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 ...

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

Referee Chris Rooney, widely considered to be one of the top officials in the NHL, was bloodied and had to leave Game 7 of ...

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

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 ...

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

Longtime NHL official Chris Rooney needed help off the ice Sunday, May 18 after taking a stick to the face and gushing blood during the Panthers-Maple Leafs game. The NHL said in an update that Rooney ...

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

NHL referee Chris Rooney received stitches above his eye after taking an inadvertent stick to the face during Game 7 of the Toronto Maple Leafs-Florida Panthers series.

Chris Rooney is on the mend after he took a high-stick near his eye in the second period of Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers ...

Referee Chris Rooney suffered a serious cut above his eye during the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida ...