![]() ![]() When I watch a game in person I’m in awe at how well they manage to stay mostly invisible during play. Not only are they having to make split-second calls in a game that is happening at a fast pace, but they have to do so while being expert skaters and avoiding getting hit by players, sticks, or pucks. ![]() Before I get to some more, let me clarify that I have a lot of respect for how difficult it is to be an NHL on-ice official. This is just one area where reform is needed, however. A team which is more often on defense and is caught out of position should be penalized more. Some teams are just better or worse at getting the calls! In hockey, a team which possess the puck more often and moves their legs more should end up with more power plays as they draw penalties. No other sport seeks this kind of penalty balanced. Veillette also wrote about the Peel incident, and I suggest you read both articles.īottom line: it’s absurd that this is a thing in hockey, and even more absurd that it’s been accepted for so long as just being part of the game. Jeff Veillette of The Faceoff Circle wrote about this phenomenon earlier this season, showing that a team like Columbus neither takes nor draws many penalties, while a team like Toronto is on the high end of both. Peel’s remark confirms what fans and observers of the league have long known: officials try to avoid a lopsided assignment of penalties within a game, meaning that some late-game infractions go uncalled or instead they call some ticky-tack stuff to “even things out.” “It wasn’t much but I wanted to get a fuckin’ penalty against Nashville early in the…” #Preds #LGRW /6fZImkdqLr Maybe 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. 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.The National Hockey League is facing a major crisis regarding the integrity of its in-game officiating, following a hot mic incident involving referee Tim Peel (apologies for language): 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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