For years, rumors have swirled about possible special treatment by referees towards certain players in the NHL. Although there was no concrete evidence, on-ice observations hinted that not every player received equal treatment from officials. In a revealing interview, ex-referee Tim Peel discussed this contentious topic. <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/322632.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> <h3>Ex-Referee Confirms Some Players Received Special Treatments</h3> Peel's tenure with the NHL came to an abrupt end in 2021 when a microphone captured him admitting to making a make-up penalty call against a team due to a previous bad call on the other team. This revelation seemed to confirm what many fans had long suspected about the NHL's officiating methods. Peel's statement that drew significant attention was: <q>Did I give Sid Crosby some breaks over the years? Did I give Alexander Ovechkin some? Did I give the superstars some? Absolutely, because - guess what? - that's what the 18,000 fans are there to see. They're there to see him, not some fourth-line plugger. [For a cross-check to the head], the refs have to call it. The refs are gonna call it. I don't think Hockey Ops says, 'Well, Buffalo's not very good. We shouldn't suspend the other player because they've got a good team and Buffalo's not very good.' I disagree with that.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/ScoutingTheRefs/status/1712126991120412800'> </a></blockquote></div> Do you think every players should be treated equally? As seen on Markerzone - <a href='https://www.markerzone.com/news/index.php?no=286412' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Ex-NHL Referee Admits he Gave Special Treatments to Certain Players</a>