![]() ![]() “They took something away from him that he can’t even do.” “It’s like telling a 13-year-old kid, ‘You’re grounded from using the car for three years,’” she said. ![]() “So we’re gonna say, ‘Oh, you can’t coach anymore.’” But it’s Tim Peel,” Melissa Boren, Andrew’s mother, said. “If that were anybody else’s parent that came into the (referee’s room), that parent wouldn’t be allowed in an ice rink for the year. Peel was eventually suspended from coaching for 30 days, despite not being a coach barred from the referees’ room for two years, despite not being a referee and placed on probation for two years, but not prohibited from watching games from the stands, according to McGlynn, Boren and Missouri Ice Hockey Officials Association board member Andrew Bethmann. SafeSport and Missouri Hockey did not respond to a request for comment from The Athletic. Neither SafeSport, Missouri Hockey nor USA Hockey contacted either boy’s parents, the families said. The Athletic has also viewed the incident report filed with USA Hockey. Both McGlynn and Boren had their parents’ consent to speak for this story. Center for SafeSport their referee association, which sent the reports along to Missouri Hockey, the state’s governing body for amateur hockey and USA Hockey. McGlynn and Boren made it home, told their parents what happened, and filed reports with the U.S. He’s like, ‘I think we got off on the wrong foot.’ And then he tried to introduce himself again. “And then he tried to tone it down a bit. “He calmed down a little bit, but he still wouldn’t leave,” McGlynn said. McGlynn said he reached for his phone to call 911 but felt “cornered” and started recording a video of Peel instead - and that, McGlynn said, is when Peel’s demeanor changed. Telling us that he’s going to contact the assignors, and we’re never going to ref another game again.” He stood in front of that door for 20 minutes. I have a couple questions.’ And he just berated us. “And he goes, ‘Do you know who the f- I am? You sit down and respect me. “And I said, ‘Hey, Tim, you can read, that says, ‘officials,’ not parents. Peel apparently was livid over McGlynn and Boren’s decision to toss Mayers and Lashoff, the two coaches, for their behavior during the game.īoren said when Peel reached the referee’s room, he wedged his way into the doorway. It’s also the latest in a series of publicized incidents involving Peel. ![]() ![]() Louis area and elsewhere, the parents of the officials said. The alleged confrontation, involving a high-profile person with NHL ties, is all too common in youth hockey, both in the St. Peel followed McGlynn and Boren into the room, where for the next 15-20 minutes, he blocked the exit, “berated” them and threatened their jobs, the teenagers told The Athletic. McGlynn snagged it - but the door was equipped with a pneumatic-type device to stop it from slamming so Peel was able to reach inside before it completely shut. “He’s definitely gonna try to come in and talk to us.'” “I told Sean, ‘Hey, grab the key out of the door so (Peel) can’t open it,’” Boren told The Athletic. A 56-year-old former NHL ref with a son on the Knights and, at times, a coach alongside former NHL players Jamal Mayers and Matt Lashoff, Peel had a reputation for paying visits to the referee’s room, whether he’d been invited or not, the two teenaged officials said. Louis Sting 7-2, screaming for their opponents to “go f-” themselves.Īs Boren and McGlynn signed their game papers, they saw Tim Peel approach. 15 game they’d just worked was a challenging one that featured two coach ejections and an enraged, profane group of parents from one side.Īs they walked to the room, the teenaged officials heard parents from the St. He and Sean McGlynn - 17-year-old classmates, teammates, close friends and youth hockey referees with a level of experience that outstrips their age - were hustling back to the referee’s room at the St. The ref room key was going to be a problem. ![]()
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