Referee Exchange Program The International Ice Hockey Federation started the Referee Exchange Program three years ago in an effort to obtain more consistent officiating between nations. The program normally has two officials, and one alternate, from each of the seven nation travelling between the top European hockey nations to call games in the top professional leagues.
Each official calls a minimum of two games in the seven host nations. For example, a referee from Sweden will officiate two games each in Finland, Russia, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. While in each visiting nation, the officials work the game with local linesmen and are evaluated by local Game Supervisors, who evaluate their performances based on IIHF evaluation regulations.
This season, the Referee Exchange Program will follow the same formula with 14 referees taking part. The complete schedule for all games can be found by clicking on the link below.
Complete Referee Exchange Program Schedule
Meet the 2008 RefereesNation | Name | D.O.B. | IIHF Championships | Czech Rep. | Milan Minar | 05.06.1968 | U18(2),U20(2),WS(3) | Czech Rep. | Radek Husicka | 29.09.1966 | WSDI | Czech Rep. | Vladimir Sindler | 06.04.1971 | U20 (5),WS (7),OG | Finland | Jari Levonen | 23.08.1966 | U18, WS, WSDI (2) | Finland | Sami Partanen | 04.04.1975 | U18, U20 | Finland | Aleksi Rantala | 25.08.1978 | U18, U20DI (2), U18DI | Germany | Daniel Piechaczek | 10.09.1977 | U18DI, U20DI, WSDI | Germany | Martin Reichert | 01.10.1973 | U18DII, U20DI | Germany | Richard Schutz | 31.01.1967 | U18, U20 (2), WS (4) | Russia | Vyacheslav Bulanov | 03.09.1970 | U18, U20, WS (2), OG | Russia | Sergey Kulakov | 31.08.1974 | U18DI (2), U20DII | Russia | Alexander Polyakov | 29.02.1964 | U18 (2),U20 (3),WS (2) | Slovakia | Peter Jonak | 27.11.1968 | U18, U20 (2), WS (3) | Slovakia | Daniel Konc | 29.05.1971 | U18, U18DI (2), WSDI | Slovakia | Peter Orszag | 23.10.1969 | U18 (2), U20, WSDI | Sweden | Soren Persson | 14.04.1976 | U18 | Sweden | Marcus Vinnerborg | 08.08.1972 | U18, U20, WS (2) | Sweden | Ulf Ronnmark | 01.04.1968 | U20 (2) | Switzerland | Danny Kurmann | 10.01.1966 | U20 (4),WS (6),OG (2) | Switzerland | Brent Reiber | 31.12.1966 | WS (3), WSDI (2) | Switzerland | Nadir Mandioni | 02.05.1974 | U18, U20DI, WSDI (2) |
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