who didn’t make the cut

The NHLOA releases the names of the officials who are in this year’s playoffs. Congrats to them all.

Of course, the truly curious then want to know who didn’t make the cut.

For referees:

These two opted out and are retiring, and god bless, we loved to complain about Kerry Fraser, but I always wanted him reffing in key games, and Marouelli was always a top notch, solid guy you never heard much about because he just got the job done and did it well.
2 Fraser, Kerry NHL 9/1/1973
6 Marouelli, Dan NHL 9/1/1982
Of the rest? Van Massenhoven and Jackson are out injured. I’ve deleted the part time AHL/NHL guys. Some of the newer guys (Dwyer and St. Pierre) will get passes because lower seniority will tend to lose out.
But there are some interesting names here. To be honest, Kowal and Hasenfrazt and morton are NEVER on my playoff lists.
And lookie, there’s Stephane Auger. Now, WHERE have I heard that name before. Not surprising he didn’t make the playoff cut, given his season. Just because he wasn’t suspended for his incident with Burroughs doesn’t mean there aren’t — complications — that come out from it. Here’s one. Be interesting to see if his contract’s renewed.
15 Auger, Stephane NHL 9/1/1994
19 Dwyer, Gord NHL 9/1/2003
30 Hasenfratz, Mike NHL 9/1/2000
18 Kimmerly, Greg NHL 9/1/1993
32 Kowal, Tom NHL 9/1/1998
26 Martell, Rob NHL 9/1/1992
36 Morton, Dean NHL 9/1/1999
45 StPierre, Justin NHL 9/1/2003
Linesmen
Honors to the two retirees leaving the game — and well deserved.
61 Seitz, Lyle NHL 9/1/1992
79 Pare, Mark NHL 9/1/1979
the list of linesmen not making the playoffs is interesting.  There’s some senior talent here being told they’re not making the cut — Cameron, Campoux, Gibbs, Rody, Schachte, Wheler. Henderson’s been on the bottom of the depth chart for the league for a while, so while Drew Remenda loves him, I’m not surprised. Honestly, there aren’t many linesmen in the NHL that make me wince when I see them on the game roster (unlike the reffing crew); to some degree, their job is to not blow offsides, break up fights and drop the puck at faceoffs — one might think it’s not that hard to find a competent crew. It is nice to see guys like Cvik and Sharers and Devorski in the lineup, though.
74 Cameron, Lonnie NHL 9/1/1996
67 Champoux, Pierre NHL 9/1/1988
50 Cherrey, Scott NHL 1/9/2007
76 Cormier, Michel NHL 9/1/2003
82 Galloway, Ryan NHL 9/1/2002
66 Gibbs, Darren NHL 9/1/1997
91 Henderson, Don NHL 9/1/1994
78 Mach, Brian NHL 9/1/2000
90 McElman, Andy NHL 9/1/1993
73 Rody, Vaughan NHL 9/1/2000
47 Schachte, Dan NHL 9/1/1982
56 Wheler, Mark NHL 9/1/1992

I know this is a reach, but.. given the ref playoffs, may I kindly request the Sharks get Walkom and McCreary for deciding games? Please? (and devorski and mcCauley would be my second pair, and o’Halloran and Sutherland my third). For linesmen, I’ll take Cvik and Sharrers, and then Devorski and Lazarowich, and then nelson and Heyer.

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  • http://www.chuqui.com chuqui

    when he was a young ref, Walkom was. Most new refs struggle in the NHL, just like most new players. It takes a couple of years to really understand the speed and action, even for a ref good at the AHL level.

  • rathje40

    My, how times change. I'd love to find one of your old posts railing on Walkom as the worst ref in the league.

    It's nice see Hasenfratz on the no-ref list, but how did Chris Lee make the cut?

  • rathje40

    My, how times change. I'd love to find one of your old posts railing on Walkom as the worst ref in the league.

    It's nice see Hasenfratz on the no-ref list, but how did Chris Lee make the cut?

    • http://www.chuqui.com chuqui

      when he was a young ref, Walkom was. Most new refs struggle in the NHL, just like most new players. It takes a couple of years to really understand the speed and action, even for a ref good at the AHL level.