McCreary, Kurmann, LaRue go to their third Olympic games.
With 68 days left to the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the on-ice officials who will work the men’s and women’s Olympic ice hockey tournaments.
Leading the list is Canadian Bill McCreary, the dean of NHL referees, who is going to his third Olympic tournament. The 54-year old Guelph, Canada native officiated in Nagano 1998 where he called the gold medal game between the Czech Republic and Russia (1-0). He also officiated the gold medal game four years later in Salt Lake City, Canada – United States (5-2).
Click here for the full list of Vancouver 2010 men’s on-ice officials.
Click here for the full list of Vancouver 2010 women’s on-ice officials.
The men’s tournament will be called by 14 referees (seven from NHL) and 14 linesmen (six from NHL). NHL referees have been part of the Olympic on-ice officials’ crews since Nagano 1998.
Dennis LaRue (USA) and Danny Kurmann (Switzerland) are also going to their third Olympics. They both worked in Salt Lake City 2002 and Turin 2006. Canadian Marc Joannette (NHL) officiated at the 1997 IIHF World Championship in Finland. He was at that time an IIHF referee.
Vancouver 2010 will be the first Olympic ice hockey event where the men’s tournament will be officiated with the four-man system. The women’s games will be officiated with one referee, and two linesmen.
The women’s tournament includes six referees and nine linesmen. British referee Joy Tottman and Swedish linesman Annica Floedén are returnees from Turin 2006.
The Olympic ice hockey tournament in Vancouver is played according to the IIHF Rule Book, on a North American rink surface (Canada Hockey Place and UBC Thunderbird Arena).
Click here for the IIHF-NHL rink size comparison chart and a list of major IIHF-NHL rule differences.
Click here for on-ice officials assignments for all 2009-2010 IIHF events. For all other Olympic news and features, go to the Vancouver 2010 page on www.IIHF.com
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