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

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 Maple Leafs and Panthers was paused after an official was bloodied by a stick early in the second period.

NHL referee Chris Rooney received stitches above his eye after taking an inadvertent stick to the face during Game 7 of the ...

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 ...

It was a scary scene on the ice as referee Chris Rooney was hurt and bloodied after taking an accidental high stick to his ...

Referee Chris Rooney exited Game 7 of the Eastern Conference second-round series between the Florida Panthers and Toronto ...

Scary scene emerges in Toronto as NHL official Chris Rooney exits the game with an eye injury after getting high-sticked by ...

On Sunday night, National Hockey League referee Chris Rooney appeared to suffer a pretty serious injury in Game 7 when a ...

Referee Chris Rooney was bloodied by an inadvertent stick to the face in Game 7 of the Panthers-Maple Leafs playoff matchup ...

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