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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.
He made his NHL debut on December 22, 1990, officiating a match-up between the New Jersey Devils and Quebec Nordiques. [3] Jackson was chosen to officiate men's ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia. [4] Jackson retired after officiating his final NHL game on March 29, 2018. He now works for ESPN as their lead rules ...
The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the first time since NHL players started competing that the Olympics were held in a city with an NHL team. Teemu Selänne of Finland scored his 37th point, breaking the record of 36 first set by Canadian Harry Watson in 1924 and later tied by Vlastimil Bubník of ...
The NHL has not sent players to the Winter Olympics since the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia. ... with NHL rules, and teams will play three games in a Round Robin format with a 3-2-1 points system ...
After missing the previous two Winter Games, National Hockey League players will return to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade.
American Hockey League (former NHL) referee Dean Morton In ice hockey , an official is a person who has some responsibility for enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. There are two categories of officials, on-ice officials , who are the referees and linesmen that enforce the rules during gameplay, and off-ice officials , who ...
The NHL, along with the National Hockey League Players Association and the International Ice Hockey Federation, have agreed to allow players to participate in the 2026 and 2030 Olympic Games.
On-ice officials are present on the ice during the game, and traditionally wear a shirt with black and white vertical stripes. The National Hockey League (NHL) currently employs four on-ice officials in each game—two referees and two linespersons (also known as linesmen). [a] Referees are identified by their red or orange armbands.