Tim Peel’s career as an NHL referee is over. His voice was picked up by a TV microphone saying he wanted to call a penalty against the Nashville Predators during Tuesday’s game against Detroit. The league says Peel will no longer call NHL games and the integrity of the game must be intact. The 54-year-old Peel had made plans to retire next month. Peel could be heard saying the penalty wasn’t much, but he wanted to call one against Nashville. The microphone was cut off as as Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson was called for tripping. Nashville won the game 2-0.
