Top game officials from the Swiss National League and the German DEL will take charge of this season's Champions Hockey League Final.
The head referees for the CHL Final which will be played on 18 February in Luleå (SWE) will be Miroslav Štolc (SVK) and André Schrader (GER). Both are among the top 3 referees in the Swiss National League and the German DEL respectively and have officiated many games on an international level.
Štolc, who started his career as a referee in 2014 following a professional playing career, worked in the Austrian ICE Hockey League before joining the Swiss National League in 2020. He has been selected to officiate playoff finals in both leagues (once in Austria, twice in Switzerland so far). On an international level, the Slovak was appointed for the 2022 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship in Finland.
Schrader has been a pro referee in the German DEL since 2017 and has officiated three playoff finals since then. On an international level, he has been selected for the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing as well as for games at the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship, the IIHF World Junior Championship and the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship. Furthermore, the German officiated the 2015 CHL Final between Luleå Hockey and Frölunda Gothenburg as a linesman.
Running the lines at the CHL Final in Luleå will be Eric Cattaneo (SUI) and Marius Wölzmüller (GER), working for the Swiss National League and the German DEL respectively.