Para Ice Hockey Officials Named

Officiating is and can be a thankless job that not everyone wants to do and realistically speaking, it’s for only those with “thick-skin” and have a love for the game.

Now we are hearing that the officials have been named who will be officiating in PyeongChang for the Para Ice Hockey games.

The World Para Ice Hockey has officially announced the referee’s and linesman that will be used to officiate the matches at the games.

Thirteen officials, five referee’s and eight linesman from eight different countries will officiate the eight-team tournament as the official face-off will take place March 10th in Gangneung Hockey Centre.

The officials carry a range of Para ice hockey experiences from Games, World Championships and regional competitions.

I just received this from the World Para Ice Hockey and I appreciate the info, so enjoy the read.

One of the referees comes from the US and is Johnathan Morrison who has experience working in the American Hockey League and has officiated in six World Championships A-Pool, and PyeongChang 2018 will be his fourth Paralympics.

Nine other officials return to Gangneung who officiated in the 2017 World Championships A-Pool when the competition also served as a Test Event.

Referees

• Kevin Webinger (Canada)
• Kristijan Nikolic (Austria)
• Norway’s Owe Luthcke (Austria)
• Sotaro Yamaguchi (Japan)

Linesmen

• Jan Vanek (Czech Republic)
• Young-jin Chae (South Korea)
• Youl Han (South Korea)
• Matthew Fergenbaum (Canada)
• Andreas Lunden (Sweden)
• David Nothegger (Austria)
• Matt Clark (Canada)
• Leon Wesley (Czech Republic)

We wish them all the best