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The Latest From The Dean Warren Hearing
by Paul on 10/09/09 at 07:26 AM ET
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from Robert Cribb of the Toronto Star,
Prior to Walkom’s term as director of officiating, all officials were given as many as 20 game assessments, written by supervisors attending their games over the course of a season, Warren’s lawyers said.
Since Walkom’s appointment to the director’s position, officials have been given only a mid-season performance review and, in some cases, an end-of-season review, according to officials interviewed by the Star and testimony in the hearing.
“It’s like they’re running a dictatorship where they don’t have to be accountable for their actions,” said Dave Newell, former NHL official and officiating supervisor until three years ago when he was fired by Walkom for reasons he said were never provided by the league.
During that time, he said his own assessments of Warren’s abilities were “99 per cent extremely positive.”
“I hate to see what they’re doing to him. I know, because they did it to me.”
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Different Opinions Of Ex-Ref Warren
by Paul on 10/07/09 at 03:53 PM ET
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from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,
Two senior National Hockey League referees are divided on whether Dean Warren should have been fired by the league.
“I’ll be frank: he was horse shit,” said Paul Devorski, a 21-year referee who regularly works Stanley Cup Finals.
“Dean Warren is a good ref,” countered 30-year veteran Kerry Fraser, who has to a certain extent fallen out of favour with the NHL, having not been assigned a playoff game in several seasons.
Warren was fired by the NHL last year, and after an unsuccessful appeal through the NHL Officials’ Association has taken his cause to the Ontario Labour Relations Board. In hearings this week, Warren - an NHL referee from 1999-2007 - asserted that it was his involvement with the NHLOA that caused him to fall out of favour with the league.
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Fired Ref Dean Warren Gets His Hearing
by Paul on 10/06/09 at 06:20 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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Former Ref Claims He Was Wrongfully Fired
by Paul on 09/23/09 at 06:49 AM ET
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from Robert Cribb of the Toronto Star,
Former NHL referee Dean Warren is taking the league to the Ontario Labour Relations Board claiming he was wrongfully fired for his union advocacy on behalf of his black-and-white striped colleagues.
Warren, a Toronto native who learned the ropes officiating in the Greater Toronto Hockey League, will appear at a labour relations board hearing tomorrow.
He is alleging the league fired him in April 2008 for his “union activity” with the National Hockey League Officials Association.
The NHL argues in written submissions that Warren was fired for “substandard performance.”
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