The ECHL introduced on Wednesday that referees Chazz Knoche and Rocco Stachowiak and linesmen Kyle Gaspari and Quinn Schafer, together with Director of Officiating Operations Riley Yerkovich, will work the NHL Prospect Video games 2024 in Traverse Metropolis, Michigan on Sept. 14 and 15. This marks the thirteenth consecutive match that ECHL officers have labored video games.
Debuting in 1988, this yr’s NHL Prospect Video games will function a pair of video games between the Dallas Stars and Detroit Crimson Wings.
“The ECHL Officiating Workforce is honored to proceed to work the NHL Traverse Metropolis Prospect Video games,” Yerkovich stated. “This occasion has lengthy been a major alternative for our officers to showcase their expertise and skate alongside tomorrow’s NHL stars. We’re grateful to the Dallas Stars and Detroit Crimson Wings for his or her continued participation and help. Thanks to the groups, organizers and workers at Centre Ice Enviornment for making this expertise doable.”
There have been 40 former ECHL officers who labored as a part of the NHL officiating crew in 2023-24 with referees Riley Brace, Jake Brenk, Francis Charron, Tom Chmielewski, Mitch Dunning, Trevor Hanson, Beau Halkidis, Ghislain Hebert, Jean Hebert, Pierre Lambert, T.J. Luxmore, Peter MacDougall, Morgan MacPhee, Michael Markovic, Wes McCauley, Jon McIsaac, Dan O’Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Carter Sandlak, Graham Skilliter, Furman South, Justin St. Pierre and linesmen Steve Barton, Ryan Daisy, Julien Fournier, Brandon Gawryletz, Brandon Grillo, Mitchell Hunt, Trent Knorr, Matt MacPherson, Jesse Marquis, Kilian McNamara, Bevin Mills, C.J. Murray, Kory Nagy, Ben O’Quinn and Bryan Pancich.
Concerning the ECHL
Shaped in 1988-89 with 5 groups in 4 states, the ECHL has grown right into a coast-to-coast league with 29 groups in 22 states and one Canadian province for its thirty seventh season in 2024-25. There have been 752 gamers who’ve gone on to play within the Nationwide Hockey League after beginning their careers within the ECHL, together with 12 who’ve made their NHL debuts within the 2023-24 season. The ECHL has affiliations with 29 of the 32 NHL groups in 2024-25, marking the twenty seventh consecutive season that the league has affiliations with not less than 20 groups within the NHL. Additional info on the ECHL is obtainable on its web site at ECHL.com.
