He recalled making a bad call against the Columbus Blue Jackets last year and apologizing to head coach John Tortorella. He said being approachable and willing to admit a blown call goes a long way. “There’s a fine line between being confident and being cocky, and early in my career I think I came across as being cocky.” “It takes a long time to gain that respect from the players and the coaches – many, many, many years,” Peel said. It requires confidence but also the willingness to admit a mistake, he said. He said it’s a balancing act earning the respect of players and coaches. Peel said off-season training is important to be able to keep up with the players. To me, the game has never been any better than what it is now.” “The players are getting younger and faster and I’m getting older and slower,” he said. The game has changed a lot since Peel entered the league, and he said it’s now faster and better than ever. Louis, is gearing up for another NHL season beginning in October. The adjustment was nerve-wracking at first, Peel said, but two decades later he’s one of the league’s longest-tenured and busiest officials. “I knew I wasn’t good enough (to play in the NHL), so for me to be on the ice in an NHL building, wearing the NHL crest on my chest, was the proudest moment of my life.” “It was really surreal because being a kid growing up in a small town like Hampton, we would always play pond hockey on hole 13 at the Hampton golf course in the wintertime,” Peel said. 21, 1999, Peel skated onto the ice in Ottawa wearing the orange armbands for a game between the Senators and the Colorado Avalanche. Tim Peel has been an NHL referee for almost 20 years, but he remembers his first game like it was yesterday. Hampton native Tim Peel says he will retire in two years I thought some might be interested in reading. I interviewed NHL referee Tim Peel earlier this week.
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