He was selected to work games in the ice hockey men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

[3] He worked his first playoff assignment that postseason, which was game two of the 2001 Western Conference quarterfinals between the Edmonton Oilers and the Dallas Stars.

[8][1] He refereed another international season opening series in 2010, being assigned to two games between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Boston Bruins in Prague, Czech Republic.

He became the 24th referee to achieve the milestone, and selected Brad Watson, Shane Heyer and Darren Gibbs to work the game with him.

[14] His crew members for the game included referee Brad Watson, and linesmen Tim Nowak and Lonnie Cameron.