The American Hockey League is set to drop the puck on the 2020-21 season on February 5. Of course, that’ll be handled by the officials. Here’s who’s in and who’s out for the upcoming season.
Officiating Changes from 2019-20:
New Officials
Referees: Kyle Lekun, Morgan MacPhee, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, Ryan Verbeek
Linesmen: Maxime Bedard, Jeremy Faucher, Nick Grenier, Adam Harris, Adam Hendren, Justin Johnson, Daniel Kovachik, Gordon Lawes, Jason Mandroc, Tanner Nua, Cory Sellers, Tyler Shaw, Aaron Storey, Peter Stoykewych, Ryan Townsend, Chase Wilkinson, Tannum Wyonzek
Departing Officials
Referee: Chris Brown
Linesmen: Kyle Allen, Mike Anderson, Chris Aughe, Mike Baker, Matt Brady, Taylor Dickin, Sean D’Loughy, Rhodes Dolan, Mike Emanatian, Brady Fagan, Anthony Falette, Shane Gustafson, Jim Harper, Justin Hedlund, Petr Hejna, Matt Joliff, Kevin Keenan, Ray King, John Kiriakos, Jean-Francois Losier, Bob Marcis, Benoit Martineau, Greg McAlpine, Jean-Francois Menard, Chris Millea, Jack Millea, Shaun Morgan, Frank Murphy, Luke Murray, Riley Page, Jonathan Paradis, Brian Pincus, Todd Plouffe, Ken Radolinski, Ben Shiley, Paul Simeon, Bob St. Lawrence, Derek Sylvester, Brent Tubbs, Justin Verhaeghe, Derek Wahl, Jeff Walker, Todd Whittemore, Terry Wicklum
Transitioning Officials
Ben O’Quinn moves from referee to linesman for 2020-21.
Note that some of the officials not on this season’s roster are due to the fact that three teams – Charlotte Checkers, Milwaukee Admirals and Springfield Thunderbirds – have elected not to participate in the 2020-21 season. Additionally, four teams are temporarily relocating for this season: the Binghamton Devils (Newark, NJ), Ontario Reign (El Segundo, CA), Providence Bruins (Marlborough, MA), and San Diego Gulls (Irvine, CA). Those teams – along with the officials near the impacted localities – are expected to return for the 2021-22 season.
Here’s who’ll be wearing the stripes in the AHL this season:
2020-21 AHL Referees
| # | Name |
|---|---|
| 49 | Anderson, Reid * |
| 77 | Anstett, Ted |
| 33 | Biggers, Brandon |
| 39 | Blandina, Brandon * |
| 94 | Bloski, Adam |
| 22 | Bruggeman, Andrew |
| 36 | Campbell, Mike |
| 90 | Curtin, Jim |
| 31 | Davis, Shaun |
| 14 | Deckard, Jordan |
| 15 | Dietrich, Mike |
| 82 | Duco, Mike |
| 43 | Dunning, Mitch * |
| 26 | Faist, Jason |
| 72 | Fernandez, Sean |
| 64 | Garon, Alex |
| 54 | Gouin, Olivier |
| 25 | Gour, Jesse |
| 48 | Halkidis, Beaudry * |
| 52 | Hanrahan, Patrick |
| 87 | Hennessey, Robert |
| 8 | Hersey, Ryan |
| 56 | Hiff, Stephen |
| 50 | Howard, Andrew |
| 76 | Jackson, Jake |
| 20 | Kea, Justin |
| 45 | Kelly, Dan * |
| 10 | Koharski, Terry |
| 35 | Labonte, Guillaume |
| 93 | Lekun, Kyle |
| 11 | Lewis, Dave |
| 61 | MacFarlane, Sean |
| 40 | MacPhee, Morgan |
| 47 | Markovic, Michael * |
| 1 | Martin, Lucas |
| 19 | Mayer, Tim |
| 63 | McCambridge, Ian |
| 30 | Menniti, Mathieu |
| 68 | Nichol, Mackenzie |
| 65 | Normandin, Alex |
| 41 | O'Donnell, Conor * |
| 29 | Paterson, Troy |
| 2 | Ragusin, Jarrod |
| 84 | Rekucki, Jake |
| 34 | Reneau, Stephen |
| 79 | Riley, Mason |
| 59 | Roeland, Brett |
| 7 | Ross, Alex |
| 80 | Samuels-Thomas, Jordan |
| 6 | Sandlak, Carter |
| 12 | Schlittenhardt, Peter |
| 46 | Schrader, Brandon * |
| 74 | Sheehan, Mike |
| 23 | Sitarski, Jonathon |
| 44 | South, Furman * |
| 85 | Stewart, Tyson |
| 89 | Sullivan, Mike |
| 42 | Syvret, Corey * |
| 73 | Szczurek, Stan |
| 9 | Tapper, Anthony |
| 17 | Tarnaris, Peter |
| 75 | Terreri, Casey |
| 78 | Tufts, Jeremy |
| 16 | Verbeek, Ryan |
| 88 | Waterstradt, Chris |
| 57 | Wilk, Andrew |
| 18 | Williams, Jason |
| 37 | Yerkovich, Riley |
2020-21 AHL Linesmen
