Saturday’s IIHF Referees and Linespersons at the 2026 World Juniors. Today’s WJC Officials for December 27, 2025:

 

Slovakia vs. Germany – 2:00 PM ET

Referees: Andreas Huber #14 (AUT), Hayden Verbeek #48 (CAN)
Linespersons: Luke Pye #56 (CAN), Michael Stalder #92 (SUI)
Standby: Rocco Stachowiak #6 (USA), Joni Pekkala #72 (FIN)

 

Latvia vs. Canada – 4:30 PM ET

Referees: Martin Jobbagy #21 (SVK), Richard Magnusson #24 (SWE)
Linespersons: Albert Ankerstjerne #98 (DEN), Rasmus Stromberg #88 (SWE)
Standby: Adam Tobias #16 (USA), David Thuma #61 (CZE)

 

USA vs. Switzerland – 6:00 PM ET

Referees: Tomas Mejzlik #29 (CZE), Troy Murray #15 (CAN)
Linespersons: Nicholas Albinati #68 (CAN), Luka Makinen #67 (FIN)
Standby: Andreas Huber #14 (AUT), Scott Allan #96 (USA)

 

Denmark vs. Czechia – 8:30 PM ET

Referees: Cedric Borga #33 (SUI), John Lindner #9 (USA)
Linespersons: Bryan Gorcoff #79 (USA), Matthew Heinen #93 (USA)
Standby: Richard Magnusson #24 (SWE), Anthony LaPointe #58 (CAN)

 

 


 

The officials for the 2026 World Juniors Championship:

IIHF Names Referees and Linesmen for 2026 World Juniors