John George Ashley (March 5, 1930 – January 5, 2008) was a Canadian referee in the National Hockey League.
He played junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros and Guelph Biltmores.
In 1950, he tried out for the Toronto Maple Leafs and played on farm teams in Pittsburgh and Syracuse, New York.
[2] During the 1971 Stanley Cup playoffs, Ashley achieved a first for NHL referees by officiating the seventh game of all three series that had seven games: a quarterfinal (Montreal vs. Boston), a semifinal (New York vs. Chicago), and the final (Montreal vs. Chicago).
[3] This Canadian biographical article relating to ice hockey is a stub.