Ron Finn (born December 1, 1940 in

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) is a Canadian retired

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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

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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

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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 {{canada-icehockey-bio-stub