Monday’s IIHF Referees and Linespersons at the 2026 Men’s World Championship: 

 

Finland vs. USA – 10:20 AM ET

Referees: Tobias Bjork #25 (SWE), Tomas Hronsky #20 (SVK)
Linespersons: Brian Birkhoff #54 (CAN), Jiri Ondracek #55 (CZE)
Standby: Marcus Wannerstedt #22 (NOR), Oto Durmis #68 (SVK)

 

Canada vs. Denmark – 10:20 AM ET

Referees: Mikko Kaukokari #4 (FIN), Christian Ofner #15 (AUT)
Linespersons: Onni Hautamaki #66 (FIN), Patrick Laguzov #50 (GER)
Standby: Sean MacFarlane #11 (USA), Tommi Niittyla #70 (FIN)

 

Germany vs. Switzerland – 2:20 PM ET

Referees: Christoffer Holm #26 (SWE), Jiri Ondracek #12 (CZE)
Linespersons: Mitchell Gibbs #59 (CAN), Lukas Rampir #60 (CZE)
Standby: Taylor Burzminski #14 (CAN), Danny Beresford #65 (GBR)

 

Sweden vs. Czechia – 2:20 PM ET

Referees: Riku Brander #6 (FIN), Andre Schrader #27 (GER)
Linespersons: Shane Gustafson #62 (USA), Dominik Schlegel #56 (SUI)
Standby: Jesse Gour #19 (CAN), Anders Nyqvist #64 (SWE)

 


 

The officials for the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship:

IIHF Selects Officials for 2026 Men’s World Championship