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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Niko Mikkola's slap shot from distance keeps the Panthers' red-hot second period going as they take a 4-0 lead over the Maple ...

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

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

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