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 ...

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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 ...

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, a ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

TORONTO (AP) — Referee Chris Rooney, widely considered to be one ... was jousting for the puck and his stick went into Rooney's face. The game was stopped for several minutes and a stretcher ...

Referee Chris Rooney (5) is tended to as he is escorted off the ice ... when Florida’s Niko Mikkola was jousting for the puck and his stick went into Rooney’s face. The game was stopped for several ...

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 ...