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Jun 12, 2025 | Tonight’s Officials: NHL
Tonight’s NHL officials for Game 4 are back for more, having worked Game 2 in Edmonton. Thursday’s stripes:
Referees Jean Hebert and Chris Rooney are paired up for the third time in the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, having worked Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final (FLA W 5-4 2OT). This duo was previously put together in the first round to handle Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers (FLA W 6-1).
Jean Hebert most recently worked Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final with referee Kelly Sutherland. He worked the earlier Conference Finals games alongside Garrett Rank at EDM/DAL Game 2 (EDM W 3-0) and CAR/FLA Game 4 (FLA L 3-0). Hebert and Rank were also partnered up in Round 2, working DAL/WPG Game 1, VGK/EDM Game 3 (EDM L 4-3), WSH/CAR Game 4, and TOR/FLA Game 6 (FLA L 2-0). Hebert also officiated TOR/FLA Game 7 (FLA W 6-1) with Chris Rooney and Garrett Rank, after Rank came in as the standby ref following Rooney’s injury.
Hebert worked the opening round with Peter MacDougall, officiating NJD/CAR Game 2, TOR/OTT Game 4, MTL/WSH Game 5, and WPG/STL Game 6.
Florida is 2-2 with Hebert in stripes, while Edmonton has gone 1-2.
Chris Rooney worked two games in the Conference Finals – both out west – after returning to action following a scary injury from a high stick to the face, He worked DAL/EDM Game 4 (EDM W 4-1) with Dan O’Rourke, then returned for DAL/EDM Game 5 (EDM W 6-3) with Wes McCauley.
Rooney worked alongside Graham Skilliter in Round 2 at TOR/FLA Game 1 (FLA L 5-4), WSH/CAR Game 2, and WPG/DAL Game 3. He also handled TOR/FLA Game 7 (FLA W 6-1) with Jean Hebert before leaving due to aforementioned injury. Rooney previously skated with Jon McIsaac in the opening round at STL/WPG Game 2, COL/DAL Game 3, FLA/TBL Game 4 (FLA W 4-2), and EDM/LAK Game 6 (EDM W 6-4).
The Oilers and Panthers are both 3-1 this postseason when Rooney’s reffing.
Series Supervisor: Kris King
Stats have been updated through two rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Data in blue shows current playoff stats and ranks.
Games: RS (Regular Season) / PO (Playoffs)
Stats/Numbers: ’24-25 avg. (’24-25 rank) | ’25 Playoffs (’25 Playoff rank)
Number in orange/parentheses indicated referee’s rank among active officials.
* Penalty Differential represents the absolute value of the variance of penalty calls by team per game. If Team A takes two more penalties (or two fewer) than Team B, this is a 2. Lower numbers indicate less variance between total penalties in a game – that is, a closer number of calls for both teams.
The full line-up of playoff officials for the Conference Finals of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs:
NHL Referees, Linespersons Selected for 2025 Stanley Cup Final
We’ve got referee stats, new rules, new refs, promoted officials, and an updated pronunciation guide for 2024-25.
Here is the NHL’s officating roster for the 2024-25 season:
NHL Officials – 2024-25
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