Tim Peel represents everything wrong with officiating in hockey

Photo by Dave Sandford/Getty ImagesA stunning report from Sean Gentille of The Athletic came out on Friday evening, telling the story of former NHL referee Tim Peel’s behaviour at a minor hockey game in St. Louis. Peel’s son was involved in a game between the St. Louis Knights, and the St. Louis Sting, and apparently the former NHL referee took issue with some of the officiating in said game.

I don’t want to borrow too liberally from Gentille’s piece, and I’d recommend everyone give that a read to get the full story. In short, Peel followed the two 17-year-old officials into their dressing room to express his discontent with their performance. It was a game involving mostly 10-year-old…