During Game 7 between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL referee Chris Rooney was struck in the face by a player’s stick, causing a bloody injury and forcing him off the ice.

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May 20 (UPI) --Referee Chris Rooney, who was hit in the face with a hockey stick during the Florida Panthers-Toronto Maple Leafs series, is doing well and hopes to return to work the NHL playoffs ...

The NHL had to change referees in Game 7 of the Florida Panthers-Toronto Maple Leafs series because of an injury to Chris Rooney ... from Niko Mikkola in the face. The Panthers defenseman was ...

NHL referee Chris Rooney is OK after leaving the Florida ... Rooney took an inadvertent stick to the face just a few seconds into the second period of the Panthers’ 6-1 win at Scotiabank Arena ...

TORONTO — South Boston-born referee Chris Rooney, widely considered to ... on Sunday night after taking an inadvertent stick to the face. The play happened 13 seconds into the second period, ...

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By the time Rooney left the ice with a towel on his face, blood covered the ice and boards around where the veteran referee was struck. Chris Rooney caught Mikkola's stick up high near his eye ...

NHL referee Chris Rooney left Game 7 between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs after being struck in the face with a stick. In the opening moments of the second period, Panthers ...

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TORONTO (AP) — Referee Chris Rooney, widely considered to be one ... on Sunday night after taking an inadvertent stick to the face. The play happened 13 seconds into the second period, when ...