Kevin Pollock

Not to be confused with Kevin Pollak.

Kevin Pollock (born February 7, 1970) is a Canadian ice hockey official. He has worked in the National Hockey League since the 1999–2000 NHL season, and officiated in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Kevin Pollock
Pollock (left) in 2020
Born	(1970-02-07) February 7, 1970 (age 53) Kincardine, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Ice hockey referee

Career

Kevin Pollock was born on February 7, 1970, in Kincardine, Ontario, and has been a National Hockey League referee since the 1999–2000 NHL season, and wears uniform number 33.^[1]

He was selected to work games in the ice hockey men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,^[2] and in the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals. He refereed game 6 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals, with the Pittsburgh Penguins winning the game and ultimately the Stanley Cup.^[3]

As a junior ice hockey player, Pollock won an Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) championship with the Hanover Barons in 1991. He later officiated in the OHA before working in the NHL. His granduncle Lloyd Pollock was a founder of the original Windsor Spitfires junior team, and later served as president of the OHA and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. Kevin and his father Clarke Pollock, are the namesakes of the Pollock Division in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.^[4]

 

Pollock (upper right) officiates as the referee in Game 7 of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs.

References

1. Kevin Pollock's profile at NHLOfficials.com 25 April 2003 at the Wayback Machine
2. . Iihf.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
3. Bruce Arthur (June 11, 2017). "Penguins savour Stanley Cup repeat". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
4. "History - Pollock Division". Provincial Junior Hockey League. Retrieved January 12, 2019.