GUELPH, Ontario -- Bruce Hood, the former NHL referee who worked 1,100 games over 21 seasons, died Friday of prostate cancer. He was 81.
Kevin Hood said his father died at a hospice surrounded by family in Guelph.
Bruce Hood was on the ice for some of the NHL's most iconic moments, including Bobby Orr's overtime goal in Game 4 of the 1970 Stanley Cup final that gave the Boston Bruins their first title in nearly 30 years.
"He wanted to be the best at everything he did in his life, and refereeing was no exception," Kevin Hood told The Canadian Press.