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Of all the ways for Stewart Zimmel to gain some notoriety, this probably wasn’t one he saw coming.
Zimmel is the COO of a company called HockeyTech according to his LinkedIn page, and before that, he worked for a company called Buzzer Apps. If you’re wondering why he’s important, here’s the reason: the American Hockey League app started sending push notifications demanding money from Zimmel on Wednesday. About $6,000, according to the alerts from the NHL’s top minor league.
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“Stewart. Since I have no way to contact you are you owe me nearly $6,000 I would ask you contact me about a payment,” the notification, which was sent repeatedly, reads. “Also, I’m filing a workplace report against you for threatening to punch me in the throat nemours [sic] times.”
Another notification sent read: “Stewart Zimmel please pay the outstanding monies owed.”
A third: “Stewart Zimmel threatened to punch Ian Bowman in the throat.”
When users opened the app, they were treated to a picture of a computer screen with messages between Zimmel and someone else, in which Zimmel (using scare quotes) threatens to punch someone in the throat.
The AHL, which was ready for a schedule-release announcement on Wednesday, was forced to issue an apology for the mess.
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“We have worked with out app host to resolve today’s issue of unauthorized notifications coming from the AHL app,” the league said on yet another alert. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”
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