Matt Pavelich, first linesman in Hockey Hall of Fame, dead at 92

NEW YORK — Matt Pavelich, the first linesman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, has died. He was 92. The Hall of Fame announced his death Saturday. Pavelich officiated games in 19 consecutive Stanley Cup Finals from 1961-79 as part of his 23 seasons working in the NHL. He took part in 1,727 regular season and 245 playoff games during that stretch before serving as the league's supervisor of officials and going into the Hall in 1987. Commissioner Gary Bettman called Pavelich a true icon of the profession. “No linesman in the history of the National Hockey League was...