Thursday’s IIHF Referees and Linespersons at the 2026 Men’s World Championship:
Latvia vs. Finland – 10:20 AM ET
Referees: Cedric Borga #28 (SUI), Sean MacFarlane #11 (USA)
Linespersons: Danny Beresford #65 (GBR), Dominik Schlegel #56 (SUI)
Standby: Taylor Burzminski #14 (CAN), Jiri Ondracek #55 (CZE)
Canada vs. Norway – 10:20 AM ET
Referees: Tomas Hronsky #20 (SVK), Andre Schrader #27 (GER)
Linespersons: Oto Durmis #68 (SVK), Anders Nyqvist #64 (SWE)
Standby: Michael Tscherrig #24 (SUI), Renars Davidonis #63 (LAT)
Switzerland vs. Great Britain – 2:20 PM ET
Referees: Nolan Bloyer #13 (USA), Riku Brander #6 (FIN)
Linespersons: Mitchell Gibbs #59 (CAN), Onni Hautamaki #66 (FIN)
Standby: Christoffer Holm #26 (SWE), Brian Birkhoff #54 (CAN)
Denmark vs. Slovakia – 2:20 PM ET
Referees: Tobias Bjork #25 (SWE), Lukas Kohlmueller #18 (GER)
Linespersons: Gustav Jonsson #61 (SWE), Njaal Sostumoen #58 (NOR)
Standby: Christian Ofner #15 (AUT), Patrick Laguzov #50 (GER)
The officials for the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship:
