Ron Asselstine
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Ron Asselstine is a retired National Hockey League
linesman
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Born in Toronto and raised in Guelph, Ontario
, Asselstine's NHL officiating career started in 1979 and ended in 1997. During his career (in which he wore a helmet
from the mid-1980s until his retirement), he officiated 1,364 regular season games and three All-Star games. An imposing man, Asselstine's nickname on the ice was "Bear". This nickname was given to him for his no-nonsense attitude in policing fights, and his impressively hairy 6-foot-2, 225 lb body.
On January 28, 1989, at the Boston Garden
, Asselstine was made famous when a fan came onto the ice during a hockey game and Asselstine bumped him right into the boards. The fan was then taken into custody.
Asselstine was honoured in 2007 with the Caring Canadian Award for his work as founder of the Guelph Wish Fund for Children (begun in 1984).
His award was presented by Governor General Michaëlle Jean
.
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...
linesman
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...
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Born in Toronto and raised in Guelph, Ontario
Guelph, Ontario
Guelph is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Waterloo and west of downtown Toronto at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. It is the seat of Wellington County, but is politically independent of it...
, Asselstine's NHL officiating career started in 1979 and ended in 1997. During his career (in which he wore a helmet
Hockey helmet
A hockey helmet is worn by players of ice hockey and inline hockey to help protect the head from potential injury when hit by the puck, sticks, skates, boards, other players, or the ice.-Construction:...
from the mid-1980s until his retirement), he officiated 1,364 regular season games and three All-Star games. An imposing man, Asselstine's nickname on the ice was "Bear". This nickname was given to him for his no-nonsense attitude in policing fights, and his impressively hairy 6-foot-2, 225 lb body.
On January 28, 1989, at the Boston Garden
Boston Garden
The Boston Garden was an arena in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third iteration of New York's Madison Square Garden, it opened on November 17, 1928 as "Boston Madison Square Garden" and outlived its original namesake by some 30 years...
, Asselstine was made famous when a fan came onto the ice during a hockey game and Asselstine bumped him right into the boards. The fan was then taken into custody.
Asselstine was honoured in 2007 with the Caring Canadian Award for his work as founder of the Guelph Wish Fund for Children (begun in 1984).
His award was presented by Governor General Michaëlle Jean
Michaëlle Jean
Michaëlle Jean is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation, from 2005 to 2010....
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