Gord Broseker (born July 8, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired National Hockey League linesman. His career started in 1973 and ended in 2002. During his career, he officiated nine Stanley Cup finals, 1,863 regular season games, 227 playoff games, and two All-Star games. He also worked five Canada cup finals, [1] the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, and the 1998 Nagano Olympics, including the bronze medal game. His career included the 1987 game between the Devils and the Calgary Flames which played before only 334 fans due to a snowstorm. [2] From the 1994-95 season until his retirement, he wore uniform number 55. His linesman jersey was sold at auction. [3]
After his retirement he worked as the director of officiating . [4]
Kenneth Stephen Daneyko is a Ukrainian–Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played his entire twenty-season career with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL), winning three Stanley Cup championships with the team. He has been nicknamed "Mr. Devil" by Devils fans, as he currently holds both the franchise record for games played as a Devil with 1,283 games and in penalty minutes with 2,516. Daneyko now provides colour analysis alongside Bill Spaulding during broadcasts of Devils games on MSG Sportsnet.
Don Koharski is a retired professional ice hockey referee in the National Hockey League. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida, with his wife, with whom he has two sons. Starting with the 1994–95 NHL season, he wore uniform number 12, and, since the 1987–88 NHL season, he wore a helmet while refereeing NHL games.
Peter Maxwell McNab was a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, with the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, and New Jersey Devils. He later served as the color commentator for the Colorado Avalanche from their inaugural 1995–96 season until his death.
Thomas "Swede" Knox was a National Hockey League (NHL) linesman. He officiated over 2,248 NHL games, starting in 1972, and wore a helmet from the mid-1980s until his retirement in 2000. He also officiated five Stanley Cup Finals and one NHL All-Star Game.
Garry Robert Charles Howatt is a Canadian former ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders, Hartford Whalers, and New Jersey Devils between 1972 and 1984. With the Islanders Howatt won the Stanley Cup in 1980 and 1981. Howatt was known for his toughness and, due to his small size, had the nickname "Toy Tiger."
George Hayes was a Canadian linesman in the National Hockey League.
Jay Sharrers is a Canadian former ice hockey linesman, and a one-time referee, in the National Hockey League (NHL) who wore uniform number 57. As of March 2010, Sharrers had officiated 1064 regular season games and 127 playoff games as the first Black NHL referee. Sharrers began in the NHL in 1990 and has worked the Stanley Cup Finals in 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2013 and the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Ron Asselstine is a retired National Hockey League linesman.
Wayne Bonney is a retired National Hockey League linesman. His NHL career started in 1979 after a brilliant career with the WHA, and ended in 2004. During his career, he officiated 2,470 regular season games, 134 playoff games, five Stanley Cup finals, the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, and one All-Star game. From the 1994-95 NHL season until his retirement, he wore uniform number 94. He also became the first NHL official to wear a visor. On November 3rd, 1990, Bonney worked two games in one day. He worked a matinee game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, later that day he worked the game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Boston Bruins at the Boston Garden, when Gerard Gauthier the linesman who was scheduled to work the game was ill and couldn't make it.
Randy Mitton is a Canadian retired National Hockey League linesman. His career started in 1972 and ended in 2004. During his career, Mitton officiated one Stanley Cup final, 2,109 regular season games, 156 playoff games, the 1987 Canada Cup, and two All-Star games.
Leon Evan Stickle is a Canadian former National Hockey League linesman. His officiating career started in 1969 and ended in 1998.
Pat Dapuzzo is a retired National Hockey League linesman, who wore uniform number 60. He officiated in the NHL from 1984–2008.
Shane Heyer is a retired National Hockey League (NHL) linesman. He officiated the 2010 Olympics, two World Cup of Hockey tournaments, one NHL All-Star Game, and six Stanley Cup Finals. His career started in the 1988–89 NHL season, and he wore uniform number 55.
Mark Paré is a Canadian retired National Hockey League linesman who wore uniform number 79.
Pierre Racicot is a retired National Hockey League linesman. As an official, he wore uniform number 65.
The 1986–87 New Jersey Devils season was the 13th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and fifth season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. This was the franchise's ninth consecutive season out of the playoffs.
Jean Morin is a Canadian retired National Hockey League linesman who wore uniform number 97.
Chris Ciamaga, is a former American Hockey League and National Hockey League referee who wore uniform #13 in the AHL and #41 in the NHL. Ciamaga began his NHL refereeing career on March 22, 2008, with the New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins game. A member of the NHL Officials' Association from 2006 to 2011, Ciamaga had refereed 17 games at the NHL level.
Mike Cvik is a Canadian former National Hockey League linesman, who wore uniform number #88. At 6 foot, 9 Inches, Cvik was the same height as the NHL's tallest player, Zdeno Chára. He worked more than 1800 NHL games, including his highlights such as the gold medal game at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the NHL All-Star Game and the Stanley Cup Playoffs.