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 league ...

TORONTO (AP) — 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 ...

NHL official Chris Rooney, a 50-year-old Boston native, was back in action on Tuesday night for Game 4 of the Western Conference Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars, just 11 days ...

NHL referee Chris Rooney was forced to exit Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers after suffering a horrific injury that left him spewing blood onto the ice. With just under ...

Referee Chris Rooney (5) is tended to as he is escorted off the ice after receiving an injury from being clipped by a player during the first period of Game 7 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff ...

Referee Chris Rooney (5) is tended to as he is escorted off the ice after receiving an injury from being clipped by a player during the first period of Game 7 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff ...