Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers
Eastern Conference Final
Game 4 – 8:00 PM ET

REFEREES

  Jean Hebert #15
Garrett Rank #7
Games ’24-25 73 73
Career Games (RS/PO) 823 / 111 672 / 33
First NHL Game 3/30/11 1/15/15
Birthplace Bouctouche, NB Elmira, ON
Goals/Gm 6.0 (23) | 5.8 (12) 5.7 (39) | 6.1 (9)
PP Opp/Gm 5.5 (14) | 3.3 (15) 5.3 (25) | 4.0 (7)
PPG/Gm 1.2 (13) | 0.4 (18) 1.0 (38) | 0.5 (11)
Penl/Gm 7.6 (6) | 7.4 (16) 7.0 (18) | 9.8 (6)
PIM/Gm 18.7 (5) | 16.8 (18) 16.2 (21) | 20.8 (12)
% of Penl on Home 50.4% (4) | 48.6% (6) 47.1% (36) | 46.2% (14)
% PP Opp for Home 49.4% (39) | 15.2% (18) 55.2% (5) | 25.0% (12)
Penl Diff.* 1.2 (34) | 0.8 (16) 1.3 (18) | 1.5 (6)
Home Win % 67% (7) | 60% (14) 60% (30) | 50% (19)
Home Rec. 46-21-7 | 6-5 40-26-8 | 4-5
OT/SO Games 17.6% (29)  23.0% (12) 
Team Records 24-25 23-24 22-23 24-25 23-24 22-23
CAR 1-3-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 2-1-0 3-3-0 5-0-0
FLA 4-3-2 5-2-1 2-1-0 4-3-0 6-1-0 2-1-2
 

 
LINESPERSONS

  Devin Berg #87
Bevan Mills #53
Games ’24-25 73 72
Career Games (RS/PO) 669 / 86 513 / 36
First NHL Game 10/15/15 11/29/16
First Playoff Game 4/11/18 5/16/21
Birthplace Kitchener, ON Surrey, BC

  

Referees Jean Hebert and Garrett Rank worked Game 2 of Oilers vs. Stars in the Western Conference Final. They previously took the ice in Round 2 at DAL/WPG Game 1, VGK/EDM Game 3, WSH/CAR Game 4, and TOR/FLA Game 6.  Hebert also officiated TOR/FLA Game 7 with Chris Rooney, only to have Garrett Rank take the ice as the standby ref following Rooney’s injury

Rank also saw action earlier this round – again, coming in off the bench – after an injury to ref Kelly Sutherland at FLA/CAR Game 1.

Hebert worked the opening round with Peter MacDougall, officiating NJD/CAR Game 2, TOR/OTT Game 4, MTL/WSH Game 5, and WPG/STL Game 6.

Rank skated with Brian Pochmara at OTT/TOR Game 1, VGK/MIN Game 3, DAL/COL Game 4, and FLA/TBL Game 5.  

 

 

Standby Officials: Francis Charron (#6), Scott Cherrey (#50)
Series Supervisor: Kay Whitmore

 


 

Stats have been updated through two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Data in blue shows current playoff stats and ranks.

Games: RS (Regular Season) / PO (Playoffs) 

Stats/Numbers: ’24-25 avg. (’24-25 rank) | ’25 Playoffs  (’25 Playoff rank)

Number in orange/parentheses indicated referee’s rank 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. 

 

The full line-up of playoff officials for the Conference Finals of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs:

NHL Officials Moving on to Stanley Cup Playoff Conference Finals

 

We’ve got referee stats, new rules, new refs, promoted officials, and an updated pronunciation guide for 2024-25.

Here is the NHL’s officating roster for the 2024-25 season: 

NHL Officials – 2024-25