Saturday’s IIHF Referees and Linespersons at the 2026 Men’s World Championship:
Latvia vs. USA – 6:20 AM ET
Referees: Christoffer Holm #26 (SWE), Christian Ofner #15 (AUT)
Linespersons: Onni Hautamaki #66 (FIN), Jiri Ondracek #55 (CZE)
Standby: Nolan Bloyer #13 (USA), Danny Beresford #65 (GBR)
Denmark vs. Slovenia – 6:20 AM ET
Referees: Tobias Bjork #25 (SWE), Tomas Hronsky #20 (SVK)
Linespersons: Tommi Niittyla #70 (FIN), Njaal Sostumoen #58 (NOR)
Standby: Lukas Kohlmueller #18 (GER), Gustav Jonsson #61 (SWE)
Switzerland vs. Hungary – 10:20 AM ET
Referees: Andre Schrader #27 (GER), Marcus Wannerstedt #22 (NOR)
Linespersons: Shane Gustafson #62 (USA), Lukas Rampir #60 (CZE)
Standby: Sean MacFarlane #11 (USA), John Rey #57 (USA)
Slovakia vs. Czechia – 10:20 AM ET
Referees: Taylor Burzminski #14 (CAN), Jesse Gour #19 (CAN)
Linespersons: Brian Birkhoff #54 (CAN), Anders Nyqvist #64 (SWE)
Standby: Michael Tscherrig #24 (SUI), Oto Durmis #68 (SVK)
Austria vs. Germany – 2:20 PM ET
Referees: TBD
Linespersons: TBD
Standby: TBD
Norway vs. Sweden – 2:20 PM ET
Referees: TBD
Linespersons: TBD
Standby: TBD
The officials for the 2026 IIHF Men’s World Championship:
