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In ice hockey , an official is responsible for enforcing the rules and maintaining order. On-ice officials are present on the ice during the game, and traditionally wear a shirt with black and white vertical stripes. The National Hockey League NHL currently employs four on-ice officials in each game—two referees and two linespersons also known as linesmen.

They are responsible for the general supervision of the game, assess penalties , and conduct face-offs at the beginning of each period and after a goal is scored. When play is stopped for another reason, the face-offs are conducted by the linesmen.

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The linesmen are primarily responsible for violations involving the centre line and blue lines, such as icing and offside infractions. NHL officials wear identifying numbers on the back of their jerseys. From the —78 season until the —95 season , they wore name bars instead of numbers. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk.

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