Matt Rempe makes surprise reveal in response to officiating controversy.

Fans of the New York Rangers were outraged on Thursday evening after they felt some controversial calls from the National Hockey League's officiating crew working the game cost them a very valuable point against the Minnesota Wild. The Rangers currently find themselves just outside of a Wildcard spot for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs and at this point of the season, every point truly does matter.

Specifically it was a call against New York Rangers enforcer Matt Rempe that would cause the most controversy, a call that came at a critical time during the game's third period. Rempe was booked by the officials for interfering with Wild forward Devin Shore but, as you will see from the replay below, it was truly an outrageous call against Rempe.

It was enough that Rangers insider Larry Brooks of the New York Post took the NHL and the league's director of officiating, Stephen Walkom, to task following the egregious call.

"A scandal of the NHL's own making," wrote Brooks in response to the call. "The league, Stephen Walkom and the entire officiating department have acted out of bias against Rempe for more than a year. Two outrageous calls in consecutive games. Each cost the Rangers a goal. Mickey Mouse League."

If you're not aware of what Brooks is referring to here when he says "Two outrageous calls in consecutive games," he is pointing to another controversial call against Rempe that occurred on Tuesday night. This time, Rempe was called for goaltender interference despite what appeared to be clear evidence of him being shoved into the goaltender by an opposing player.

Now as you might imagine fans of the New York Rangers are feeling as though they have been hard done by and as it turns out they are absolutely right to be feeling that way. In a surprising twist to this recent controversy, Rempe himself made a surprising revelation when he was asked to comment on the recent calls that have been made against him.

According to Rempe himself, he received a personal apology from one of the officials involved in making the call during the game against the Minnesota Wild, with the unnamed official admitting that he had made the wrong call. According to multiple reports, Rempe revealed that during the third period one of the officials skated over to him and apologized for the call, stating that it had looked bad from the angle at which he had viewed the play. After seeing the replay, the official realized his mistake and apologized, and much to Rempe's credit he handled the apology with great class.

"Everyone makes mistakes," said Rempe when speaking to reporters after the game.

While it won't change the fact that the calls happened the way that they did, perhaps this is a silver lining for a frustrated Rangers fan base that has felt hard done by this week. At the very least it seems that some of the NHL's officials are willing to acknowledge their mistakes.