| # | Name |
|---|---|
| 60 | Alary, Jaime |
| 77 | Antipin, Dmitrii |
| 78 | Apperson, Caleb |
| 57 | Audet, Matthieu |
| 88 | Baker, Tyson * |
| 5 | Beaulieu, Marc-Antoine |
| 78 | Bedard, Maxime |
| 23 | Bell, Adam |
| 43 | Bell, Andrew |
| 43 | Berry, Steven |
| 58 | Besch, Colin |
| 86 | Bet, Nicholas |
| 86 | Bisbee, Lucas |
| 16 | Boivin, Nicolas |
| 30 | Bonham, Ken |
| 86 | Bowles, Riley |
| 53 | Bradshaw, Nick |
| 31 | Brennan, William |
| 39 | Briganti, Kevin |
| 58 | Briganti, Nick |
| 44 | Brown, Jason |
| 63 | Brunelle, Guillaume |
| 7 | Campbell, Neil |
| 54 | Carissimo, Tory |
| 73 | Ceko, Matt |
| 80 | Chaput, Maxime |
| 7 | Colby, Brent |
| 13 | Coleman, Mike |
| 53 | Contino, Erik |
| 6 | Cooke, Glen |
| 14 | Cornell, Justin |
| 27 | Daltrey, Mike |
| 57 | Dapuzzo, Patrick |
| 23 | Davis, Jake |
| 29 | DeCoste, Kyle |
| 71 | DellaFranco, Tom |
| 84 | Deschamps, Jonathan |
| 31 | Diehr, Nikolaus |
| 2 | Drain, Stephen |
| 60 | Dussureault, Francois |
| 63 | Dykstra, Cameron |
| 24 | Ernst, Eric |
| 5 | Evers, Chad |
| 85 | Faucher, Jeremy |
| 32 | Fay, Rob |
| 33 | Feola, Peter |
| 55 | Flemington, Kyle * |
| 56 | Fournier, Julien * |
| 4 | Fraser, Jacob |
| 68 | Frederickson, Neil |
| 2 | Galvin, Luke |
| 3 | Gates, Colin |
| 91 | Gates, Kenneth |
| 21 | Gauvin, Daniel |
| 61 | George, Tommy |
| 90 | Goodman, Bob |
| 98 | Grandt, John |
| 66 | Gregory, Tyler |
| 20 | Grenier, Nick |
| 95 | Gronert, Jameson |
| 17 | Hancock, William |
| 19 | Harrell, Robb |
| 53 | Harris, Adam |
| 61 | Hastings, Kevin |
| 67 | Hendren, Adam |
| 20 | Hooks, Brent |
| 30 | Hudy, Fred |
| 40 | Hunt, Mitchell |
| 38 | Jablonski, Don |
| 80 | Johnson, Justin |
| 55 | Jondo, Richard |
| 34 | Keltie, Robert |
| 73 | Knapp, Ryan |
| 72 | Kovachik, Daniel |
| 15 | Larson, Kyle |
| 71 | Lawes, Gordon |
| 9 | Leavitt, Dan |
| 21 | Ledovskiy, Alexander |
| 25 | Lembo, Rick |
| 82 | Lewis, Brendan |
| 11 | Loftus, Tyler |
| 49 | Longpre, Nathan |
| 27 | Lyons, Bill |
| 33 | Lyons, Tim |
| 41 | Magee, Michael |
| 52 | Mahoney, Kelsey |
| 57 | Mandroc, Jason |
| 94 | Mannella, Matt |
| 86 | Marquis, Jesse * |
| 37 | Martin, Brett |
| 96 | McBain, Mike |
| 81 | McCrank, Dustin |
| 24 | McDonald, Eric |
| 1 | McGee, Chase |
| 31 | McNamara, Kilian |
| 24 | McNulty, J.M. |
| 18 | Miggins, Michael |
| 27 | Morrison, Jonathan |
| 81 | Mukai, Seth |
| 48 | Murray, C.J. |
| 83 | Norris, Andrew |
| 81 | Nua, Tanner |
| 74 | Oliver, Brian |
| 92 | O'Quinn, Ben |
| 20 | Pacocha, Jeff |
| 36 | Panciocco, Dan |
| 62 | Parker, James |
| 79 | Peper, Dylan |
| 51 | Pergande, Josh |
| 6 | Piche, Nicolas |
| 51 | Pletsch, Jesse |
| 19 | Prokop, Neal |
| 57 | Provost, Christopher |
| 50 | Rankin, Sam |
| 16 | Rey, John |
| 67 | Richardson, Pat |
| 47 | Richetelle, Kyle |
| 34 | Ritter, Jud |
| 15 | Roberts, Zach |
| 84 | Rounds, Alec |
| 90 | Sarter, Mike |
| 12 | Sasyn, Carl |
| 99 | Sauda, Rob |
| 75 | Scarpace, Jim |
| 8 | Schacht, Aaron |
| 64 | Sellers, Cory |
| 92 | Shaw, Jon |
| 65 | Shaw, Tyler |
| 75 | Sherman, Joe |
| 33 | Shikowsky, Sam |
| 60 | Sladek, Jonathan |
| 7 | Stagnone, Alex |
| 96 | Stammers, Andrew |
| 36 | Stanton, Nathan |
| 68 | Storey, Aaron |
| 72 | Stoykewych, Peter |
| 32 | Stuber, Patrick |
| 88 | Surminski, Darrell |
| 29 | Tobias, Adam |
| 90 | Toomey, Travis * |
| 45 | Townsend, Ryan |
| 50 | Urban, Denny |
| 60 | Waitt, Jared |
| 14 | Waleski, J.P. |
| 85 | Walsh, Steven |
| 79 | Wasilewski, Brian |
| 1 | Wetekamp, Logan |
| 73 | Wilkinson, Chase |
| 64 | Williams, Christopher |
| 38 | Wilson, Chris |
| 88 | Winslow, Mike |
| 23 | Wood, Adam |
| 66 | Wyonzek, Tannum |
| 41 | Wyonzek, Tarrington |
| 4 | Zyla, Michael |
* AHL/NHL officials
