Gene Binda is in his ninth year as the Federal Hockey League Referee-in-Chief.
Binda is responsible for the coordination of officials for the FHL, which includes the assignment of officials, continuous improvement of officiating, acting as a liaison between coaches, officials, and the league, and serving as a mentor to current and prospective FHL officials. No stranger to high levels of hockey, Binda worked as an on-ice official in Atlantic Hockey. He has also acted as a referee for the ECAC at the Division-II and Division-III level since 1988, and has served as a linesman for Hockey East.
As a coordinator, Binda holds the title of Referee-in-Chief of the Eastern Junior Hockey League (EJHL), Empire Junior Hockey League (EmJHL), Eastern Hockey Federation, and Massachusetts Selects Hockey League. Binda also works seminars for referee development for Mass Hockey.
Binda was employed at the Boston Globe for 33 years as a journeyman pressman, and has since retired. Binda also spends time as an educator for the Graphic Communication International Union, traveling to different sites all over the country. Binda received a Bachelor's Degree in labor studies from UMass Boston in 1998, and a Master's from UMass Amherst in 2002 in the Union Leadership Program.
He and his wife Debby reside in Weymouth, MA. They have two children, son Eugene, Jr., who also referees in the American Hockey League, and daughter Dorina.
