NHL Bans Ref for Hot Mic Incident

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Referee Tim Peel will reportedly not work another NHL game after he was caught on a hot microphone saying that he wanted to penalize the Nashville Predators during a recent game against the Detroit Red Wings.

According to ESPN, Peel called Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson for tripping Red Wings defenseman Jon Merrill in the offensive zone, even though video replay seemed to show Merrill had embellished his fall to help get the call. A Predators broadcast later caught Peel saying "it wasn't much, but I wanted to get a f---ing penalty against Nashville early."

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