NHL referee Chris Rooney hopes to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after suffering a black eye in a high stick accident during Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida ...

NHL official Chris Rooney, a 50-year-old Boston native, was back in action on Tuesday night for Game 4 of the Western ...

Chris Rooney was hurt 13 seconds into the second period when he caught an errant stick in the face during the Panthers-Maple ...

NHL referee Chris Rooney received stitches above his eye after taking an inadvertent stick to the face during Game 7 of the Toronto Maple Leafs-Florida Panthers series. Early in the second period ...

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 ...

Game 7 of the second-round series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers took a scary turn early in the second ...

Referee Chris Rooney, widely considered to be one of the top officials in the NHL, was bloodied and had to leave Game 7 of the Florida-Toronto playoff matchup Sunday night after taking an inadvertent ...

As the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals wait to unfold, the hockey community once again is bracing up for seven (if we’re lucky enough ...

South Boston-born NHL referee Chris Rooney is officially on the mend after suffering a scary injury during Game 7 of the second-round series between the Panthers and Maple Leafs on Sunday night.