TAMPA, Fla. — Philadelphia coach John Tortorella reluctantly left the bench Saturday evening after receiving a sport misconduct and bench minor early within the Flyers’ 7-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
On an evening that the 2004 Stanley Cup-winning Lightning crew that Tortorella coached was honored, he lasted simply 10:49 into the sport earlier than receiving the penalties proper after Philadelphia fell behind 4-0.
Tortorella expressed displeasure towards the officers, after which repeatedly advised referees Wes McCauley and Brandon Schrader that he wouldn’t go away. He relented after a few minutes and headed to the locker room.
Tortorella was changed by affiliate coach Brad Shaw, who dealt with the postgame coaches media session.
“Effectively, I believe he was simply attempting to make a degree that we felt like we would not have been getting our truthful shake,” Shaw mentioned. “It is an emotional sport at occasions, and all of us get elevated blood stress.
“I am not going to take a position on whether or not or not it was the best name. It is an emotional sport, you already know, and Wes determined that was the best factor to do. That is his determination within the second.”
About 90 seconds earlier than Brayden Level’s power-play objective made it 4-0, the referees known as a penalty name on Tampa Bay’s Michael Eyssimont for tripping. It was modified to Flyers defenseman Ronnie Attard after the officers had a dialogue.
“It is identical to two guys skating, hustling for a puck and their skates collectively and one man fell down on and one did not,” Shaw mentioned. “So, I wasn’t very enthusiastic about it myself.”
Lower than a minute later, Philadelphia proper wing Garnet Hathaway was given a 10-minute misconduct for making contact with Tampa Bay’s Anthony Cirelli throughout a timeout for a line change.
“I’ve by no means seen that,” Flyers middle Sean Couturier mentioned about Tortorella’s ejection. “Did he actually should get kicked out truthfully after what he mentioned? He did not say a lot.”
Corridor of Fame coach Scotty Bowman was on the sport and mentioned he was by no means ejected throughout his NHL-record 2,141 video games. However Bowman added he did get tossed as soon as as a coach within the juniors with Peterborough for throwing spare sticks on the ice throughout a sport at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens.