Seattle Kraken at Dallas Stars
Game 7 – 8:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Chris Rooney #5
Jean Hebert #15
Last Game VGK/EDM Game 4 FLA/TOR Game 5
Games ’22-23 (Reg/PO) 74 | 8 47 | 9
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1390 | 150 675 | 80
First NHL Game 11/22/00 3/30/11
First Playoff Game 4/14/03 4/16/15
Birthplace Boston, MA Bouctouche, NB
Goals/Gm (Reg/PO) 6.2 (27) | 6.6 (9) 6.4 (19) | 7.1 (6)
PP Opp/Gm (Reg/PO) 6.7 (7) | 5.9 (13) 6.1 (18) | 5.6 (17)
PPG/Gm (Reg/PO) 1.3 (22) | 1.6 (7) 1.4 (18) | 0.9 (15)
Penl/Gm (Reg/PO) 7.7 (22) | 9.4 (8) 7.5 (27) | 6.6 (17)
PIM/Gm (Reg/PO) 18.3 (23) | 40.6 (3) 17.1 (31) | 15.3 (19)
% of Penl on Home 50.2% (20) | 41.9% (15) 51.1% (5) | 52.5% (2)
% PP Opp for Home 51.5% (22) | 53.7% (11) 50.0% (36) | 46.7% (18)
Penl Diff.* (Reg/PO) 1.4 (18) | 1.6 (5) 1.1 (39) | 1.4 (10)
Home Win % (Reg/PO) 62% (13) | 43% (8) 59% (20) | 38% (14)
Home Rec. (Reg/PO) 42-25-7 | 3-4 24-16-7 | 3-5
OT/SO Games 20.3% (27) 19.1% (30)
Team Records 22-23 21-22 20-21 22-23 21-22 20-21
SEA 5-1-0 2-2 0-0 0-2-1 0-0 0-0
DAL 1-1-0 3-3 0-0 1-0-2 2-0 3-2
 

 
LINESMEN

  Scott Cherrey #50
Jonny Murray #95
Games ’22-23 75 / 8 74 / 9
Career Games (Reg/PO) 1087 / 138 1433 / 170
First NHL Game 10/6/07 10/7/00
First Playoff Game 4/15/11 4/16/09
Birthplace Drayton, ON Beauport, QC

 

It’s a new ref pairing for tonight’s Game 7, as refs Chris Rooney and Jean Hebert will be working together for the first time in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  These two have each worked a game earlier this series, with Hebert handling Game 1 and Rooney on for Game 3. The two refs only worked together twice all season: NYR/VGK on 12/7 and EDM/MIN on 12/12. 

Rooney skated alongside fellow ref Graham Skilliter all postseason, having previously combined forces at MIN/DAL Game 2, BOS/FLA Game 3, TOR/TBL Game 4, NYR/NJD Game 5, and SEA/COL Game 7 (SEA W 2-1)  — along with FLA/TOR Game 2, DAL/SEA Game 3 (SEA W 7-2), and VGK/EDM Game 3 in the Conference Semifinals.  

Hebert was previously paired up with referee Kyle Rehman since the start of the playoffs. The duo handled LAK/EDM Game 2, COL/SEA  Game 3, VGK/WPG Game 4, TBL/TOR Game 5, and NJD/NYR Game 6 in Round 1, as well as SEA/DAL Game 1 (SEA W 5-4 OT), NJD/CAR Game 2, VGK/EDM Game 3, and FLA/TOR Game 5 in the Second Round.  

 

Linesmen Scott Cherrey and Jonny Murray came together in Round 2, manning the lines for NJD/CAR Game 1, TOR/FLA Game 3, and SEA/DAL Game 5.  Cherrey worked the opening round with Brandon Gawryletz, while Murray was paired with his brother, linesman Travis Gawryletz. 

 

Series Officiating Supervisor: Don Van Massenhoven
Standby Officials: Gord Dwyer, Matt MacPherson
 

 


 
 * Numbers in orange represent ref’s ranking among active officials.
 
* Penalty Differential represents the absolute value of the variance of penalty calls by team per game. If Team A takes two more penalties (or two fewer) than Team B, this is a 2  Lower numbers indicate less variance between total penalties in a game – that is, a closer number of calls for both teams.  

 
Playoff stats updated through May 9.  Regular season stats have been updated through the end of the 2022-23 regular season
 

The officials working Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs:

NHL Referees and Linesmen for Round 2 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs