Bill McCreary's NHL Journey From Player To Referee | Hometown Hockey

Bill McCreary grew up playing hockey but knew he wasn't good enough to play professionally. After taking the advice of on-ice officials he knew, he began refereeing and the rest is history.
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[@gcnd9031]

"And I never dropped it once" says it all!

[@timr5185]

Class act! Great story and reality. Congratulations on your great career and the future thereafter

[@darylhodkinson5369]

Awesome Career ,,, great Ref ,,, puck flipper .....

[@GusMacGus313]

Bill McCreary, Dan O’Halloran, Wes McAulay .... the best

[@WhoIsThatGuy1]

The Mount Rushmore of NHL referees. Just need one more.

[@university7779]

One of these things does not belong. Ends with auley

[@user-zs9jb6bi2g]

Wes is one of the leagues worst and most disliked refs. He's clueless on the ice and only known for his antics

[@MichiStacker]

Bill was definitely one of the best.

[@patb6317]

Seriously I started crying when RJ said it was going to be his last game. :-/

[@siddiq106]

Lol the sponsorships are getting weirder

[@nevius28]

Legends never die!

[@university7779]

Actually was a good ref. Watching him talk to Lindros was awesome. Good memories.

[@briansommariva9546]

One of the best ever

[@dirtyacez1739]

Fine broth of a gent👍

[@TheBollocksPictures]

Nice.

[@nathan9252]

Never knew that refs could be in the hall of fame. He deserves it

[@denelson83]

Lucky Seven.

[@sisingh3549]

Aww

[@MrHarrys6604]

Great, you deserve all the praise you get.

[@lancecrawford185]

I will never forget that hit he did on Gretzky absolutely demolished him

[@clyde38]

Not the same guy.

[@lancecrawford185]

It's the same guy McCreary played for the Leafs at the time when he hit Gretzky on the blue line.

[@leestevens5675]

@@lancecrawford185 wrong! it was the ref's 2nd cousin who had the same name. look it up.

[@jonahginter9558]

@@lancecrawford185 bill mcreery never had an nhl career and he ref'd the gretzky game

[@typicalillusion7164]

First

[@jeeplord4067]

Hit gretz and never played again

[@burningfarts]

And then Reffed 99's retirement game. Image the respect Gretz had for Him knowing that McCreary kicked his ass in an actual game.

[@jonahginter9558]

@@burningfarts that was not the same guy

[@jonahginter9558]

that was his cousin

[@TC-dw6wg]

Maybe gave him a slap on the back, but Bill never played NHL Hockey.