Referee Kozari returns to ice, works playoff game

Longtime NHL referee Steve Kozari, who left the ice on a stretcher earlier this month after colliding with Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Haydn Fleury during a Pittsburgh Penguins' victory, returned to the ice Sunday, working his 137th career Stanley Cup playoff game. Kozari, who missed the rest of the regular season after the collision, worked with fellow referee Kyle Rehman, as well as linesmen Michel Cormier and Bevan Mills during the Vancouver Canucks' 4-2 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 1 of their Western Conference quarterfinal series.