![]() ![]() Ask almost any hockey fan about Peel, and you’re likely to hear a story about him ruining a game they were trying to enjoy. Louis area, so much so that the two young officials knew he was on his way, and unsuccessfully tried to stop him from getting into their dressing room.įor those unfamiliar with Peel, he was a long tenured - and controversial - NHL official who was drummed out of the league after being caught vocalizing his intent to conduct some “game management” on a hot mic. Part of his retirement hobbies, aside from being a wannabe NHL insider and game-management denier on Twitter, has been causing trouble for minor hockey officials. ![]() ![]() This is but the latest, and the most pronounced event with Peel rocking up to his 10-year-old’s hockey games and looking to big-time young officials trying to make a buck. This is patently ridiculous behaviour from someone old and experienced enough to know better.Īpparently, it isn’t the first such incident. Peel proceeded to berate the two officials for around 20 minutes, questioning them about their calls in the game, and threatening their jobs, all while invoking his status as a former NHL official to intimidate them. I have a couple questions.’ And he just berated us.” “And he goes, ‘Do you know who the f- I am? You sit down and respect me. It was a game involving mostly 10-year-old players, which is important to keep in mind here for context. In short, Peel followed the two 17-year-old officials into their dressing room to express his discontent with their performance. I don’t want to borrow too liberally from Gentille’s piece, and I’d recommend everyone give that a read to get the full story. Louis Sting, and apparently the former NHL referee took issue with some of the officiating in said game. Peel’s son was involved in a game between the St. Now, six years later, Peel's NHL officiating career has come to an end after over 1,300 regular-season games and 90 playoff games officiated since his NHL debut in 1999.Īmong the 53-year-old Peel's most notable accomplishments during his time as a referee are working the 2012 NHL All-Star Game, two Winter Classic games and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.A stunning report from Sean Gentille of The Athletic came out on Friday evening, telling the story of former NHL referee Tim Peel’s behaviour at a minor hockey game in St. Peel allegedly said he felt the NHL wanted him to make the call for "game management" so that a " one-sided affair between two rivals didn't get out of control." Specifically, Wyshynski wrote that he asked Peel about a call he made against Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin around that time, which saw Ovechkin get called concurrently for roughing and holding. Wyshynski, who was a blogger for Yahoo Sports at the time, wrote about his meeting with Peel, and noted that Peel was candid about some of the questionable calls he had made in the past. In 2015, the NHL suspended Peel for one game, reportedly due to a photo Wyshynski tweeted of himself and Peel at a bar together, per CBC's Doug Harrison. Ultimately, the decision was made to remove Peel from all future games. Wyshynski noted that the NHL said it was "taking a look at" Peel's comment. Nashville went on to win 2-0 and was called for four penalties overall in the game, while the Red Wings were whistled for three penalties. "It wasn't much but I wanted to get a fuckin' penalty against Nashville early in the." Matt Best if you're a mic'd up ref, you shouldn't express how you wanted to call a penalty against a team earlier in the game, changing how you ref the rest of the game. ![]()
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