StreetsofBeige
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As a hockey fan, everyone knows this happens. Refs dick around with penalties to make a point or even things out. Just a matter of catching refs doing it. Turns out refs were hot micced and didn't know it.
The said thing is the TV producers/editors running the telecasts know about this shit, but I guess they just want to focus on the game and not spill beans about other ugly shit they hear during games.
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·Hockey writer
Tue., March 23, 2021, 10:46 p.m.·2 min read
They said the quiet part out loud.
In Tuesday night’s game between the Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings, as the broadcast was heading to commercial, one referee was caught on a live microphone explaining how he wanted to penalize the Predators to, presumably, create a more even match.
"It wasn't much but I wanted to get a f—in' penalty against Nashville early in the...” and then the poor producer cut it off just as it was getting good.
Assuming that the referee was discussing the most recent penalty, this was regarding a Viktor Arvidsson trip of Red Wings defenseman Jon Merrill just under five minutes into the second period.
It is uncertain if it was pure pity laid upon the hopeless Red Wings — the score was only 1-0 in favour of the Predators at that point — or simple ineptitude and the underlying narrative of referees forming the game to their control. No matter the reasoning behind it, it was laid out in crystal clear audio quality that a referee was attempting to play some part in the end result of the game.
Both Nashville and Detroit are wading their way through the season at the bottom of the Central Division, secured in the sixth and eighth spot respectively. No one is really paying attention as these teams are just showcasing players they are about to sell prior to the April 12 trade deadline, so maybe that’s why the referee thought he could get away with it?
The said thing is the TV producers/editors running the telecasts know about this shit, but I guess they just want to focus on the game and not spill beans about other ugly shit they hear during games.
NHL fires referee Tim Peel over hot-mic incident
The NHL made the announcement on Wednesday following an investigation into the incident.
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Referee caught on live mic wanting to assign make-up call vs. Predators
Thomas Williams·Hockey writer
Tue., March 23, 2021, 10:46 p.m.·2 min read
They said the quiet part out loud.
In Tuesday night’s game between the Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings, as the broadcast was heading to commercial, one referee was caught on a live microphone explaining how he wanted to penalize the Predators to, presumably, create a more even match.
"It wasn't much but I wanted to get a f—in' penalty against Nashville early in the...” and then the poor producer cut it off just as it was getting good.
Assuming that the referee was discussing the most recent penalty, this was regarding a Viktor Arvidsson trip of Red Wings defenseman Jon Merrill just under five minutes into the second period.
It is uncertain if it was pure pity laid upon the hopeless Red Wings — the score was only 1-0 in favour of the Predators at that point — or simple ineptitude and the underlying narrative of referees forming the game to their control. No matter the reasoning behind it, it was laid out in crystal clear audio quality that a referee was attempting to play some part in the end result of the game.
Both Nashville and Detroit are wading their way through the season at the bottom of the Central Division, secured in the sixth and eighth spot respectively. No one is really paying attention as these teams are just showcasing players they are about to sell prior to the April 12 trade deadline, so maybe that’s why the referee thought he could get away with it?
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