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List of NHL on-ice officials
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In ice hockey, an official is responsible for enforcing the rules and maintaining order. 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. They are responsible for the general supervision of the game, assess penalties, and conduct face-offs at the beginning of each period and after a goal is scored. When play is stopped for another reason, the face-offs are conducted by the linesmen. The linesmen are primarily responsible for violations involving the centre line and blue lines, such as icing and offside infractions.

NHL officials wear identifying numbers on the back of their jerseys. From the 1977–78 season until the 1994–95 season, they wore name bars instead of numbers.
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Current officials
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- #35 (referee) and #85 (linesperson) are spare numbers; they are not issued to anyone, and are only worn in the event that a game-assigned official's equipment is lost in transit.
- #72 is retired in honor of late linesman Stephane Provost, who died in 2005.
- #99 was retired league-wide in 2000 to honour Wayne Gretzky.
- † indicates an official on an NHL/AHL minor league contract
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Former NHL officials
Don Adam [48]
Derek Amell
Reid Anderson
Blaine Angus
Neil Armstrong
Malcolm Ashford
George Ashley (October 14, 1941 – April 8, 2024) – Deceased
John Ashley – Deceased
Ron Asselstine
Stephane Auger [49]
Charlie Banfield
David Banfield
Bill Beagan [50]
Claude Bechard (November 2, 1938 – July 5, 2007) – Deceased
Bob Best
Ken Bodendistel (1940 – November 21, 2013) – Deceased
Wayne Bonney
Ryan Bozak
Gord Broseker
John Brown
Vern Buffey (December 26, 1928 – September 11, 1990) – Deceased
Darcy Burchell
Lonnie Cameron [51]
Brent Casselman
Bill Chadwick – Deceased[52]
Pierre Champoux
Jim Christison (September 13, 1946 – November 30, 2016) – Deceased[53]
Chris Ciamaga
King Clancy – Deceased
David Clutsam
Kevin Collins [54]
Mike Cvik [55]
Angelo D'Amico
John D'Amico – Deceased
Pat Dapuzzo [56]
Bernard DeGrace
Greg Devorski [57]
Paul Devorski [58]
Steve Dowling
James Doyle
Scott Driscoll [59]
Ron Ego
Chaucer Elliott – Deceased
Joe Ernst
Mark Faucette
Ron Finn
Paul Flaherty
Wayne Forsey
Ron Fournier [60]
Bob Frampton – Deceased
Kerry Fraser [61]
Bill Friday [62] — Deceased
Ryan Galloway [63]
Gerard Gauthier
Doug Geiger
Darren Gibbs [64]
Roger Gilbertson
Lloyd Gilmour (August 19, 1927 – August 11, 2010) – Deceased
John Grandt
Terry Gregson
Conrad Hache
Bob Hall
Ron Harris – Deceased
Wally Harris — Deceased
Mike Hasenfratz — Deceased
George Hayes – Deceased
Don Henderson
Bob Henry
Bobby Hewitson – Deceased
Shane Heyer
Scott Hoberg
Bob Hodges
Ron Hoggarth
Bruce Hood – Deceased[65]
Mickey Ion – Deceased
Dave Jackson [66]
Marc Joannette [67]
Greg Kimmerly [68]
Swede Knox – Deceased
Don Koharski [69]
Tom Kowal [70]
Bob Langdon [71]
Dennis LaRue
Brad Lazarowich [72]
Mike Leggo [73]
Alfie LeJeune (September 19, 1945 – October 17, 2012) – Deceased
Mark Lemelin
Bryan Lewis [74]
Dave Lewis
Bob Luther
Brian Mach [75]
Dan Marouelli
Rob Martell [76]
Bill McCreary [77]
John McCauley – Deceased
Dan McCourt [78] - Deceased
Andy McElman [79]
Michael McGeough – Deceased[80]
Pat Meehan
Brad Meier [81]
Steve Miller [82]
Randy Mitton
Denis Morel
Jean Morin [83]
Dean Morton [84]
Brian Murphy [85]
Bob Myers
Kory Nagy [86]
Thor Nelson [87]
Dave Newell (February 25, 1945 – December 16, 2018) – Deceased[88]
Mike Noeth 1
Will Norris (died April 2025)
Tim Nowak
Conor O'Donnell [89]
Dan O'Halloran [90]
Mark Pare
Dennis Parish
Baron Parker
Jerry Pateman [91]
Matt Pavelich
Tim Peel
Kevin Pollock [92]
Stephane Provost – Deceased
Pierre Racicot
Lance Roberts
Mike Rodden – Deceased
Vaughan Rody [93]
Evgeny Romasko [94]
Ian Sandercock
Troy Sartison
Ray Scapinello [95]
Dan Schachte – Deceased[96]
Jay Sharrers [97]
Lyle Seitz
Anthony Sericolo
Jamie Seward
Randy Shantz
Pat Shetler
Harry David Shewchyk
Rob Shick [98]
Sam Sisco
Art Skov – Deceased
Cooper Smeaton – Deceased
Ag Smith – Deceased
Craig Spada
Paul Stewart [99]
Leon Stickle
Red Storey – Deceased
Justin St. Pierre [100][101]
Ted Topping (September 27, 1923 – May 24, 2016) – Deceased
Richard Trottier
Frank Udvari
Andy Van Hellemond
Don Van Massenhoven [102]
Mark Vines
Marcus Vinnerborg
Cameron Voss
Stephen Walkom
Ian Walsh
Dean Warren
Brad Watson
Ken Wheler
Mark Wheler [103]
Ron Wicks – Deceased[104]
Scott Zelkin
- 1 Noeth was hired to NHL contract at age 20, at that time the youngest referee ever hired by the NHL.
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Officials in the Hockey Hall of Fame
Notes
- The title of linesman was changed to linesperson as of the 2023–24 NHL season.[1]
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