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High-sticking penalties are generally called when a player is careless with his stick and catches another player anywhere in the facial region. The hockey rule book states that a minor penalty ...

After taking a hockey stick to the eye, referee Chris Rooney has to be helped off the ice by multiple trainers. (0:56) Kristen Shilton May 19, 2025, 07:09 PM ET ...

A referee left the Game 7 matchup between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday after a high stick to the face. Chris Rooney, a veteran official with two decades of NHL experience ...

NHL referee Chris Rooney hopes to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after suffering a black eye in a high stick accident during Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers ...

Mika Zibanejad was bloodied when the New York Rangers forward was on the receiving end of a high stick to the mouth Monday at the World Hockey Championships in Stockholm. Oregon's landmark bottle ...

NHL official Chris Rooney, a 50-year-old Boston native, was back in action on Tuesday night for Game 4 of the Western ...

The Central Mass. High School Sports Awards is proud to announce the player of the year nominees for the Hometeam Girls' Hockey Athlete of the Year. The winners will be announced during the live ...

The Canton High boys hockey team defeated Milton 5-2 to advance to the Division 2 Final Four. Junior defenseman Teddy Shuman scored the game-winning goal for Canton, his third of the postseason.

Rooney took an inadvertent high stick to the face from Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola in the Florida defensive zone just 13 seconds into the second period. Mikkola's stick went under the referee ...

During the post-game press conference, Berube discussed what he felt was an unusually high number of penalties. “We don’t need to take those [stick penalties ... in ice hockey and he played ...