Dan McCourt, a longtime NHL official, a Greater Sudbury Sports Hall-of-Famer and a larger-than life character whose smile, stories and quick wit were fixtures in arenas across the city, has died after an extended illness.

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Dan McCourt passes away: Skead resident was NHL official, Greater Sudbury Sports Hall-of-Famer

McCourt had a distinguished 25-year career as a linesman in the National Hockey League, from 1979 through 2004

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The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League is mourning the loss of longtime Greater Sudbury product, Dan McCourt, who passed away Monday following an extended illness.

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NOJHL mourns passing of Dan McCourt

Longtime National Hockey League linesman Dan McCourt has passed away at age 70, reportedly after an ‘extended illness.’ The Sudbury, Ontario, native spent 25 years in NHL stripes, officiating 1,624 regular season games from 1979-2004. “I just wanted to get to the NHL – that was my goal,” McCourt said back in 2015, on his induction into the Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame. “When the playing side… Source

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NHL Linesman Dan McCourt Passes Away at 70

The NHL has announced the passing of long time on-ice and off-ice official Danny McCourt at 70 years of age.McCourt officiated on ice as a linesman in the NHL from 1979 until 2004, and then held the position as the NHL's Officiating Manager in the Scouting & Development Department from 2005 until 2022. From 2022 until his passing this past week he served as a consultant to Officiating Director Stephen Walkom.To call McCourt a 'hockey lifer' woul…

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The NHL mourns the passing of long-time referee McCourt

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League is mourning the loss of longtime Greater Sudbury product, Dan McCourt, who passed away Monday following an extended illness.An honoured member of the Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame, McCourt had a distinguished 25-year career as a linesman in the National Hockey League, from 1979 through 2004.Following that, he continued on with the NHL, serving as an officiating manager for well over a decade.All the while,…

Dan McCourt passes away: Skead resident was NHL official, Greater Sudbury Sports Hall-of-Famer

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