Returns NHL on-ice official listings from the NHL Records API
(https://records.nhl.com/site/api/officials). Optionally filter by
type (e.g. "referee", "linesman"), which switches the resource to
officials/{type}.
Examples
# \donttest{
try(nhl_records_officials())
#> ── NHL Records Officials ────────────────────────────────── fastRhockey 1.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-04-13 17:05:40 UTC
#> # A tibble: 600 × 23
#> id active association_url birth_city birth_date coach_id country_code
#> <int> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <int> <chr>
#> 1 100 FALSE NA NA NA NA NA
#> 2 101 FALSE NA NA NA NA NA
#> 3 102 FALSE NA NA NA NA NA
#> 4 103 FALSE NA NA NA NA NA
#> 5 104 FALSE NA NA NA NA NA
#> 6 105 FALSE NA Plympton 1932-12-20… NA CAN
#> 7 106 FALSE NA Middlesborough 1947-05-28… NA GBR
#> 8 107 FALSE NA Guelph NA NA CAN
#> 9 108 FALSE NA Galt 1930-03-05… NA CAN
#> 10 109 FALSE NA Toronto 1946-11-06… NA CAN
#> # ℹ 590 more rows
#> # ℹ 16 more variables: deceased <lgl>, deceased_date <chr>, first_name <chr>,
#> # first_playoff_game_id <int>, first_regular_game_id <int>,
#> # general_manager_id <lgl>, headshot_url <chr>, last_name <chr>,
#> # nationality_code <chr>, official_type <chr>, officials_schema_id <int>,
#> # player_id <int>, referree_association_id <int>, state_province_code <chr>,
#> # sweater_number <int>, thumb_url <chr>
# }