MOSCOW, Jan 8 Eight Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) referees will be working at the matches of the Olympic tournament in Beijing, according to the organization's website. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) invited five chief referees — Andris Ansons, Martin Franyo, Roman Hoffman, Evgeny Romasko and Maxim Sidorenko, as well as three line judges — Gleb Lazarev, Nikita Shalagin and Dmitry Shishlo. “Of course, we are very pleased with this decision of IIHF and would like to congratulate our colleagues who will work in Beijing,” the organization’s website quotes the chief arbiter of the KHL Artem Anisimov. “Eight KHL referees at the Olympic Games is the maximum representation of our referees, This has not happened before. This positively characterizes the work of our referees not only in the domestic championship, but also in the international arena. We hope that the Olympics will be successful for each of them. » e will be held on February 4-20.
