Guy Serota

Federal mediator Guy Serota was removed as a NHL-NHL Players’ Association mediator just hours after he was appointed Monday, after users drew attention to his partisan, and at times vulgar, Twitter account.

Soon after Serota was appointed Monday — along with Scot L. Beckenbaugh and John Sweeney — hockey fans started Googling and they came across a Twitter account belonging to Serota, one that has now been cleaned up.

Before Tuesday morning, however, Serota’s Twitter account listed him as a commissioner with Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (a U.S. government agency) and had a link to the FMCS website.

According to a report from Yahoo Sports, the account contained partisan political tweets such as: “Great morning here in USA! Obama is still President. Restores my faith in the American voter (after 2 terms George W).”

And, perhaps more damaging, it also contained a slew of off-colour jokes, including one referencing comedian Sarah Silverman, which contained a curse and the words “jew terrorist whore.”

More tweets are available here.

The account has since been cleaned up and it reappeared with this tweet:

Sorry about that ladies and gentlemen, my account was temporarily hacked. Of course, my professionalism now requires me to focus on my work.