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

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

NHL referee Chris Rooney is OK after leaving the Florida Panthers’ Game 7 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 is hoping to resume duties during the Stanley Cup playoffs after taking a high stick to the eye in ...