The Western Hockey League has updated its officials for the 2019-20 season.
Joining the WHL for the upcoming season are referee Bobby Jo Love and linesmen Derek Bandstra, Jared Capner, Riley Carriere, Ryan Cooke, Avery Davidson, Kris Delaney, Brayden Glynn, Matt Granger, Nick Grenier, Rance Hughes, Eric McLaughlin, Angus Middleton, Will Mosswick, Jade Portwood, Dalton Reum, Owen Shirtliffe, and Brennan Walker.
No longer with the league are referees Ian Jendro, Brett Roeland, Cody Rude, Nick Swaine, Bronson Tazelarr, and Colin Watt. Also exiting are linesmen Chris Anninos, Joel Beresh, Aydon Brown, Blake Copeland, Ethan Cronkhite, Kevin Crowell, Sean Donnelly, Michael Ellis, Riley Fitzsimmons, Riley Friesen, Davide Gilli, Anthony Guzzo, Jory Lutzmann, Chris Mottl, Matt Sanders, Trevor Shively, Brett Thiessen, Travis Toomey, and Tarrington Wyonzek.
Toomey has been signed to an NHL contract and will be splitting time between the NHL and AHL this season. Wyonzek will be working in the ECHL.
Below are the WHL officials for the 2019-20 season. Click on a heading to sort by name or number.
2019-20 WHL Referees
| # | Name |
|---|---|
| 58 | Adair, Tyler |
| 71 | Arcand, Brayden |
| 62 | Benbow, Ryan |
| 29 | Bennett, Kevin |
| 16 | Bloski, Adam |
| 45 | Bourdon, Bryan |
| 80 | Bourdon, Jason |
| 19 | Brow, Duncan |
| 85 | Brown, Aydon |
| 83 | Burzminski, Taylor |
| 23 | Byblow, Adam |
| 89 | Campbell, Mike |
| 14 | Campbell, Stephen |
| 20 | Crich, Chris |
| 81 | Croker, Ben |
| 36 | Griffiths, Adam |
| 18 | Hicketts, Matthew |
| 82 | Ingram, Jeff |
| 24 | Iverson, Brett |
| 49 | Jensen, Tyler |
| 53 | Koop, Corey |
| 15 | Kowalski, Kyle |
| 27 | Krieger, Karlin |
| 67 | Langin, Mike |
| 10 | Lawrence, Fraser |
| 74 | Lightbrown, Jordan |
| 11 | Love, Bobby Jo |
| 7 | MacDonald, Brian |
| 61 | Milette, Bob |
| 34 | Murray, Troy |
| 51 | Nolan, Trevor |
| 30 | OKeefe, Ryan |
| 70 | Panter, Nick |
| 17 | Papp, Steve |
| 42 | Pateman, Ward |
| 60 | Paterson, Troy |
| 5 | Pearce, Mark |
| 79 | Peluk, Trevor |
| 28 | Raphael, Sean |
| 25 | Rasmussen, Dexter |
| 38 | Scott, Allan |
| 77 | Scrivens, Kyle |
| 64 | Sebastian, Bryce |
| 6 | Webinger, Kevin |
| 39 | Weisgerber, Austin |
2019-20 WHL Linesmen
| # | Name |
|---|---|
| 3 | Albinati, Nick |
| 153 | Albinati, Josh |
| 46 | Balson, Riley |
| 86 | Bandstra, Derek |
| 148 | Bean, Michael |
| 155 | Beaton, Trevor |
| 66 | Bilko, Nick |
| 111 | Boisvert, Michael |
| 116 | Boman, Jarrod |
| 132 | Brastad, Adam |
| 90 | Browne, Jordan |
| 122 | Capner, Jared |
| 108 | Carriere, Jordan |
| 72 | Carriere, Riley |
| 118 | Cooke, Cade |
| 130 | Cooke, Cole |
| 150 | Cooke, Ryan |
| 131 | Davison, Avery |
| 133 | Delaney, Kris |
| 121 | Dietterle, Ron |
| 50 | Dufour, Sean |
| 144 | Flemming, Steven |
| 128 | Foster, Deion |
| 104 | Freeman, Erik |
| 32 | Fulmer, Scott |
| 117 | Funk, Curtis |
| 149 | Garden, Tyler |
| 139 | Gerow, Marcus |
| 124 | Gilfoy, Davide |
| 96 | Glynn, Brayden |
| 157 | Gramiak, Lane |
| 103 | Granger, Matt |
| 159 | Grenier, Nick |
| 154 | Hall, Cody |
| 95 | Harris, Adam |
| 125 | Heier, Mark |
| 78 | Henderson, Aidan |
| 47 | Holeha, Darren |
| 137 | Hughes, Rance |
| 59 | Huseby, Chad |
| 88 | Huseby, Cody |
| 140 | Iwaniec, Przemek |
| 92 | Kohlhauser, Devin |
| 97 | Kozari, Jackson |
| 31 | Kuffner, Cam |
| 73 | Labbe, Michael |
| 84 | Lockert, Spencer |
| 126 | Long, Josh |
| 106 | Lundquist, Ryan |
| 52 | Mackey, Jared |
| 75 | Mackey, Brett |
| 138 | Mahoney, Kelsey |
| 151 | Maletta, Anthony |
| 41 | McGowan, Michael |
| 55 | McGregor, Tanner |
| 135 | McLaughlin, Eric |
| 134 | McMahon, Dave |
| 141 | Middleton, Angus |
| 102 | Minty, Dustin |
| 91 | Mosswick, Will |
| 33 | Nedinis, Jason |
| 147 | Nicol, Justin |
| 129 | Parker, Bradley |
| 109 | Penner, Aidan |
| 113 | Plamondon, Tim |
| 44 | Portwood, Jade |
| 146 | Prokop, Neal |
| 112 | Reid, Liam |
| 107 | Reum, Dalton |
| 158 | Richardson, Layne |
| 87 | Roberts, Michael |
| 68 | Sarauer, Greg |
| 123 | Sawatsky, Andrew |
| 21 | Schoenroth, Matt |
| 110 | Schutz, Levi |
| 65 | Semenchuk, Troy |
| 132 | Shirtliffe, Owen |
| 127 | Skinner, Sheldon |
| 142 | Spore, Daniel |
| 136 | Stammers, Andrew |
| 93 | Stewart, Mason |
| 101 | Sundquist, Chance |
| 37 | Surminski, Darrell |
| 94 | Thiessen, Devan |
| 98 | Tisdale, Logan |
| 145 | Van Deventer, Chris |
| 115 | Van Oosten, Nathan |
| 100 | Vandermeulen, Brent |
| 120 | Verhaeghe, Justin |
| 143 | Walker, Brennan |
| 56 | Wanner, Cody |
| 114 | Wetmore, Cameron |
| 119 | Wyonzek, Tannum |
2019-20 WHL Officiating Staff
- Senior Director of Officiating: Kevin Muench
- Officiating Coordinator: Jeff Bradley
- Officiating Development Coach: Tom Kowal
Officiating Supervisors
- Cory Bowles
- Brad Howard
- Devin Kline
- Dennis Larue
- Darren Loraas
- Troy Sartison
- Tim Tisdale
- Ken Wheler
