Mark Faucette was a National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

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Official (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, an official is a person who has some responsibility in enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game. There are two categories of officials, on-ice officials, who are the referees and linesmen that enforce the rules during game play, and off-ice officials, who have an...

. He refereed NHL games on a regular basis from the 1987–88 NHL season until he was fired following the 2002–03 NHL season. From the 1994–95 NHL season until the end of his refereeing career, he wore uniform number 11, which is now worn by Kelly Sutherland

Kelly Sutherland

Kelly Sutherland is a National Hockey League referee, who wears uniform number 11. He was one of the selected referees who officiated the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals along with Bill McCreary, Dan O'Halloran and Stephen Walkom. He was selected again to officiate the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.-References:...

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Faucette was honored by his peers with a portrait illustrating his refereeing career by artist Mike Mellet.