Friday’s IIHF Referees and Linespersons for opening day of the 2026 Men’s World Championship:
Finland vs. Germany – 10:20 AM ET
Referees: Taylor Burzminski #14 (CAN), Christoffer Holm #26 (SWE)
Linespersons: Anders Nyqvist #64 (SWE), Jiri Ondracek #55 (CZE)
Standby: Lukas Kohlmueller #18 (GER), Njaal Sostumoen #58 (NOR)
Canada vs. Sweden – 10:20 AM ET
Referees: Riku Brander #6 (FIN), Andre Schrader #27 (GER)
Linespersons: Onni Hautamaki #66 (FIN), Patrick Laguzov #50 (GER)
Standby: Cedric Borga #28 (SUI), Renars Davidonis #63 (LAT)
USA vs. Switzerland – 2:20 PM ET
Referees: Tobias Bjork #25 (SWE), Jiri Ondracek #12 (CZE)
Linespersons: Mitchell Gibbs #59 (CAN), Lukas Rampir #60 (CZE)
Standby: Tomas Hronsky #20 (SVK), Oto Durmis #68 (SVK)
Czechia vs. Denmark – 2:20 PM ET
Referees: Mikko Kaukokari #4 (FIN), Christian Ofner #15 (AUT)
Linespersons: Shane Gustafson #62 (USA), Dominik Schlegel #56 (SUI)
Standby: Michael Tscherrig #24 (SUI), Danny Beresford #65 (GBR)
The officials for the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship:
