Van Hellemond resigns

[Chadd 916]

Longtime National Hockey League referee Andy Van Hellemond announced Friday that he is stepping down as the NHL's director of officiating.

Full story at TSN

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=90623

[stevo 0]

Good, maybe now Kerry Fraser won't be put in to officiate big games. Wait a second...I never even thought about this! What if they make Fraser the head of officiating?!?! NOOOOO!!! Oh well, at least he won't be on the ice then.

[Lightning 0]

It only helps if the person replacing him takes a bigger step towards stopping all the clutching and grabbing so that we can watch real hockey!

[flaming_june 2]

woah, the new article says he accepted "loans" and gave out prime ice time

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=90974&hubName=nhl

[Chadd 916]

One of the rumors over Mark Faucette being fired is because he didn't give Van Hellemond a loan.