1982 NHL Correspondence Between John McCauley & Bruce Hood - Rating PositionsJune 23, 1982 NHL Correspondence letter from John McCauley to Bruce Hood regarding rating position, giving Hood a rating of 4 for the 1981 82 season John McCauley was a National Hockey League referee from 19661981. He officiated 442 regular season games and 12 playoff games. In 1979, McCauley was assaulted by a fan after a match between the NHL All Stars and the Soviet Union and sustained a serious injury to his right eye. He later became the