Salt Lake Tribune · Feb 14, 2018
More minorities in officiating, coaching is NHL's next step
Linesman Shandor Alphonso signals a clean transition across the blue line during the third period of an NHL hockey game between the Arizona Coyotes and the Philadelphia Flyers Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, in Glendale, Ariz. The NHL has almost two dozen black players but just one black official in linesman Shandor Alphonso and one black coach in Flames assistant Paul Jerrard. Alphonso, Jerrard and recently retired linesman Jay Sharrers hope they can show young minorities they can stay in hockey beyond playing. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Shandor Alphonso never envisioned his hockey career taking him to officiating. He didn't have to look far to see it was possible.