NHL referees and linesmen may be entering the 2019-20 season without a contract. The league and NHLOA are still negotiating a new CBA as their previous agreement, signed in 2014, expires before the start of the season.
Read MoreLinesman Tim Nowak hung up his skates in April, closing out a 26-year NHL career in stripes. Here’s a comical look at retired life for the Buffalo native
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NHL referee Furman South, a graduate of Robert Morris University, recently caught up with his alma mater to talk about life as a National Hockey League official
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Assault charges are pending against two men after a referee was attacked during a youth hockey tournament in Lethbridge.
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The KHL has updated their referees and linesmen for the 2019-20 season, with three new officials and two coming back to rejoin the league.
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The 2019 NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City will feature officials from the ECHL as well as invitees from the NHL Officiating Exposure Combine.
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The NHL has promoted three officials to full-time status for the 2019-20 season: referee Peter MacDougall and linesmen Bevan Mills and James Tobias.
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On-ice officials may feel the impacts of a recent California Supreme Court decision on the definition of ‘independent contractors’
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The Ontario Hockey League’s annual officiating camp included rule reviews, on and off ice training, and some recognition for linesman Geoff Rutherford
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Two additional linesmen have joined the NHL ranks for the 2019-20 season with Julien Fournier and Travis Toomey added to the officiating roster.
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