Conflicting reports regarding the retirement of referee Tim Peel.

There was a very interesting report yesterday that funnily enough had fans in the National Hockey League pretty excited, although some would argue that the excitement was a little mean spirited.

On Saturday the play by play voice of the New Jersey Devils on the Madison Square Garden Network Steve Cangialos announced that veteran National Hockey League official Tim Peel would be retiring at the end of the 2018 - 2019 National Hockey League regular season. The news was vert positively received due to the fact that Peel has long been one of the most maligned officials in the entire National Hockey League throughout his career and has earned the ire of many an NHL fan base as a result. 

The news came as a major surprise however as there has been no indication that Peel was on the verge of retirement, and as it turns out there is a good reason that there has been no news on that front. This morning National Hockey League official tracking website Scouting The Refs reported that the information that had been reported by Cangialos was incorrect and that Peel in fact would not be retiring. That news was met with a large amount of derision from the very same hockey fans that just a few short hours before had been celebrating the announcement of Peel's retirement, and unfortunately for those fans that news has now been confirmed.

Steve Cangialos, to his credit, has now issued a statement admitting that the report he made yesterday during the broadcast was in fact incorrect, although it seems to have been the result of some legitimate confusion and not an attempt on the part of Cangialos to report a story he had on bad information.

"I dropped some bad info late in last night’s game," said  Cangialos in an apology on social media. "Tim Peel Is NOT retiring at season’s end. I incorrectly had him grouped with officials the NHL is bidding farewell to at season’s end (Brad Watson, Lonnie Cameron, Tim Nowak). Feel awful about this. My deepest apologies."

I know it is not what a lot of fans want to hear, but unfortunately it is what it is.

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