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Showing Last 10 seasons (2016-10-12 – 2026-04-16)

Historical scoring and whistle tendencies across qualified officials. Descriptive associations with league baselines, not predictions. Sample: 123 officials (2016-10-12 – 2026-04-16).

Who moves the goals?

The 57 officials with 30+ games, ranked by historical associations in their games.

Biggest scoring bump
Carter Sandlak
+0.3 G
He averages 0.3 more combined goals than the league baseline in his games.
Highest historical over-rate vs baseline
Stephen Hiff
44.8%
Line benchmark is 6.3 combined goals; he clears it more often than peers in this sample.
Heaviest minors ref
Steve Kozari
+0.9
He runs 0.9 minor penalties above average per game.

0 of 57 officials associate with higher scoring. 4 associate with lower totals. Numbers describe past games, not predictions for tonight.

#	Official					Signals	OT rate
1	Mitch Hunt#62	138	+0.4	-	45.7%		-
2	Carter Sandlak#29	256	+0.3	-0.8	41.4%	1 notable	24.2%
3	Jordan Samuels-Thomas#37	161	+0.3	+0.7	42.2%	1 notable	21.1%
4	Ben O'Quinn#91	350	+0.2	-	36.6%	1 notable	-
5	Brandon Grillo#75	127	+0.2	-	33.1%	2 notable	-
6	Chris Schlenker#3	546	+0.2	+0.5	38.6%	1 notable	21.2%
7	CJ Murray#68	355	+0.2	-	37.5%	1 notable	-
8	Cody Beach#12	212	+0.2	+0.9	40.1%	1 notable	25.5%
9	Dylan Blujus#57	49	+0.2	-	38.8%	2 notable	-
10	Joe Mahon#89	200	+0.2	-	41.0%	1 notable	-
11	Jonathan Deschamps#80	373	+0.2	-	35.1%	2 notable	-
12	Julien Fournier#56	452	+0.2	-	38.3%	1 notable	-
13	Justin Johnson#57	176	+0.2	-	44.3%		-
14	Justin Kea#44	218	+0.2	-0.3	33.5%	1 notable	20.2%
15	Kyle Flemington#55	452	+0.2	-	41.2%	1 notable	-
16	Mark Shewchyk#92	694	+0.2	-	40.2%	1 notable	-
17	Michael Markovic#31	393	+0.2	+0.9	41.0%	1 notable	27.5%
18	Mike Sullivan	59	+0.2	-0.8	42.4%	1 notable	28.8%
19	Reid Anderson	128	+0.2	+0.5	35.2%	1 notable	18.9%
20	Travis Toomey#90	421	+0.2	-	38.0%	1 notable	-
21	Tyson Baker#88	509	+0.2	-	36.5%	1 notable	-
22	Beau Halkidis#48	193	+0.1	+0.1	37.3%	1 notable	21.3%
23	Bevan Mills#53	593	+0.1	-	38.6%	1 notable	-
24	Brad Kovachik#71	675	+0.1	-	36.7%	1 notable	-
25	Brandon Blandina#39	373	+0.1	-0.1	37.0%	1 notable	24.1%
26	Brandon Schrader#34	340	+0.1	+0.1	42.4%	1 notable	28.9%
27	Bryan Pancich#94	533	+0.1	-	38.8%	1 notable	-
28	Chris Rooney#5	596	+0.1	+0.5	34.6%	1 notable	19.6%
29	Francois St-Laurent	621	+0.1	-0.2	38.6%	1 notable	20.1%
30	Ghislain Hebert#22	638	+0.1	+0.6	37.3%	1 notable	24.6%
31	Jake Brenk#26	659	+0.1	+0.3	37.8%	1 notable	24.1%
32	Jean Hebert#15	639	+0.1	+0.3	38.3%	1 notable	20.2%
33	Jonny Murray#95	628	+0.1	-	39.5%	2 notable	-
34	Kendrick Nicholson#30	709	+0.1	+0.0	38.4%	1 notable	20.2%
35	Kilian McNamara#93	352	+0.1	-	38.4%	1 notable	-
36	Mitch Dunning#20	365	+0.1	+0.0	35.9%	1 notable	19.4%
37	Peter MacDougall#38	515	+0.1	+0.2	40.6%	1 notable	21.6%
38	Trent Knorr#74	710	+0.1	-	37.3%	1 notable	-
39	Andrew Smith#51	632	+0.0	-	35.8%	1 notable	-
40	Caleb Apperson#77	352	+0.0	-	36.4%	1 notable	-
41	Corey Syvret#23	454	+0.0	-0.4	32.4%	1 notable	21.0%
42	Dan Kelly#98	367	+0.0	-	42.0%	1 notable	-
43	Dave Jackson	65	+0.0	+0.7	36.9%	1 notable	13.8%
44	Devin Berg#87	700	+0.0	-	37.1%	1 notable	-
45	Eric Furlatt#27	654	+0.0	-0.2	34.6%	1 notable	24.9%
46	Gord Dwyer#19	663	+0.0	+0.3	37.7%	1 notable	21.7%
47	Graedy Hamilton#41	56	+0.0	+0.0	41.1%	1 notable	14.3%
48	Graham Skilliter#24	707	+0.0	-0.2	35.6%	1 notable	20.1%
49	Kyle Rehman#10	701	+0.0	+0.2	36.7%	1 notable	22.8%
