | Frank, Eric |
30 | Frechette, Nathan |
54 | Frederickson, Neil |
30 | Gates, Colin |
40 | Gormley, Brendan |
53 | Griffin, Robert |
36 | Gubelman, Billy |
87 | Gustafson, Shane |
38 | Hallman, CJ |
47 | Hejna, Petr |
55 | Howard, Derek |
33 | Hutek, Joseph |
65 | Iulianello, Daniel |
94 | Jenken, Ryan |
37 | Johnstone, James |
75 | Jondo, Richard |
39 | Kanaly, Shane |
75 | Kelly, Kevin |
47 | Keough, Sheldon |
58 | Kingdon, William |
35 | Kleinendorst, Kollin |
35 | Knox, Jordan |
36 | Lambert, Brian |
73 | Lawson, Scott |
44 | Leisten, Jason |
94 | Lemay, Steeve |
72 | Loftus, Tyler |
50 | Lortie, Jason |
53 | Lyons, Timothy |
34 | Mackereth, Tyler |
57 | Madsen, Ryan |
73 | Mandroc, Jason |
94 | Marcis, Robert |
92 | Maynard, Joe |
95 | McCrank, Dustin |
81 | McCullough, Michael |
96 | McKenna, James |
90 | McNamara, Kilian |
47 | Miggans, Michael |
76 | Murray, Steven |
86 | Nevins, Ryan |
43 | O'Connor Jr, Charles |
59 | Panciocco, Dan |
78 | Pergande, Joshua |
42 | Perry, Sean |
96 | Pizzutelli, Tony |
78 | Potvin, AJ |
50 | Provost, Christopher |
64 | Radolinski, Ken |
95 | Reid, Jared |
82 | Richardson, Pat |
74 | Richetelle, Kyle |
70 | Ritter, Judson |
67 | Rivera, Eli |
84 | Roberts, Zach |
Robinson, Michael | |
68 | Roskovich, Konner |
42 | Ruwe, Cole |
57 | Sandlak, Carter |
31 | Schacht, Aaron |
97 | Schamel, Chuck |
86 | Schildkraut, Sam |
56 | Senger, Scott |
46 | Sherman, Joe |
92 | Shiley, Ben |
34 | Sladek, Jonathan |
76 | Smith, Joshua |
Soderstrom, Craig | |
78 | Solomon, Jordan |
73 | Spore, Daniel |
97 | Stachowiak, Rocco |
97 | Urban, Denny |
55 | Vail, Jim |
55 | Von Haasl, Karl |
51 | Waleski, JP |
71 | Wetekamp, Logan |
98 | Wicklum, Terry |
59 | Wilkinson, Chase |
62 | Williams, Christopher |
48 | Williams, Trent |
88 | Wilson, Chris |
36 | Wood, Adam |
56 | Wyld, Matt |
ECHL Officiating Management Team
- Stephen Thomson – Manager of Officiating
- Officiating Development Coaches
- Jim Doyle
- Kevin Hastings
- Pat Kelly
- Jamie Koharski
- Ted Murphy
- Jerry Pateman
- Brad Phillips
- Jason Rollins
- Joe Ross