ECHL Officials to Work CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game
September 19, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL on Thursday announced that four of the League's officials have been selected to work the second annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game. The event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 26, at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
The referees for the game are Brett Sheva and Andrew Wilk while the linesmen are Ryan Daisy and Shaun Morgan.
Sheva and Wilk are both entering their second season as an ECHL referee in 2013-14 and each worked games during the 2013 Kelly Cup Playoffs.
It is the second ECHL season for both Daisy and Morgan. The two were selected as linesmen for the 2013 Kelly Cup Finals.
"The ECHL is very pleased for all four of these officials as each of them are deserving of the honor," said ECHL Vice President of Hockey Operations Joe Ernst. "These four officials should be honored that USA Hockey has selected them to work this game. We wish all four success in this game and thank USA Hockey and the USDOP for all the time and effort they put into developing officials for the professional level."
It is second consecutive year that ECHL officials have been selected to work the game. Last season, Tom Chmielewski and Chris Pitoscia were the referees for the game while the linesmen were Alex Stagnone and Brian Oliver.
The CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game features 40 of the top American prospects eligible for the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Twenty-eight players appear on NHL Central Scouting's "Futures List," which highlights players that have potential to be selected in the first three rounds of the draft.
There are 27 former ECHL officials who are scheduled to work as part of the NHL officiating team in 2013-14 with referees Darcy Burchell, Francis Charron, Tom Chmielewski, Ghislain Hebert, Jean Hebert, Marc Joannette, Trent Knorr, Mike Leggo, Dave Lewis, T.J. Luxmore, Wes McCauley, Jon McIsaac, Dean Morton, Dan O'Rourke, Brian Pochmara, Kevin Pollock, Kyle Rehman, Chris Rooney, Graham Skilliter, Justin St. Pierre and Ian Walsh, and linesmen Steve Barton, Matt MacPherson, Brian Mach, Tim Nowak, Bryan Pancich and Jay Sharrers.
McCauley and Rooney were selected as two of the four referees to work during the 2013 Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks.
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