John Ashley (ice hockey)

John George Ashley (March 5, 1930 – January 5, 2008) was a referee in the National Hockey League. He was born in Galt, Ontario. (Galt became Cambridge, Ontario in 1973.)

John started his officiating career in 1959. From 1964 to 1972, John officiated every Game Seven in the Stanley Cup playoffs, a testament to his legacy.

During the 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs, Ashley achieved a first for NHL referees by officiating the seventh game of all three series that went the limit: a quarterfinal (Montreal vs. Boston), a semifinal (New York vs. Chicago), and the final (Montreal vs. Chicago).

John was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981. Ashley was elected to the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. He died in Kitchener, Ontario on January 5, 2008.


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