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NHL boots ref Tim Peel after hot mic catches him admit to making bogus call

This has nothing to do with the Bruins, but it’s just what we all love: a good ol’ refereeing controversy!

In last night’s Detroit Red Wings vs. Nashville Predators game, referee Tim Peel called a penalty on Nashville’s Viktor Arvidsson. It looked like a soft call, but no big deal, right?

Wrong!

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.

"It wasn't much but I wanted to get a fuckin' penalty against Nashville early in the.