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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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. 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
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 ...
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.
Terry Gregson (born November 7, 1953) is a retired NHL Referee. Gregson served as the National Hockey League Director of Officiating from 2009 through 2013. He was formerly a referee in the NHL from 1979 until 2004. He wore a helmet from the mid-1980s until the end of his refereeing career.
Bryan Lewis (born September 10, 1942) is a Canadian municipal politician and a former referee and Director of Officiating for the National Hockey League. Lewis was born in Alliston , Ontario . His first NHL experience was in the 1967-68 NHL season .
Van Hellemond's NHL officiating career began in 1969 and included 19 Stanley Cup Finals. [1] [2] In 1984, he became the first NHL on-ice official to wear a helmet; four years later, the NHL made helmets mandatory for all on-ice officials (however, any official who was not wearing a helmet at the time of the ruling could continue to go helmetless if they so desired). [3]