Kevin Pollock

Kevin Pollock (born February 7, 1970 in Kincardine, Ontario) has been a National Hockey League referee since the 1999–2000 NHL season, and wears uniform number 33.[1]

Not to be confused with Kevin Pollak.

He was selected to work games in the ice hockey men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,[2] and in the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals. He refereed game 6 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the game and ultimately the Stanley Cup.[3]

As a junior ice hockey player, Pollock won an Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) championship with the Hanover Barons in 1991. He later officiated in the OHA before working in the NHL. His granduncle Lloyd Pollock was a founder of the original Windsor Spitfires junior team, and later served as president of the OHA and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. Kevin and his father Clarke Pollock are the namesakes of the Pollock Division in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.[4]

References
  1. http://www.nhlofficials.com/member_listing.asp?member_id=2303 Kevin Pollock's profile at NHLOfficials.com
  2. "Sochi officials named". Iihf.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. Bruce Arthur (11 June 2017). "Penguins savour Stanley Cup repeat". Toronto Star. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. "History - Pollock Division". Provincial Junior Hockey League. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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