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The Director of Officiating for the National Hockey League (NHL) heads the league's officiating department and reports directly to the senior vice president of the league. The director of officiating is assisted by officiating managers in the NHL's Toronto office.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. NHL's Director of Officiating (2005-2009; since 2013) Stephen Walkom Born (1963-08-08) August 8, 1963 (age 61) North Bay, Ontario Occupation Director of Officiating for the National Hockey League Stephen Walkom (born August 8, 1963) currently serves as vice president and director of ...
The Director of Officiating can refer to a position within several professional sports leagues: Director of Officiating (NHL), National Hockey League; Director of Officiating (NFL); see List of National Football League officials; Director of Officiating (NBA), National Basketball Association; see Ed T. Rush
He worked more than 1000 games, 30 playoff games, and nine Stanley Cup Finals at the NHL level, and was named Director of Officiating in 1989, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John McCauley. In this position, he oversaw a staff of 90, as well as the officiating of both the NHL and the AHL. He retired from this position in 2000.
Koharski began his officiating career in the World Hockey Association in 1975, as a 19-year-old linesman. (He is the final player or official from the WHA to be involved in professional hockey in an on-ice capacity.) In 1976, he was signed by the American Hockey League while working with a local dairy farm, for which he was milking cows.
The highest level for this system is the ECHL, which does official development for the NHL. These officials are working in a four-official system; the two middle officials are the referees, identifiable by their orange armbands. The four-official system adds a second referee for a total of two referees and two linesmen. In this system, each ...
Director of Officiating (NHL) List of Stanley Cup Finals officials; A. Shandor Alphonso; Derek Amell; Neil Armstrong (ice hockey) John Ashley (ice hockey) Ron Asselstine;
He never wore a helmet during his officiating career. From the 1994–95 NHL season until his retirement in 2003, he wore uniform number 22. Stewart is men's and women's league director of officiating for ECAC Hockey , [ 4 ] and in 2012, also took on duties as a judicial and discipline consultant to the Kontinental Hockey League .