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Who knows how prevalent this mindset is among NHL referees, but that seed of doubt is a dangerous thing for any sports league, which is why the NHL had to act fast and relatively swift. Obviously, had that not happened, he’d continue to referee games with this apparent approach to his job. He has been a member of the NHLOA since 1995. He has since officiated 1,343 regular-season games and 90 playoff games, as of February 1, 2021, according to the National Hockey League Officials’ Association (NHLOA). What’s alarming about the entire incident is Peel only was disciplined because he was caught on the hot mic. His NHL officiating career began in October 1999. So, while Peel doesn’t get to go out on his own, this isn’t like they banished him for 10 years. That’s all well and good, but as Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman pointed out, Peel is retiring at the end of the season. There is no justification for his comments, no matter the context or his intention, and the National Hockey League will take any and all steps necessary to protect the integrity of our game.” “Tim Peel’s conduct is in direct contradiction to the adherence to that cornerstone principle that we demand of our officials and that our fans, players, coaches and all those associated with our game expect and deserve. “Nothing is more inmportant than ensuring the integrity of our game,” NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said in a statement. The NHL wasted no time in announcing Peel won’t be working NHL games now or in the future. Unsurprisingly, that remark came shortly after Peele called Nashville forward Viktor Arvidsson for tripping. (Obviously, not all referee exchanges are created equally.)

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The NHL is trying to reach more Latinos with the game as the population grows.NHL Referee Tim Peel Fired After Hot Mic Penalty Incident In Nashville.

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The Avs have had a scout in Pittsburgh of late, watching the Pens and Devils. Tim Peel, who has officiated more than 1,300 games in the National Hockey League, was fired Wednesday after he was caught on a live microphone.

Big blow to the Florida Panthers, who lost Aleksander Barkov to a lower-body injury ( Florida Hockey Now).

Wonder if Cale Makar chipped in at all? (UMass Athletics)

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Looks like the UMass hockey dressing room is getting a pretty sweet upgrade thanks to some good friends of the program.It looks like the Montreal Canadiens and the North Division are now succumbing to some COVID Protocol issues after they had done a pretty good job keeping it out of Canada for most of the season.The top 10 goalies who could be on the move by the trade deadline ( TSN).They booed the Flyers off the ice in their loss to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. The Philadelphia fans have had enough of the Flyers middling play.And Gary Bettman, along with every other higher-up in the league office, knows it. Every referee in the league has done what Tim Peel did last night. But this is the NHL, a league that has ALWAYS known that referees do makeup calls or try to even things up when it comes to power plays for each team in a game. Sure, there are exceptions (using the N word, plotting a murder, etc. I’m not a fan of people being canceled over things they say privately. I’m probably in the minority here, but I don’t agree with the league’s decision. (Peel was going to retire after this season).

That was all that was heard, but it was enough for the league to fire Peel today. Peel had just called a penalty on Nashville’s Viktor Arvidsson five minutes into the second period. Peel was heard saying, “”there wasn’t much, but I wanted to get a f-ing penalty against Nashville early in the-”.

So, the NHL fired longtime referee Tim Peel today, for a “hot mic” incident in last night’s Detroit-Nashville game.