NHL referee Chris Rooney hopes to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after a scary scene unfolded during Game 7 of the second ...

South Boston's Chris Rooney avoided a major injury after the longtime NHL ref took a stick to the face on Sunday.

Referee Chris Rooney, widely considered to be one of the top officials in the NHL, was bloodied and had to leave Game 7 of ...

NHL referee Chris Rooney was left bleeding profusely after he was hit in the eye with a stick during Sunday night’s Eastern ...

Veteran official Chris Rooney left the game holding a bloody towel to his face, and was replaced with an alternate referee.

The NHL has released an official update on the gruesome-looking injury suffered by referee Chris Rooney. On Sunday night, ...

Referee Chris Rooney (5) is tended to as he is escorted off the ice after receiving an injury from being clipped by a player ...

NHL referee Chris Rooney, who was hit in the face with a hockey stick during the Florida Panthers-Toronto Maple Leafs series ...

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 left Game 7 between the Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs after being struck in the face with ...

Longtime NHL official Chris Rooney needed help off the ice Sunday, May 18 after taking a stick to the face and gushing blood during the Panthers-Maple Leafs game. The NHL said in an update that Rooney ...

Chris Rooney is on the mend after he took a high-stick near his eye in the second period of Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers ...