Disturbing trend emerges between the Maple Leafs and one particular NHL referee.

A disturbing trend has emerged between the Toronto Maple Leafs and one National Hockey League official, although to be fair it may be just a gigantic coincidence. 

Last night Scouting the Refs, a website that specializes in tracking data regarding the NHL's officiating crews, published a report that revealed that the Leafs have gone 1 - 12 when NHL referee Graham Skilliter is officiating the game. 

The reason the statistic was brought up was due to the fact that Skilliter was once again officiating last night with the Leafs facing off against the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

Now to be clear, it would be very unfair to blame Skilliter for Toronto's loss to arguably the best team in the entire league right now, however with the Leafs falling 2 - 0 to the Lightning, they are now 1-13 with Skilliter officiating. 

It's a disturbingly one-sided statistic and one that is likely to have a lot of people, especially Leaf fans, paying very close attention to when Graham Skilliter next officiates a Leafs game.

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