Ron Armstrong was captain of the WOHS hockey team in 1965. Following graduation, he met Paul McInnis who mentored Ron while he worked at South Mountain Arena and began officiating youth games. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s, Ron officiated games at the high school, college, and semi pro level. He frequently officiated the Gordon Cup and Mennen Cup championship games. Ron served as Referee-in-Chief of both the MCSSIHL and the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Conference.

While continuing to officiate, Ron became Head Coach at County College of Morris in 1986. In his first year as coach, CCM won the Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey Championship. He coached at CCM through 1989 and compiled a record of 66-14-2 and was elected Coach of the Year in 1986/87. Ron coached the initial 1st Team All American player ever in any sport at CCM.

Ron was a frequent keynote speaker at Morris County high schools where he promoted the sport of hockey. He relocated to California in 1990.

Bill Sidun has provided leadership, guidance, instruction and administration to the High School and Amateur officiating community in New Jersey over the past forty years. He first became an AHAUS (now USA Hockey) official in 1974 and then served as Second Vice President (1990-1998) and President (1999-2005) of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association, Metro NY-NJ Chapter, which provides all New Jersey High School Hockey Officials.

During the 1980’s and 1990’s, Bill mentored many future officials through the North Jersey Ice Hockey Officials School created by HOF Inductees Paul McInnis and Vin Godleski. Additionally, he developed refresher exams for all High School officials to provide uniformity in High School Officiating.

Bill continues to referee NJ High School Hockey and mentor young Ice Hockey officials through his position on the Executive Committee of the NIHOA Metro NY-NJ Chapter.

Bob has devoted 39 years to NJ high school hockey as a player, coach and official. He was an All- League Honorable Mention defenseman for Brick Township HS, playing on the 1975 -76 Gordon Cup and 1975-76 and 1976-77 State Championship teams.

Bob started his coaching career in 1980 as an assistant coach at CBA. The next season, at the age of 23, Bob was appointed head coach. In his first season (1981-82) as head coach, CBA compiled a record of 3-13-2 in the NJIHL A division. The following season, CBA went 22-2-1, winning the NJIHL B Division Championship, the NJSIAA State Championship, the Star Ledger Trophy and the Star Ledger Coach of the Year. In the 1990-91 season, Bob lead CBA to the Gordon Cup Championship. At the time, Bob was the youngest coach to win a State Championship.

He was the first person to win a state championship as a player and coach, and he is the only person to ever win the Gordon Cup and State Championship as a player and coach. Bob built CBA into a state power, with a winning tradition which continues to this day.

In the mid 90’s, Bob started the ice hockey program at Pope John HS of Sparta, where he led them to their first ever NJSIAA playoff appearance. Bob was also the head coach of Hudson Catholic HS for three seasons, and officiated HS hockey for 16 seasons as a member of the Metro NY/NJ Chapter of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association.

Vin worked on improving high school and amateur officiating since moving to NJ in 1962. At that time there were only 20 Approved officials in the whole Metro-NJ-NY-CT area and only five rinks. He served as President of the NIHOA Metro NY/NJ Chapter (1968-1979) and USA Hockey Atlantic District Referee-in-Chief (1975-1995). He started the first US referee school with Paul McInnis (1965-1990), and was integral in making NJ the first state in the United States to coordinate USA Hockey and NIHOA referee programs.

Vin worked closely with the NJ Devils to develop their support of High School and youth hockey. He also helped many NJ officials to be selected by the NHL, ECAC and other pro leagues. Vin along with Paul McInnis officiated the Bruins-Devils “The Mother’s Day game” in the 1987-88 NHL Stanley Cup semi-finals.

Paul McInnis, a native of Canada, has been the state tournament director for the past two decades. He was instrumental in moving the tournament championship from Mennen Arena to the Meadowlands in 1998. Last year the state finals moved to the Prudential Center in Newark.

Paul has been Secretary –Treasurer of the New Jersey Interscholastic Hockey League for 35 years. He has been a member of the National Federation Ice Hockey Rules Committee for 12 years and is the NJSIAA hockey rules interpreter.

 A former national president of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association (NIHOA) and Secretary – Treasurer of the NIHOA Metro NY/NJ Chapter for 35 years. An off-ice official in the NHL for the past 27 years, McInnis was the long time manager of rinks in N.Y. and N.J. He started his involvement in New Jersey hockey circles in 1957 when he landed a job at Branch Brook Arena in Newark. McInnis, who played youth hockey in Canada, is one of the most respected high school officials in N.J. state history. He even officiated an NHL playoff game.