{"id":685599,"date":"2026-06-05T08:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685599\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T08:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:27:17","slug":"todays-nhl-playoff-referees-and-linespersons-6-4-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/685599\/","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s NHL Playoff Referees and Linespersons \u2013 6\/4\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Referees Wes McCauley and Chris Rooney get the call for opening night of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final:<\/p>\n

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REFEREES<\/p>\n

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\nJean Hebert #15

\nGarrett Rank #7
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Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)
\n63 \/ 11
\n76 \/ 11<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n887 \/ 126
\n749 \/ 46<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n3\/30\/11
\n1\/15\/15<\/p>\n

First Playoff Game
\n4\/16\/15
\n5\/17\/21<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nBouctouche, NB
\nElmira, ON<\/p>\n

Goals\/Gm
\n6.6 (4) | 6.0 (23)
\n6.4 (7) | 5.7 (39)<\/p>\n

PP Opp\/Gm
\n5.9 (14) | 5.5 (14)
\n6.1 (10) | 5.3 (25)<\/p>\n

PPG\/Gm
\n1.4 (6) | 1.2 (13)
\n1.3 (9) | 1.0 (38)<\/p>\n

Penl\/Gm
\n8.0 (4) | 7.6 (6)
\n8.4 (2) | 7.0 (18)<\/p>\n

PIM\/Gm
\n19.3 (8) | 7.6 (5)
\n21.3 (1) | 16.2 (21)<\/p>\n

% of Penl on Home
\n50.1% (11) | 50.0% (4)
\n48.2% (18) | 50.0% (36)<\/p>\n

% PP Opp for Home
\n52.3% (17) | 50.0% (39)
\n51.2% (26) | 60.0% (5)<\/p>\n

Penl Diff.*
\n1.3 (21) | 1.2 (34)
\n1.5 (2) | 1.3 (18)<\/p>\n

Home Win %
\n58% (23) | 67% (7)
\n47% (38) | 60% (30)<\/p>\n

Home Rec.
\n39-27-9 | 46-21-7
\n32-37-7 | 40-26-8<\/p>\n

OT\/SO Games
\n15.9% (37) | 20.0% (29)
\n26.7% (12) | 20.0% (12)<\/p>\n

Team Records
\n25-26
\n24-25
\n23-24
\n25-26
\n24-25
\n23-24<\/p>\n

VGK
\n0-0-1
\n4-3-0
\n2-1-0
\n2-0-1
\n3-1-0
\n3-1-0<\/p>\n

CAR
\n3-3-0
\n1-3-0
\n3-1-0
\n2-2-0
\n2-1-0
\n3-3-0<\/p>\n

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LINESPERSONS<\/p>\n

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\nScott Cherrey #50

\nTrent Knorr #74
<\/p>\n

Games \u201925-26 (RS\/PO)
\n42 \/ 13
\n78 \/ 9<\/p>\n

Career Games (RS\/PO)
\n1275 \/ 184
\n850 \/ 51<\/p>\n

First NHL Game
\n10\/6\/07
\n11\/13\/13<\/p>\n

First Playoff Game
\n4\/15\/11
\n4\/12\/17<\/p>\n

Birthplace
\nDrayton, ON
\nPowell River, BC<\/p>\n

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Tonight\u2019s pairing of refs Jean Hebert and Garrett Rank have been together since the Conference Finals, working MTL\/CAR Game 1 (MTL W 6-2), VGK\/COL Game 3 (VGK W 5-3), and MTL\/CAR Game 5 (CAR W 6-1).<\/p>\n

Hebert\u00a0previously worked alongside Furman South in the opening round, handling MIN\/DAL Game 1, OTT\/CAR Game 2 (CAR W 3-2 2OT), PHI\/PIT Game 4, and MTL\/TBL Game 5. \u00a0Hebert was partnered with Trevor Hanson for the second round, working ANA\/VGK Game 1 (VGK W 3-1), MTL\/BUF Game 2, and MIN\/COL Game 4; he also officiated MTL\/BUF Game 7\u00a0 with Wes McCauley.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Referee Garrett Rank skated alongside Kyle Rehman together for the first two rounds of the postseason.\u00a0 In Round 1, they officiated PHI\/PIT Game 2, BUF\/BOS Game 3, DAL\/MIN Game 4, and VGK\/UTA Game 4 (VGK W 5-4 OT).\u00a0 Round 2 saw them in stripes for MIN\/COL Game 1, PHI\/CAR Game 3 (CAR W 4-1), MTL\/BUF Game 3, and VGK\/ANA Game 6 (VGK W 5-1).<\/p>\n

Both teams are undefeated (4-0) in the 2026 playoffs under tonight\u2019s refs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Standby Officials: Chris Rooney (#5), Matt MacPherson (#83)Series Officiating Supervisor: Kris King\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stats\/Numbers<\/a>: \u201925-26 avg. (\u201925-26 rank) | \u201924-25 avg. (\u201924-25 rank)<\/p>\n

Number in orange\/parentheses indicated referee\u2019s rank among active officials.<\/p>\n

* 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.\u00a0 Lower numbers indicate less variance between total penalties in a game \u2013 that is, a closer number of calls for both teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also got new rules<\/a>, new refs, promoted officials<\/a>, and an updated pronunciation guide<\/a> for 2025-26.<\/p>\n

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The NHL officials working the Conference Finals of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs:<\/p>\n

NHL Officials Named for 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Referees Wes McCauley and Chris Rooney get the call for opening night of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-685599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}