RefMetrics Hockey

NHL Game Leaders

Rank NHL officials by assignment volume across the seasons currently tracked in RefMetrics.

Use the season and role filters to compare referees and linespersons in one leaderboard.

Season View
All Seasons

Current leaderboard scope.

Role View
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Tracked Officials
111

Officials with at least one logged assignment in this view.

Top Total
429

Wes McCauley leads the current scope.

Workload Rankings

Compare total assignments, season counts, scoring environment, penalty volume, overtime rate, and attendance by official.

# Official Role Games Seasons Avg Goals Avg PIM OT Rate Avg Attendance
1 Wes McCauley Referee 429 5 6.27 18.1 16.3% 17,307
2 Matt MacPherson Linesperson 428 5 6.13 19.6 13.3% 17,602
3 Devin Berg Linesperson 427 5 6.28 18.1 16.4% 17,290
4 Kelly Sutherland Referee 421 5 6.18 18.6 14.7% 17,811
5 Ryan Gibbons Linesperson 419 5 6.28 18.6 15.8% 16,788
6 Kiel Murchison Linesperson 418 5 6.14 18.5 13.2% 16,981
7 Bevan Mills Linesperson 410 5 6.22 18.4 14.1% 17,342
8 Garrett Rank Referee 406 5 6.16 20.1 16.5% 17,393
9 Shandor Alphonso Linesperson 406 5 6.22 17.3 15.3% 17,389
10 Kyle Rehman Referee 404 5 6.22 18.3 15.3% 16,478
11 Graham Skilliter Referee 403 5 6.33 18.2 10.7% 16,835
12 Trevor Hanson Referee 403 5 6.01 20.5 15.4% 16,971
13 Steve Barton Linesperson 402 5 6.16 19.5 15.9% 17,562
14 James Tobias Linesperson 400 5 5.92 19.3 16.0% 17,373
15 Trent Knorr Linesperson 399 5 6.41 18.6 16.3% 16,447
16 Libor Suchanek Linesperson 396 5 6.21 17.3 16.9% 17,669
17 Eric Furlatt Referee 394 5 6.35 18.3 18.5% 17,723
18 Frederick L'Ecuyer Referee 393 5 6.04 19.0 14.2% 17,581
19 Brandon Gawryletz Linesperson 390 5 6.07 18.2 13.1% 16,793
20 Chris Rooney Referee 390 5 6.27 19.6 14.1% 17,217
21 Kendrick Nicholson Referee 390 5 6.32 18.8 13.3% 17,428
22 Scott Cherrey Linesperson 390 5 6.21 18.7 16.2% 18,020
23 Kyle Flemington Linesperson 387 5 6.42 18.3 15.5% 17,446
24 Andrew Smith Linesperson 384 5 6.2 18.7 14.6% 17,537
25 Pierre Lambert Referee 383 5 6.27 17.6 15.9% 17,347
26 Jake Brenk Referee 382 5 6.3 19.2 17.3% 17,425
27 Travis Gawryletz Linesperson 382 5 6.07 18.8 12.8% 17,062
28 David Brisebois Linesperson 381 5 6.13 18.3 13.4% 17,291
29 Tyson Baker Linesperson 381 5 6.34 16.4 17.8% 16,918
30 Furman South Referee 378 5 6.05 16.6 15.1% 17,164
31 Julien Fournier Linesperson 376 5 6.38 17.7 12.5% 17,420
32 Jesse Marquis Linesperson 375 5 6.05 18.0 18.4% 17,562
33 Corey Syvret Referee 374 5 6.1 16.6 16.3% 16,630
34 Jon McIsaac Referee 374 5 6.26 17.5 14.7% 17,653
35 Mark Shewchyk Linesperson 374 5 6.47 17.8 13.4% 17,492
36 Jonathan Deschamps Linesperson 373 5 6.28 18.5 14.7% 17,391
37 Peter MacDougall Referee 372 5 6.2 18.2 15.1% 17,192
38 Brad Kovachik Linesperson 371 5 6.33 18.1 15.4% 17,376
39 Gord Dwyer Referee 369 5 6.34 19.3 13.8% 17,087
40 Chris Lee Referee 364 5 6.12 16.6 16.5% 17,414
41 CJ Murray Linesperson 363 5 6.26 17.4 14.0% 17,122
42 Tom Chmielewski Referee 363 5 6.25 17.5 12.7% 17,134
43 Jean Hebert Referee 362 5 6.17 18.9 14.9% 17,708
44 Jonny Murray Linesperson 361 5 6.35 18.5 15.5% 17,855
45 Kilian McNamara Linesperson 356 5 6.21 17.9 15.4% 17,142
46 Ryan Daisy Linesperson 356 5 6.22 18.6 16.0% 17,758
47 Caleb Apperson Linesperson 352 5 6.07 18.0 18.2% 16,599
48 Michael Markovic Referee 352 5 6.38 19.4 20.7% 16,928
49 Ben O'Quinn Linesperson 350 5 6.26 17.4 20.6% 17,088
