OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED FOR OJHL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Press Release

The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) and the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), today announced that eight referees and eleven linesmen have been selected as candidates to work the best-of-seven OJHL Championship Series starting on April 10, 2013 at St. Michaels College School Arena in Toronto.

The South-West Conference Champion St. Michaels Buzzers will be facing the North-East Conference Champion Newmarket Hurricanes in quest of the OJHL Championship and the OHA’s Frank L. Buckland Trophy (better known as the Buckland Cup).  The winner of this series will move on to the Central Canadian Junior ‘A’ Championship, the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, being held in North Bay, Ontario from April 30 – May 4, 2013.

“These selections were based on playoff evaluations to date, input from OHA Supervisors, and in some cases teams.  The OJHL indicated to the OHA that they wanted to ensure that Officials with a strong OJHL background and exposure level were rewarded with working the Buckland Cup,” said OHA Director of Officiating Bob Morley.

“The OJHL and OHA have worked closely over the past season in ensuring that we work collaboratively on the OHA Officiating Program and we are excited to announce these well deserving officials who are working our championship series,” stated OJHL Commissioner Marty Savoy.

The following is the list of Officials who have been selected as candidates to work the OJHL Championship Series:
REFEREES                                                    LINESMEN
Korey Bannerman                                           Matt Arbour
Scott Brown                                                    Steven Black
Scott Gray                                                      Ryan Elbers
Peter Kostyk                                                   Michael Harrington
Mike Marley                                                    Adam Harris
Josef Park                                                      Andrew Hubbard
Steven Picco                                                  Justin Knaggs
David Sankey                                                 Nick Mintsopolous
                                                                        Daniel Sepe
                                                                        Kyle Smith
                                                                        Jesse Wilmot


 (Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)