Officiating Quotes

With the rule changes that the league has adopted for the upcoming season, we believe that Stephen is ideally suited to provide direction and guidance to our on-ice officials. His judgment and professionalism on the ice, coupled with the respect he has earned as one of the top officials in the game, will be of great benefit in his transition to the officiating management ranks.

I can`t really criticize because I really don`t know the fine line of detail that goes with officiating,

I`ve addressed this before, and I`ll say it again: The league has to take a long, hard look at full-time officials. The officiating has been inconsistent all season long.

The implementation of the two-referee system to support the New Standard of Enforcement of the existing Playing Rules has resulted in an increase to the number of officials required on our Officiating Team