Tim Peel suspended for one game

[Jasmine]

Memo to NHL referees: Don’t have your picture taken holding a drink at a bar with a member of the media.

Doing so could result in a suspension, as Tim Peel realized last week when the 15-year official reportedly was barred for one game, a Jan. 30 contest between Pittsburgh and the hometown New Jersey Devils, after Yahoo Sports blogger Greg Wyshynski tweeted a photo of he and Peel holding a shot of tequila at a New York City bar the previous night.


http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/tim ... -1.2943544

[Alfie11]

Re: Tim Peel suspended for one game

I'm convinced he does this before every Senators game he officiates, they must not have photographic evidence.

[Jasmine]

Re: Tim Peel suspended for one game

Or maybe he should do that before a Sens game..he would probably enjoy it more. ;) Instead he is a miserable bastard when doing a game in Ottawa.

[Josh]

Re: Tim Peel suspended for one game

I find it strange that the NHL doesn't permit officials to speak to members of the media. I wonder what the details of that clause are.

Does anyone know more about the NHL's media-official policy, and/or whether or not the other major sport leagues have such a policy?

[Matt the Aussie]

Re: Tim Peel suspended for one game

Further on in the CBC story, and my guess as to why he was suspended:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck- ... 58557.html

In this article by Wysh, he states:

- In a game between San Jose and Anaheim, he admits he made a bad diving call on Sami Vatanen, who copped a high stick. Then he suggests that he felt OK to make that call because of the NHLs overall stance to crack down on diving.

- In the last game he officiated involving Washington, he admits that he gave Ovechkin a double minor with the score 4-0 in Washington's favour as "game management" and that he wouldn't have made the same call in a 1-1 game. Again, he implies the NHL encourages "game management".

[Jasmine]

Re: Tim Peel suspended for one game

I find it strange that the NHL doesn't permit officials to speak to members of the media. I wonder what the details of that clause are.

Does anyone know more about the NHL's media-official policy, and/or whether or not the other major sport leagues have such a policy?

I'm actually not surprised. Bettman seems like a control freak.

[Dean Ambrose]

Re: Tim Peel suspended for one game

This guy sucks. He shouldn't even be officiating NHL games.

[Alfie11]

Re: Tim Peel suspended for one game

I find it strange that the NHL doesn't permit officials to speak to members of the media. I wonder what the details of that clause are.

Does anyone know more about the NHL's media-official policy, and/or whether or not the other major sport leagues have such a policy?

I find the entire situation strange. Did Tim Peel not know you weren't allowed to speak to the media? It seems like it would be a rule made clear to every official if it was a rule. If so, why did he agree/want to do the sit-down? Also, why would he take his picture with the Yahoo reporter with alcohol (seems like common sense not to).