Refrigerator including through-the-door ice service

A refrigerator, including an ice cube storage receptacle on the inner surface of the freezer door, a passage through the door communicating with the interior of the receptacle and a closure member pivotally mounted on the exterior surface of the freezer door for closing the passage. The closure member carries a delivery tube extending through the passage and in communication with the ice cube storage receptacle and delivers the ice pieces to the exterior of the freezer door when the closure member is open. There is provided an ice piece stop assembly for preventing the passage of ice pieces into the passage when the closure member is opened and includes at least one gate member movable from a first position obstructing the passage to a second position opening the passage, said gate member being biased to move to the first position when the closure member is opened and moved to the second position by the delivery tube exerting force on the gate member to open the passage when the closure member is closed.