Tortorella gets 15 days without pay for fight
The NHL suspended Vancouver coach John Tortorella for 15 days without pay Monday night for his part in a chaotic meeting with Calgary.
The former Sabres assistant and Rochester head coach confronted the Flames at their dressing room during the first intermission Saturday. He was incensed after Calgary coach Bob Hartley loaded the starting lineup with tough guys, which resulted in a 10-player brawl as soon as the puck dropped.
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c. Sabres coach Ted Nolan said Monday he wouldn’t have countered Hartley’s moves. “I think in 1964 maybe you respond a certain way,” Nolan said. “Now we’re trying to sell this game, and you don’t sell it like that. … We’re in the hockey business, not in the fighting business.” [OUCH!]
The NHL suspended Vancouver coach John Tortorella for 15 days without pay Monday night for his part in a chaotic meeting with Calgary.
The former Sabres assistant and Rochester head coach confronted the Flames at their dressing room during the first intermission Saturday. He was incensed after Calgary coach Bob Hartley loaded the starting lineup with tough guys, which resulted in a 10-player brawl as soon as the puck dropped.
had to post this for two reasons
1. cant pass up that thread title
c. Sabres coach Ted Nolan said Monday he wouldn’t have countered Hartley’s moves. “I think in 1964 maybe you respond a certain way,” Nolan said. “Now we’re trying to sell this game, and you don’t sell it like that. … We’re in the hockey business, not in the fighting business.” [OUCH!]
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