An NHL referee took care of the scandal, convicted by microphones

One of the referees, after the controversial expulsion of Predator striker Viktor Arvidsson, said that in any case he wanted to send Nashville to the penalty bench.

The incident happened at the end of the fifth minute of the second period, when Arvidsson gently pushed Jon Merril and, to everyone’s surprise, went to the penalty bench for tripping. “It wasn’t terrible, but I wanted to give Nashville a sku … punishment at the beginning,” the microphone picked up the voice of one of the referees, even with vulgarism, and then the connection was broken. The match was led by Tim Peel and Kelly Sutherland, it was not clear from the record whose voice it was. Peel sent the Swedish striker to the penalty box and it is believed that he said so.

The NHL leadership has not yet answered the AP’s question after the match, but Deputy Competition Commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic that the league would investigate the incident. After the match, they also asked Nashville coach John Hynes about the incident. “The referees are employees of the league, so I won’t comment on it. It’s up to the NHL to resolve it.” said the helmsman Predators.

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