The NHL has announced the 2019 Conference Finals referees and linesmen.  Here’s tonight’s crew:

 

St. Louis Blues at San Jose Sharks

Game 2 – 9:00 EDT

REFEREES

Francis Charron #6 Wes McCauley #4
Games 18-19 74 74
Career PO Games 44 138
Career RS Games 480 1031
First NHL Game 4/5/10 1/20/03
Birthplace Ottawa, ON Georgetown, ON
Goals/Gm 5.7 (36) 6.0 (19)
PP/Gm 3.1 (12) 2.5 (41)
Penl/Gm 3.6 (18) 3.1 (39)
PIM/Gm 8.1 (27) 7.6 (33)
% of Penl on Home 47.0% (32) 51.0% (4)
More Penl on Rd % 11.0% (11) -2.0% (36)
Home Win % 49.0% (30) 49.0% (30)
Home Rec. 37-38 37-38
OT/SO Games 23.0% (15) 19.0% (28)
Calls by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
2018-19 31% 39% 30% 33% 36% 31%
Team Records 18-19 17-18 16-17 18-19 17-18 16-17
SJS 2-2 3-3 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-1
STL 5-1 2-3 1-1 3-4 2-2 2-3

LINESMEN

Scott Cherrey #50 Derek Amell #75
Games 18-19 69 72
Career PO Games 81 203
Career RS Games 827 1443
First NHL Game 10/6/07 10/11/97
Birthplace Drayton, ON Port Colborne, ON

 

McCauley and Charron are officiating their first game together of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

McCauley was paired with Brian Pochmara for Rounds 1 and 2. In the opening round, they refereed PIT/NYI Gm 2, TBL/CBJ Gm3, BOS/TOR Gm4, and DAL/NSH Gm5.  McCauley worked Gm7 of TOR/BOS with referee Kelly Sutherland.  The second round saw McCauley and Pochmara handle CAR/NYI Gm1, STL/DAL Gm4 (DAL W 4-2), CBJ/BOS Gm5, and SJS/COL Gm6 (COL W 4-3OT). Once again, McCauley was paired with Sutherland for a Game 7; the duo worked COL/SJS Gm 7 (SJS W 3-2),

Charron officiated Round 1 with Gord Dwyer, handling CBJ/TBL Gm1, WPG/STL Gm3, NYI/PIT Gm4, VGK/SJS Gm5 (SJS W 5-2), BOS/TOR Gm6.  He worked with referee Dan O’Rourke in Round 2, working CBJ/BOS Gm1, CAR/NYI Gm3, and SJS/COL Gm3 (SJS W 4-2).  Interestingly, both of Charron’s partners – Dwyer and O’Rourke – are working the Conference Finals with new partners.

Scott Cherrey and Derek Amell manned the lines during Round 2 for DAL/STL Gm1, CAR/NYI Gm2, SJS/COL Gm4, CBJ/BOS Gm5, and COL/SJS Gm7.  In the opening round, Amell was paired with Andrew Smith for PIT/NYI Gm1, TBL/CBJ Gm3, WPG/STL Gm4, COL/CGY Gm5, and SJS/VGK Gm6.  Cherry handled Round 1 with Devin Berg, officiating PIT/NYI Gm2, WSH/CAR Gm3, NSH/DAL Gm4, and BOS/TOR Gm6.

Standby Officials: Tim Peel #20, Ryan Gibbons #58
Series Supervisor: Kay Whitmore

 


 

 

Full lineup of NHL Referees and Linesmen
working the Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals.

 

Stats updated through 4/9/19; all stats are regular season totals. Number in parentheses indicates referee’s rank among active officials.