Wayne Bonney (born May 27, 1953 in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario) is a retired
National Hockey League linesman. His NHL career started in 1979 after a brilliant career with the WHA, and ended in 2004. During his career (in which he wore a
helmet from the mid-1980s until his retirement), he officiated 2,470 regular season games (both WHA and NHL), 134 playoff games, five
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
finals, the 1996 World Cup of Hockey, and one
All-Star game. From the 1994-95 NHL season until his retirement, he wore uniform number 94. He also became the first NHL official to wear a visor. On November 3rd, 1990, Bonney worked two games in one day. He worked a matinee game between the
Chicago Blackhawks and the
Philadelphia Flyers at
The Spectrum in Philadelphia, later that day he worked the game between the
Buffalo Sabres and the
Boston Bruins at the
Boston Garden, when
Gerard Gauthier the linesman who was scheduled to work the game was ill and couldn't make it.
References
External links
NHLOA.com bio
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1953 births
Living people
Canadian ice hockey officials
Ice hockey people from Ottawa
National Hockey League officials