Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

Your Pittsburgh-Ottawa Game 7 officials are...

Florida Panthers v New York Islanders

UNIONDALE, NY - OCTOBER 08: Referee Wes McCauley #4 handles the game between the New York Islanders and the Florida Panthers at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on October 8, 2011 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Getty Images

The men in stripes for tonight’s huge Eastern Conference final clash at PPG Paints have been unveiled.

Per Scouting The Refs, referees Wes McCauley (No. 4) and Dan O’Halloran (No. 13) will work the game, along with linesmen Brad Kovachik (No. 71) and Brian Murphy (No. 93).

It’s the first time McCauley and O’Halloran have worked together this postseason.

McCauley last worked this series in Game 5, Pittsburgh’s 7-0 blowout win over the Sens at home. O’Halloran worked the game prior.

McCauley is perhaps best remembered this postseason for his work in Game 3 of the Western Conference final, a 2-1 Nashville win in which three goals were called back -- one Ducks marker because the net had been dislodged prior to the puck crossing the line, and two Preds tallies in the third period due to goalie interference.

O’Halloran was also involved in a controversial goal call (to be fair, almost every referee has this postseason). He and Kevin Pollack opted not to overturn Corey Perry’s goal on Cam Talbot in Game 4 of the Ducks-Oilers series. You can read more on that, and see video, here.