Bruce Hood, who refereed 21 seasons in the NHL, dead at 81
Bruce Hood, who refereed more than 1,100 NHL games over 21 seasons, died Friday after a four-year battle with prostate cancer.
He was 81.
Kevin Hood said his father passed away at a hospice surrounded by family in Guelph, Ont.
Bruce Hood was on the ice for some of the NHL’s most iconic moments during his more than two decades as an official, including Bobby Orr’s overtime goal in Game 4 of the 1970 Stanley Cup final that won the Boston Bruins their first title in nearly 30 years.