ABOUT ME

Hello! My name is Andrew Voulgarelis and I live in New Hampshire now, where I go to high school at Phillips Exeter Academy.

I grew up in Chicago, where I was lucky enough to witness the Blackhawks win three Stanley Cups! I started playing hockey at five years old and haven’t stopped! I currently play for my high school.

I started working as a hockey official when I was twelve, but there were signs I would follow this path much earlier. In 3rd grade, I dressed as an NFL referee for Halloween. And when friends in elementary school would play any sport during recess, I always officiated. I guess I’m just a rules guy!

In my first couple of years as a USA Hockey official, I averaged about 15-25 games a season. I started with U8 cross ice and basically worked that for my whole first season. Then I started working full ice U10. I did a lot of U8 and U10 in the beginning. I knew it was important to have good fundamentals before moving up age groups. I was also careful to never work the same age group that I was playing in.

For the past few seasons, I have worked about 150 games a year, all while still in high school. I’ve moved my way up through the youth levels and am now fortunate to also work college and junior hockey. I’m about to cross the 600 game mark with one season remaining for me in high school!

Here are a few of my favorite accomplishments and experiences:

YOUTH

• Lined and refereed in the 4-official system at New England District Regional Tournaments (3 years)
• Refereed and lined the NED U17 Boys Festival, where I was selected to work the All-Star game in the 3 official system
• Refereed and lined the NED U15 Boys Festival, also selected to work the All-Star game in the 3 official system 
• Refereed in the Mass State U14 Championships in the 3 official system
• Refereed and lined both the MA Boys CCM High Performance and Top 40 Camps in the 4 official system

JUNIORS

• Lined NCDC
• Refereed USPHL Premier, EHLP, and NA3HL
• Lined USPHL Premier, EHLP, NA3HL, and EHL Playoffs

COLLEGE

• Lined NCAA Men’s DIII
• Lined NCAA Women’s DIII
• Lined ACHA 
• Was a Goal Judge for NCAA CCC 2024 Championship Game

LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT

• Attended USHL Fall Classic Officials Combine
• Attended USAH Eastern Futures Camp
• NH USAH Supervisor and Evaluator for New England District Girls’ Regional Tournament
• NH USAH Seminar Instructor (3 years)
• Buddy for the NH USAH Buddy Program to help Level 1 officials get started 
• Attended NAPHL Officiating Camp
• Selected for NAHL Officiating Camp
• Attended the Atlantic District Allentown Development Workshop
• Attended the NED Officiating Camp in CT; selected to work the All-Star game as a referee in the 4 official system
• Worked in seven states… and counting…