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
58Adair, Tyler
71Arcand, Brayden
62Benbow, Ryan
29Bennett, Kevin
16Bloski, Adam
45Bourdon, Bryan
80Bourdon, Jason
19Brow, Duncan
85Brown, Aydon
83Burzminski, Taylor
23Byblow, Adam
89Campbell, Mike
14Campbell, Stephen
20Crich, Chris
81Croker, Ben
36Griffiths, Adam
18Hicketts, Matthew
82Ingram, Jeff
24Iverson, Brett
49Jensen, Tyler
53Koop, Corey
15Kowalski, Kyle
27Krieger, Karlin
67Langin, Mike
10Lawrence, Fraser
74Lightbrown, Jordan
11Love, Bobby Jo
7MacDonald, Brian
61Milette, Bob
34Murray, Troy
51Nolan, Trevor
30O’Keefe, Ryan
70Panter, Nick
17Papp, Steve
42Pateman, Ward
60Paterson, Troy
5Pearce, Mark
79Peluk, Trevor
28Raphael, Sean
25Rasmussen, Dexter
38Scott, Allan
77Scrivens, Kyle
64Sebastian, Bryce
6Webinger, Kevin
39Weisgerber, Austin

2019-20 WHL Linesmen

#Name
3Albinati, Nick
153Albinati, Josh
46Balson, Riley
86Bandstra, Derek
148Bean, Michael
155Beaton, Trevor
66Bilko, Nick
111Boisvert, Michael
116Boman, Jarrod
132Brastad, Adam
90Browne, Jordan
122Capner, Jared
108Carriere, Jordan
72Carriere, Riley
118Cooke, Cade
130Cooke, Cole
150Cooke, Ryan
131Davison, Avery
133Delaney, Kris
121Dietterle, Ron
50Dufour, Sean
144Flemming, Steven
128Foster, Deion
104Freeman, Erik
32Fulmer, Scott
117Funk, Curtis
149Garden, Tyler
139Gerow, Marcus
124Gilfoy, Davide
96Glynn, Brayden
157Gramiak, Lane
103Granger, Matt
159Grenier, Nick
154Hall, Cody
95Harris, Adam
125Heier, Mark
78Henderson, Aidan
47Holeha, Darren
137Hughes, Rance
59Huseby, Chad
88Huseby, Cody
140Iwaniec, Przemek
92Kohlhauser, Devin
97Kozari, Jackson
31Kuffner, Cam
73Labbe, Michael
84Lockert, Spencer
126Long, Josh
106Lundquist, Ryan
52Mackey, Jared
75Mackey, Brett
138Mahoney, Kelsey
151Maletta, Anthony
41McGowan, Michael
55McGregor, Tanner
135McLaughlin, Eric
134McMahon, Dave
141Middleton, Angus
102Minty, Dustin
91Mosswick, Will
33Nedinis, Jason
147Nicol, Justin
129Parker, Bradley
109Penner, Aidan
113Plamondon, Tim
44Portwood, Jade
146Prokop, Neal
112Reid, Liam
107Reum, Dalton
158Richardson, Layne
87Roberts, Michael
68Sarauer, Greg
123Sawatsky, Andrew
21Schoenroth, Matt
110Schutz, Levi
65Semenchuk, Troy
132Shirtliffe, Owen
127Skinner, Sheldon
142Spore, Daniel
136Stammers, Andrew
93Stewart, Mason
101Sundquist, Chance
37Surminski, Darrell
94Thiessen, Devan
98Tisdale, Logan
145Van Deventer, Chris
115Van Oosten, Nathan
100Vandermeulen, Brent
120Verhaeghe, Justin
143Walker, Brennan
56Wanner, Cody
114Wetmore, Cameron
119Wyonzek, 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