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 |
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| Francis Charron #6 | Wes McCauley #4 | |||||
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| 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 |
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| Scott Cherrey #50 | Derek Amell #75 | |||||
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| 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.