50 Brandon Blandina Referee 349 5 6.14 18.0 16.9% 17,238
51 Dan O'Rourke Referee 349 5 6.03 17.9 19.2% 17,758
52 Dan Kelly Linesperson 332 5 6.14 17.0 15.4% 17,135
53 Brian Pochmara Referee 331 5 6.16 18.3 15.4% 17,292
54 Travis Toomey Linesperson 328 5 6.34 17.9 13.4% 16,764
55 Mitch Dunning Referee 325 5 6.27 17.3 12.9% 17,352
56 Francis Charron Referee 322 5 6.23 17.6 19.3% 17,833
57 Chris Schlenker Referee 319 5 6.4 18.2 15.4% 16,803
58 Michel Cormier Linesperson 317 5 6.19 18.5 18.0% 17,302
59 Brandon Schrader Referee 310 5 6.31 17.9 17.4% 16,595
60 Ghislain Hebert Referee 304 4 6.49 19.1 15.1% 17,262
61 Derek Nansen Linesperson 298 4 6.16 19.4 11.7% 17,029
62 Steve Kozari Referee 275 4 6.31 19.2 14.9% 17,189
63 Bryan Pancich Linesperson 260 4 6.48 17.4 13.8% 17,206
64 Tommy Hughes Linesperson 257 4 6.03 18.2 15.2% 17,311
65 Carter Sandlak Referee 256 5 6.41 15.5 17.6% 17,174
66 TJ Luxmore Referee 243 3 6.05 17.5 18.9% 17,900
67 Ryan Galloway Linesperson 220 3 6.45 17.5 20.5% 16,533
68 Justin Kea Referee 218 5 6.33 17.0 10.6% 17,500
69 Francois StLaurent Referee 216 3 6.25 18.3 15.3% 17,702
70 Cody Beach Referee 212 5 6.33 19.5 17.5% 17,085
71 Kevin Pollock Referee 203 3 6.26 17.8 15.3% 16,935
72 Joe Mahon Linesperson 200 4 6.3 17.9 17.5% 16,299
73 Beau Halkidis Referee 181 5 6.24 18.2 13.8% 17,248
74 Justin Johnson Linesperson 176 4 6.31 17.9 17.0% 16,197
75 Ryan Jackson Linesperson 162 4 6.07 16.5 14.2% 17,367
76 Jordan Samuels-Thomas Referee 161 5 6.43 18.7 14.9% 16,591
77 Thomas John Luxmore Referee 158 2 6.06 18.4 15.8% 16,760
78 Justin St. Pierre Referee 148 2 6.26 16.5 10.1% 16,518
79 Mitch Hunt Linesperson 138 4 6.47 18.1 12.3% 16,143
80 Brandon Grillo Linesperson 127 3 6.27 15.7 16.5% 17,580
81 Francois St-Laurent Referee 118 2 6.41 18.4 16.1% 17,014
82 Marc Joannette Referee 107 2 6.43 17.5 10.3% 16,973
83 Morgan MacPhee Referee 98 4 6.09 15.3 16.3% 17,429
84 Reid Anderson Referee 73 2 6.47 18.9 13.7% 15,534
85 Ian Walsh Referee 68 1 6.4 17.0 5.9% 15,632
86 Vaughan Rody Linesperson 68 1 6.54 17.2 11.8% 15,952
87 Stephen Hiff Referee 67 3 6.06 17.8 11.9% 17,780
88 Conor O'Donnell Referee 67 2 5.94 14.5 16.4% 15,724
89 Brad Meier Referee 61 1 6.08 16.5 19.7% 15,953
90 Dean Morton Referee 61 1 5.97 13.0 21.3% 15,927
91 Mike Sullivan Referee 59 3 6.29 16.1 15.3% 17,360
92 Graedy Hamilton Referee 56 3 6.05 17.9 12.5% 16,690
93 Jeremy Faucher Linesperson 56 1 5.95 17.9 21.4% 17,833
94 Shawn Oliver Linesperson 55 1 6.07 20.7 27.3% 17,451
95 Dylan Blujus Linesperson 49 1 6.31 18.8 14.3% 17,653
96 Kory Nagy Linesperson 46 1 6.5 19.7 17.4% 15,154
97 Riley Brace Referee 35 3 6.14 18.7 11.4% 17,643
98 Liam Maaskant Referee 29 2 6.48 15.7 10.3% 17,501
99 Alex Lepkowski Referee 24 2 5.75 18.0 0.0% 17,570
100 Dan O'Rourke Linesperson 2 2 6.0 22.5 50.0% 18,528
101 Garrett Rank Linesperson 2 1 7.0 16.0 0.0% 19,185
102 Ben Betker Referee 1 1 4.0 10.0 0.0% 18,146
103 Brandon Schrader Linesperson 1 1 6.0 14.0 0.0% 17,663
104 Chad Huseby Linesperson 1 1 7.0 10.0 0.0% 18,347
105 Chris Schlenker Linesperson 1 1 3.0 12.0 0.0% 15,225
106 Cody Huseby Linesperson 1 1 7.0 10.0 0.0% 18,347
107 Frederick L'Ecuyer Linesperson 1 1 6.0 6.0 0.0% 18,016
108 Jonathan Deschamps Referee 1 1 7.0 10.0 0.0% 13,559
109 Michael Markovic Linesperson 1 1 5.0 16.0 0.0% 18,960
110 Tom Chmielewski Linesperson 1 1 6.0 16.0 0.0% 18,129
111 Wes McCauley Linesperson 1 1 7.0 18.0 0.0% 19,261