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gobolt7 said:
Will Don van Massenhoven be healthy enough to work?
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LONDON, Ontario, Canada — NHL referee Don Van Massenhoven told a Canadian newspaper that he would be back officiating January 11.
Van Massenhoven, 45, sustained serious injuries November 23 during a game between the Florida Panthers and New Jersey Devils.
The veteran NHLer was struck in the face by a puck and forced to undergo a seven-hour surgery that involved the re-construction of his nose, nasal cavity, orbital bone, and forehead.
According to a London Free Press story published Wednesday, the injuries could have been life threatening.
“The bone punctured the second wall of my skull and the surgical report said it was against the sac that protects the brain,†Van Massenhoven said.
His injuries were so severe that he was forced to remain in Florida until this week when doctors finally cleared him to travel home to Canada.
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Chris Rooney
NHLOA Member since 1996
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Regular Season: 1,465 Games
Playoffs: 170 Games
Stanley Cup Finals: 7
* Game numbers updated as of Oct 1, 2024
Rooney is a proud alumnus of the USA Hockey Development Program. He was hired under a minor league referee contract with the National Hockey League in the summer of 1999 at the age of 24. He would go on and spend three seasons in the minors before being promoted to a full time NHL referee status in the summer of 2002. He worked his first NHL Regular Season Game on November 22nd 2000 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta when the Tampa Bay Lightning were in town to play the now defunct Trashers. Rooney who wore sweater number 21 in his early years as a full time NHL referee agreed later on to switch to number 5 when former NHL referee and now NHLOA Alumni Don Van Massenhoven asked him to swap their numbers. His early success as an NHL referee was rewarded in the spring of 2003 when he was selected to work the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs. His NHL Playoffs debut came on April 14th 2003 in Union
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Don Van Massenhoven
Canadian ice hockey referee
Dan Van Massenhoven | |
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Don Van Massenhoven (right) with Tim Thomas in 2008 | |
| Born | (1960-07-17) July 17, 1960 (age 64) Strathroy, Ontario, Canada |
Don Van Massenhoven (born July 17, 1960) is a Canadian retired National Hockey Leaguereferee whose career started during the 1993–94 NHL season. He wore uniform number 21.[1]
Career
Before he became an NHL referee, Van Massenhoven was a police officer. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, he was a car salesman in his hometown of Strathroy, Ontario.[2]
Van Massenhoven was one of two referees (Dan O'Halloran was the other) during a November 21, 2005, game between the Nashville Predators and the Detroit Red Wings at the Joe Louis Arena where Jiri Fischer suddenly suffered a seizure and went into cardiac arrest. The game was later postponed because of what happened and was made up on January 23, 2006.[3]
Van Massenhoven officiated his last game on April 4, 2014, between the Buffalo Sabres and the Detroit Red Wings. It was at his req
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