Video: Automatic Penalty
We have another “Hot Mic” situation, but this time is came from an NHL ref…
During the Red Wings and Nashville game veteran refs Tim Peel and Kelly Sutherland were on the call, unfortunately they forgot they were mic’d up and got caught on a hot mic…
With 12:42 remaining in the second period, the Nashville broadcast captured audio from an on-ice official saying, “It wasn’t much, but I wanted to get a f—ing penalty against Nashville early.”
The NHL told ESPN that it is “taking a look at” the incident.
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.
— Matt Best (@bestofmatt) March 24, 2021
"It wasn't much but I wanted to get a fuckin' penalty against Nashville early in the..."#Preds #LGRW pic.twitter.com/6fZImkdqLr