Ron Finn (born December 1, 1940 in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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) is a Canadian retired
National Hockey League
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linesman. His career started in 1969 and ended in 2000. During his career, he officiated 2,373 regular season games and two
All-Star games as well as
Rendez-vous '87
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, and four Canada Cups. He worked twelve Stanley Cup Finals from 1979–1990. His uniform number is #26 and #77 when the NHL reinstated issuing numbers to officials in 1995 (it was discontinued in 1977). He had two sons, Sean and
Shannon
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, who also played.
References
: The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/1993-94
1940 births
Living people
National Hockey League officials
Ice hockey people from Toronto
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