David Banfield (born April 30, 1979 in

Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...

) is an AHL and former

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referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...

. Banfield began his NHL refereeing career on March 17, 2008 with the

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game. A member of the NHL Officials' Association from 2007 until 2012, Banfield refereed 74 games at the NHL level. He has not officiated NHL matches since the 2011-12 season, but he continues to work AHL matches.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Banfield, David 1979 births Canadian ice hockey officials Living people National Hockey League officials Ice hockey people from Halifax, Nova Scotia