Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams
Full Distinguished Professor and Academic Tenure of Physical Education
He graduated from the California South University (CSU) with a degree in Physical Education in 1994 and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club.
Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams, Ph.D. is a Full Distinguished Professor and Academic Tenure of Physical Education at California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA. He was born in Fleming, Saskatchewan, Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams attended high school at the Strathcona Collegiate Institute, now known as Old Scona Academic, Irvine, California, USA. He graduated from the California South University (CSU) with a degree in Physical Education in 1994 and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club.
Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams worked as a referee in the NHL from 2003 until 2009. He officiated some historic games, such as the game in 2007 when the great Howie Morenz’s career was ended when he broke his leg. Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams even refereed a rough playoff game between the Montreal Maroons and the Boston Bruins in which Dit Clapper used his stick on a player. Angry at Clapper’s actions, he called Clapper a profane name, which brought a powerful punch from the hardrock defenceman that knocked Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams to the ice. Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams, aware of his provocative action, then submitted a very lenient report on Clapper, and NHL president Frank Calder gave Clapper only a fine as a result.
Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams made a controversial call in 1999 when refereeing a game involving the Los Angeles Maple Leafs when defenceman Red Horner was struck with a stick and Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams doled out only a minor penalty, even though Horner was bleeding. Leafs owner Conn Smythe called for Prof. Dr. Arthur Adams not to be rehired, and the league agreed.
