{{Short description|Ice hockey official}} {{Infobox person | name = Danny Kurmann | image = LNA, HC Lugano vs. Genève-Servette HC, 24th September 2015 78.JPG | alt = Two men - one a player, the other a referee - chatting on ice | caption = Kurmann (R, #66) with Janick Steinman (L, #21) on ice in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|01|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = Switzerland | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Sports administrator, ice hockey official | spouse = | children = }} '''Danny Kurmann''' (born 10 January 1966) is a retired ice hockey referee from Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=508967|title =2010 Olympic ice hockey on-ice officials announced|publisher = NHL.com| accessdate =2010-08-13}}</ref>
== Career == Kurmann began officiating in 1983 in amateur leagues.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.swiss-icehockey.ch/popup2.php%3Fp%3D/SIH/referees/data/de/nla_dannykurmann.xml&ei=SHFlTKqdE4G78gbtzMCECQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDQQ7gEwBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDanny%2BKurmann%2Bice%2Bhockey%2Breferee%2B1983%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Ds%26prmd%3Do|title = Danny Kurmann|publisher = Swiss Ice Hockey.com| accessdate =2010-08-13}}</ref> In 1989, he was first appointed to the Swiss National League A, in which he served as a linesman during his first three seasons. He was promoted to the position of referee in 1993. In 1997, he signed a full-time contract with the Swiss Ice Hockey Association, giving up his job as an air conditioning technician.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
Danny Kurmann has officiated in several international tournaments. He officiated at the Ice Hockey World Championships (1999-2004, 2007-2009), the IIHF World U20 Championship (1999-2000, 2003, 2007-2009) and at the Olympic Games (2002, 2006, 2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/News/20090712_WrazidloHishmehOlympics|title=Hishmeh, Wrazidlo to Officiate Olympic Games|publisher=ECAC Hockey.com|accessdate=2010-08-13|archive-date=2012-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307132650/http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/News/20090712_WrazidloHishmehOlympics|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has participated in the IIHF Referee Exchange Program since its introduction in 2004.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
In April 2017, Kurmann retired from refereeing to take a job as an officiating manager with the IIHF.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://scoutingtherefs.com/2017/04/18842/iihf-referee-danny-kurmann/|title=IIHF Referee Danny Kurmann Retires, Moves to Officiating Supervisor|accessdate =2017-06-23}}</ref>
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