The 2026 IIHF Men’s Under-18 World Championships kick off April 22 in Slovakia.
We’ve got 24 officials representing 13 countries. Here are the IIHF referees and linesmen for this year’s tourney:
Referees
Filip Crman #18 (Slovakia)
Gergely Gebei #22 (Hungary)
Sam Heidemann #14 (USA)
Toni Hyvarinen #6 (Finland)
Chad Ingalls #15 (Canada)
Jeroen Klijberg #17 (Netherlands)
Ludek Pilny #20 (Czechia)
Christoph Sternat #12 (Austria)
Tyson Stewart #4 (Canada)
Phillip Stroebel #16 (Switzerland)
Johan Wedin #25 (Sweden)
Marek Zak #21 (Slovakia)
Linespersons
Vincent Brueggemann #62 (Germany)
Kenneth Englisch #53 (Germany)
Ryan Fraley #57 (Great Britain)
Stanislav Hnat #64 (Czechia)
Peter Jedlicka #63 (Slovakia)
Spencer Knox #59 (Canada)
Teo Makinen #56 (Finland)
Daniel Rigoni #58 (Italy)
Quinn Schafer #60 (USA)
Teodor Sorholm #61 (Sweden)
Aurelien Urfer #55 (Switzerland)
Tyler Willie #50 (USA)
Referee Marek Zak returns from the 2025 Under-18 World Championship.
Officiating Coaches
Supporting the stripes are coaches Keith Kaval (USA), Masi Puolakka (FIN), Patrik Sjoberg (SWE), and Anna Wiegand (SUI).
Congrats to all the international officials selected to work this tournament!
