The ECHL has selected the officials moving on to work the Conference Finals of the 2022 Kelly Cup Playoffs.
“Each of these officials have been selected based on their on-ice performance and professionalism from the first and second rounds of the Kelly Cup Playoffs,” said ECHL Manager of Officiating Operations Stephen Thomson. “Making it to the Conference Finals is a great accomplishment and each individual should be proud to get to this point.”
Here are the eight referees and ten linesmen working the penultimate round of the playoffs:
Referees:
Nolan Bloyer #31 (2nd Conference Finals)
Logan Gruhl #29 (1st)
John Lindner #6 (1st)
Mathieu Menniti #30 (1st)
Alex Normandin #26 (4th)
Trevor Wohlford #38 (1st)
Riley Yerkovich #7 (2nd)
Jack Young #18 (1st)
Linesmen:
Antoine Bujold-Roux #72 (1st Conference Finals)
Brady Fagan #89 (2nd)
Chad Fuller #76 (1st)
Bryan Gorcoff #94 (1st)
Shane Gustafson #87 (3rd)
Matthew Heinen #93 (1st)
Dan Kovachik (2nd)
J.P. Waleski #51 (3rd)
Christopher Williams #62 (4th)
Tannum Wyonzek #74 (1st)
In the Eastern Conference, the Newfoundland Growlers will take on the Florida Everblades. Out west, it’ll be the Toledo Walleye vs. the Utah Grizzlies:
Eastern Conference Finals
Newfoundland Growlers vs. Florida Everblades
Game 1 – Friday, May 20 at 7 p.m. NT at Newfoundland
Game 2 – Sunday, May 22 at 7 p.m. NT at Newfoundland
Game 3 – Wednesday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Florida
Game 4 – Friday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Florida
Game 5 – Saturday, May 28 at 7 p.m. ET at Florida (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Tuesday, May 31 at 7 p.m. NT at Newfoundland (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Wednesday, June 1 at 7 p.m. NT at Newfoundland (If Necessary)
Western Conference Finals
Toledo Walleye vs. Utah Grizzlies
Game 1 – Friday, May 20 at 7:35 p.m. ET at Toledo
Game 2 – Saturday, May 21 at 7:35 p.m. ET at Toledo
Game 3 – Tuesday, May 24 at 7:10 p.m. MT at Utah
Game 4 – Friday, May 27 at 7:10 p.m. MT at Utah
Game 5 – Saturday, May 28 at 7:10 p.m. MT at Utah (If Necessary)
Game 6 – Monday, May 30 at 7:35 p.m. ET at Toledo (If Necessary)
Game 7 – Tuesday, May 31 at 7:35 p.m. ET at Toledo (If Necessary)
There are 36 former ECHL officials who worked as part of the NHL officiating team this past season, including referees Jake Brenk, Francis Charron, Tom Chmielewski, Mitch Dunning, Trevor Hanson, Beau Halkidis, Ghislain Hebert, Jean Hebert, Marc Joannette, Trent Knorr, Pierre Lambert, T.J. Luxmore, Peter MacDougall, Wes McCauley, Jon McIsaac, Dean Morton, Dan O’Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Graham Skilliter, Justin St. Pierre and Ian Walsh, and linesmen Steve Barton, Ryan Daisy, Julien Fournier, Brandon Gawryletz, Mitch Hunt, Matt MacPherson, Jesse Marquis, Killian McNamara, Bevin Mills, C.J. Murray, Kory Nagy and Bryan Pancich.
Congratulations to the ECHL Referees and Linesmen working this year’s Kelly Cup Conference Finals!