50	Libor Suchanek#60	606	+0.0	-	37.8%	1 notable	-
51	Morgan MacPhee#43	98	+0.0	-1.0	38.8%	2 notable	21.4%
52	Pierre Lambert#25	582	+0.0	+0.0	39.2%	1 notable	22.2%
53	Riley Brace#49	35	+0.0	+0.9	37.1%	1 notable	14.3%
54	Ryan Daisy#81	625	+0.0	-	35.8%	1 notable	-
55	Ryan Gibbons#58	717	+0.0	-	38.4%	1 notable	-
56	Ryan Jackson#84	162	+0.0	-	36.4%	1 notable	-
57	Scott Cherrey#50	658	+0.0	-	37.4%	1 notable	-
58	Shandor Alphonso#52	719	+0.0	-	36.4%	1 notable	-
59	Shawn Oliver#66	55	+0.0	-	47.3%	1 notable	-
60	Stephen Hiff#46	67	+0.0	-0.7	44.8%		22.4%
61	Steve Barton#59	682	+0.0	-	37.5%	2 notable	-
62	Steve Kozari#40	549	+0.0	+0.9	35.2%	1 notable	19.1%
63	Tony Sericolo	342	+0.0	-	39.2%	2 notable	-
64	Vaughan Rody	285	+0.0	-	33.7%	1 notable	-
65	Wes McCauley#4	707	+0.0	-0.3	37.3%	1 notable	23.2%
66	Brad Watson	215	-0.1	-0.6	34.4%	1 notable	23.3%
67	Brian Pochmara#16	653	-0.1	-0.1	35.7%	1 notable	23.9%
68	Chris Lee#28	625	-0.1	-0.4	37.6%	1 notable	23.0%
69	Dan O'Rourke#9	629	-0.1	-0.2	35.5%	1 notable	25.3%
70	David Brisebois#96	676	-0.1	-	36.5%	1 notable	-
71	Derek Nansen#70	556	-0.1	-	35.8%	1 notable	-
72	Francis Charron#6	591	-0.1	-0.3	35.9%	1 notable	24.5%
73	Frederick L'Ecuyer#17	701	-0.1	+0.2	34.4%	1 notable	21.1%
74	Furman South#13	486	-0.1	-0.2	38.1%	1 notable	22.0%
75	Garrett Rank#7	710	-0.1	+0.6	35.8%	1 notable	22.0%
76	James Tobias#61	551	-0.1	-	34.7%	1 notable	-
77	Jesse Marquis#86	477	-0.1	-	33.8%	2 notable	-
78	Jon McIsaac#2	670	-0.1	-0.2	37.2%	1 notable	23.9%
79	Justin St. Pierre	479	-0.1	-0.9	34.4%	1 notable	24.0%
80	Kelly Sutherland#11	675	-0.1	+0.1	35.4%	1 notable	21.2%
81	Kevin Pollock	528	-0.1	-0.4	36.2%	1 notable	23.7%
82	Matt MacPherson#83	717	-0.1	-	34.3%	2 notable	-
83	Michel Cormier#76	595	-0.1	-	32.8%	1 notable	-
84	Ryan Galloway	524	-0.1	-	30.9%	1 notable	-
85	Steve Miller	237	-0.1	-	36.7%	1 notable	-
86	Thomas John Luxmore	705	-0.1	-0.2	32.5%	1 notable	23.0%
87	Tim Peel	282	-0.1	-0.5	32.6%	1 notable	21.6%
88	Tom Chmielewski#18	661	-0.1	-0.2	36.6%	1 notable	21.8%
89	Tommy Hughes#65	257	-0.1	-	34.6%	1 notable	-
90	Travis Gawryletz#67	584	-0.1	-	35.4%	1 notable	-
91	Brad Meier	383	-0.2	-0.4	34.7%	1 notable	22.2%
92	Brandon Gawryletz#64	717	-0.2	-	36.1%	1 notable	-
93	Brian Mach	286	-0.2	-	33.9%	1 notable	-
94	Dan O'Halloran	286	-0.2	-0.4	31.1%	1 notable	25.9%
95	Greg Devorski	266	-0.2	-	31.2%	2 notable	-
96	Ian Walsh	402	-0.2	-0.3	32.3%	1 notable	21.4%
97	Jeremy Faucher#97	56	-0.2	-	39.3%	1 notable	-
98	Kiel Murchison#79	708	-0.2	-	33.6%	1 notable	-
99	Lonnie Cameron	220	-0.2	-	34.5%	1 notable	-
100	Marc Joannette	442	-0.2	-1.1	35.3%	2 notable	21.9%
101	Scott Driscoll	292	-0.2	-	36.0%	1 notable	-
102	Tim Nowak	223	-0.2	-	28.3%	2 notable	-
103	Trevor Hanson#14	709	-0.2	+0.6	34.7%	1 notable	23.7%
104	Conor O'Donnell	82	-0.3	-0.9	43.9%	1 notable	20.0%
105	Darren Gibbs	311	-0.3	-	33.8%	1 notable	-
106	Derek Amell	276	-0.3	-	33.7%	1 notable	-
107	Kory Nagy	347	-0.3	-	34.0%	2 notable	-
108	Mark Wheler	139	-0.3	-	33.8%	1 notable	-
109	Pierre Racicot	342	-0.3	-	34.8%	1 notable	-
110	Dean Morton	407	-0.4	-0.9	28.5%	1 notable	23.3%
111	Tom Kowal	134	-0.4	-0.8	30.6%	1 notable	19.4%
112	Shane Heyer	147	-0.5	-	31.3%	1 notable	-
113	Brian Murphy	285	-0.6	-	26.7%	3 notable	-
114	John Grandt	42	-0.6	-	38.1%	2 notable	-
115	Mike Leggo	65	-0.9	-1.2	27.7%	3 notable	23.1%
116	Evgeny Romasko	36	-1.3	+0.2	25.0%	2 notable	27.8%

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