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Was Tim Peel Suspended For A Game?

02/03/2015 at 8:49am EST

from Sean Gentille of The Sporting News,

The Tim Peel "summit" apparently had a casualty: Tim Peel.

The NHL indefinitely suspended Peel, an official since 1999 and more recently an object of scorn over a series of high-profile blown calls, for meeting with Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynski at a New York bar,according to a report by Montreal's 98.5 Sports. Wyshynski, Peel's loudest critic, wrote a nice piece that ran on the website, focusing on Peel's side of the story and what it's like to speak, face-to-face, with someone you rip as part of your job.

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My only comment is when I saw the interview Wyshynski did with Peel, my first thought was the NHL is not going to like this.

added 9:27am, via Elliotte Friedman tweets,

1) Regarding reports NHL referee Tim Peel is indefinitely suspended because of @wyshynski interview, I'm told he is on "active status"...

2) and is therefore eligible to referee a game at any time. Peel did not work PIT/NJ as scheduled last Friday, but did work CAR/NYR Saturday

added 10:56am, Chris Johnston of Sportsnet with more on this...

Peel had been scheduled to work a game between Pittsburgh and New Jersey at Prudential Center the following evening, but was quickly taken off the assignment. It amounted to a one-game suspension for the veteran official, according to a source, because Peel’s conduct was deemed to be inappropriate.

A NHL spokesman said Tuesday morning that league policy prevented him from commenting on discipline given out to officials.

Wyshynski has been highly critical of Peel’s work on his popular Yahoo! Sports blog in recent years and the two met at a New York City bar to air their differences.

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