![]() It was the second penalty of the game, but the first on Nashville. The penalty in question came just under five minutes into the second period when Peel called Nashville’s Viktor Arvidsson for tripping Detroit’s Jon Merrill. Here is the broadcast video of the incident. During the game’s broadcast, a referee could be heard on a hot mic, stating “It wasn’t much, but I wanted to get a penalty against Nashville, early in the…” The incident occurred in the second period of last nights game in Nashville. 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 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 important than ensuring the integrity of our game,” Campbell said. ![]() NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell announced the dismissal of Peel Wednesday morning. Instead, Peel’s career ends a month or so early, and the NHL will presumably hope everyone forgets about it by the time the playoffs start.The NHL announced on Wednesday that official Tim Peel will no longer work for the league as a result of a comment he made over a hot mic in last night’s game between the Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings. Obviously it would be better if it was accompanied by a strong review of officiating practices and a commitment to transparency, but if the NHL was actually interested in that, they would have done it already. Moments like this puncture that bubble, and that’s why the response was so swift. That fans, players, and everyone else can tell officials insert themselves in this way in an effort to manage games is irrelevant as long as the league can maintain the illusion that it’s not happening or that it’s unavoidable. The appearance of complete competitive integrity is much more important to leagues than whether or not it actually exists. What they don’t want is any concrete evidence that it happens. The league may want to change how games are officiated, but they might not, too. That’s an entirely separate issue, though. ![]() Which is true, to a certain extent! Hockey (and other sports) absolutely have officiating or umpiring issues, including make-up calls and other weird examples of the human element of officiating seeping into the actual athletic competition. Plenty of the discourse has focused on hockey officials and their propensity for make-up calls, with some people defending Peel for just doing what every hockey official does. Tim Peel has officiated nearly 1,500 NHL games, including 90 in the playoffs and the 2014 Sochi Olympics. 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 our game.”Īs many noted, Peel was a very experienced official, who was actually set to retire at the end of this season. “Nothing is more important than ensuring the integrity of our game,” Campbell said. National Hockey League Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell announced today that Referee Tim Peel, following his comments during the game last night between the Detroit Red Wings and Nashville Predators, no longer will be working NHL games now or in the future.
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