It was great to recently see former NHL Referee Don Koharski from here in Dartmouth at a Halifax Thunderbirds game.
Don a.k.a “Koho” is now the National Lacrosse League Director of Officials enjoying the new role after his NHL retirement.
He supervises the officials on the turf evaluating their games performance.
Don was a ref for an impressive 2,144 NHL games in 32 seasons working 11 Stanley Cup Finals.
He started out his officiating career at the old Shannon Park rink calling games to make some extra cash as a kid.
He helped our son Drake along the way at his KOHO Hockey Officials Camps in Moncton and Dartmouth.
(Above, Ian’s son Drake and Don Koharski at Koho’s Officials Camp in Moncton from 2012 when he was 17 and first put on the QMJHL Leagues “Young Prospects List.”)
Who can forget his famous donut incident with NHL Coach Jim Schonfield, they have since become friends after this May 1988 incident:
