NHL referee Chris Rooney hopes to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after suffering a black eye in a high stick accident ...

Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers took a scary turn early in the second period when referee Chris ...

The veteran of more than 1,500 games received stitches and was left with a black eye, but hopes to be back working games this ...

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

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

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

The longtime NHL official needed help off the ice Sunday night after taking a stick to the face NHL referee Chris Rooney was ...

The game was stopped for several minutes and a stretcher was brought onto the ice, but Rooney skated off with some assistance ...

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

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

The Toronto Maple Leafs could be without one of their top forwards when they face the Florida Panthers in Sunday’s ...

Both the Hurricanes and the Panthers have excellent recent playoff records, and both look even more powerful this season.