* 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 ...

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The Colorado Avalanche thought they’d scored four times on Wednesday night. Only two of them counted. Colorado had a pair of goals taken off the board in the first ten minutes against the Dallas Stars ...

The AHL continues the 2026-27 season tonight with 10 games. Here are the referees and linespersons assigned to each game, with their 2025-26 games officiated and penalties per game (referees).

The ECHL has updated its officiating roster for 2026-27 - and has increased the number of games to be handled by a two-ref crew. The changes and the lineup: ...

Former NHLer Kevin Connauton will make his professional officiating debut tonight, working Steelheads vs. Goatheads in the ECHL ...

The Montreal Canadiens needed six rounds of a shootout to beat the Detroit Red Wings 1-0 on Saturday night after having three apparent goals taken off the board ...

The Ottawa Senators’ successful goaltender-interference challenge wiped out Jesper Boqvist’s third-period goal on Monday, after the NHL’s Situation Room ruled that Cody Glass had poked the puck loose ...