{"id":1944,"date":"2013-04-12T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/frozen-four\/?p=1944"},"modified":"2013-04-12T13:13:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:13:05","slug":"a-frozen-four-refereeing-hat-trick-for-the-shepherd-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2013\/04\/12\/a-frozen-four-refereeing-hat-trick-for-the-shepherd-family\/","title":{"rendered":"A Frozen Four refereeing hat trick for the Shepherd family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PITTSBURGH<\/strong> &#8212; It isn&#8217;t an official designation, but the Shepherds may have become the first family of Frozen Four officiating.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Shepherd was one of the referees for Thursday&#8217;s national semifinal game between Yale and Massachusetts-Lowell, making him the third member of his family to wear the orange stripes for a Frozen Four game.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Shepherd, Brad&#8217;s brother, has refereed Frozen Four games, including the 2007 title game between Michigan State and Boston College.<\/p>\n<p>And their father, WCHA supervisor of officials Greg Shepherd, said he worked 10 Frozen Fours, starting in 1988.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.c.photoshelter.com\/img-get\/I0000FdUQVqu1Abk\/s\/500\/I0000FdUQVqu1Abk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad, Greg and Derek Shepherd pose before a game at Michigan Tech on Nov. 19, 2010 (photo: Jim Rosvold).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The CCHA brother duo of Matt and Mark Shegos presided over a number of Frozen Four games in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1991, Matt Shegos was the referee for the three-overtime championship game where Northern Michigan beat Boston University, while Mark worked the lines.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Shepherd, meanwhile, also has been the referee in the women&#8217;s Frozen Four, refereeing the 2003 title game where Minnesota-Duluth beat Harvard in double overtime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH &#8212; It isn&#8217;t an official designation, but the Shepherds may have become the first family of Frozen Four officiating. Brad Shepherd was one of the referees for Thursday&#8217;s national semifinal game between Yale and Massachusetts-Lowell, making him the third member of his family to wear the orange stripes for a Frozen Four game. 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