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Fired Ref Dean Warren Gets His Hearing
by Paul on 10/06/09 at 07:20 AM ET
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from Robert Cribb of the Toronto Star,
Warren, who was fired last year and is seeking reinstatement, has filed a complaint against the league claiming he was wrongfully terminated for his union work on behalf of the NHL Officials Association.
The league claims Warren was fired for “substandard performance.”
“In my mind there was a number of penalties called in the last two games that didn’t exist,” said Walkom, a former president of the officials’ assocation and who remains an on-ice referee with the league.
Those calls led players to react to Warren in a “contemptuous way,” he said.
Asked why Warren was chosen as one of 22 officials to serve in the playoffs that year, Walkom said Warren “was one of the top guys focused on calling the (NHL) standard.”
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