Referees T.J. Luxmore and Kendrick Nicholson are paired up for the 1st time this season; they worked 0 games together last season. Linespersons Travis Gawryletz and Dylan Blujus are together for the ...

KHL Linesman Nikita Novikov had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher after taking a puck to the knee during Sunday’s game between Avtomobilist and Amur.

Some officials have worked dual roles, either as part of their career development, or based on a staffing need. These are scheduled assignment changes and do not include situations where an official ...

Newly-hired linesperson Anthony Lapointe is the first official of the Class of 2026 to make his NHL debut. Lapointe took the ice wearing #63 alongside fellow linesperson Scott Cherrey (#50), with ...

The new NCAA ice hockey rulebook is out, and it’s a big one. Secretary-rules editor Steve Piotrowski called this year’s batch 21 universal changes “perhaps the most he could remember entering a single ...

The longest of the three bans belongs to Boston’s Charlie McAvoy, who will sit out the Bruins’ first six games for a two-handed slash on Buffalo’s Zach Benson in the final 90 seconds of the Sabres’ ...

The Nashville Predators won the first Coach’s Challenge of 2026-27 after they successfully challenged for goaltender interference on Thursday night, erasing what would have been a 3-0 Minnesota lead ...

The on-ice officials thought Marco Rossi batted the puck into the Edmonton net with his glove. The Situation Room in Toronto saw it differently.

Columbus enforcer Mathieu Olivier turned a dead play into a melee when he tapped the puck into the empty net after a whistle, giving the Sabres a 5-on-3.

The NHL sent all 32 teams a video outlining this season’s uniform enforcement push - including the controversial jersey tuck penalty. Watch it here.

The NHL’s 2026 preseason is in the books with 65 games and 260 officiating assignments. Seventy-eight of the league’s 84 officials worked at least one game. Six did not. O’Rourke’s absence comes due ...