Scotty Morrison moved to Vancouver to work in the Western Hockey League, and from there was hired by the NHL at the age of 24, at that time the youngest referee in league history.
12 Facts About Scotty Morrison
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Scotty Morrison left the NHL in 1955 and became referee-in-chief of the Western Hockey League, while working games as a referee.
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Scotty Morrison worked in sales, and in that job was transferred to Toronto in 1964.
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In June 1965, Scotty Morrison returned to the NHL as referee-in-chief.
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In 1986, Scotty Morrison became the NHL's vice-president of project development, assigned to the Hockey Hall of Fame where he was made president.
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Scotty Morrison served in that role until 1991 when he became chairman of the Hall, while his NHL vice-president title was dropped in 1992.
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Scotty Morrison led the Hall of Fame through its relocation from the grounds of Exhibition Place to its present site in downtown Toronto, and retired in 1998.
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Scotty Morrison was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders' category in 1999.
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Scotty Morrison received the Wayne Gretzky International Award in 2001.
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Scotty Morrison became a Stanley Cup trustee in 2002 and served in that role until 2023.
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Scotty Morrison is well known in Haliburton, Ontario for his community service.
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Scotty Morrison chaired an annual hockey tournament for many years called the Scotty Morrison Charity Hockey Tournament, which raised over $700,000 for Community Care Haliburton County.