NHL ref loudly curses out player during penalty announcement

Is that the official ruling?
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Tyler Schmall
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Hockey is the most fun sport to watch because it's reckless, there are a bunch of fights and even the REFS are badasses who don't take anyone's sh*t.

NHL ref Frederick L'Ecuyer was in the middle of calling a penalty on the Columbus Blue Jackets when he suddenly decided to let one of the players know exactly how he feels.

If you happened to notice that the ref doesn't seem to care that he just yelled "F*CK YOU! F*CK YOU!" to an arena of 20,000 people, it's because he doesn't.

This is peak hockey. This is hockey operating at its hockey-est and it's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

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Tyler Schmall

Tyler Schmall is a humor writer based in NYC and a friend of yours. You can follow him on Twitter @tylerschmall where he has been known to post "tweets."

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