BREAKING: John Tortorella Ejected For Conduct Towards Officials
Hockey is a fast pace and physical sport. This means that things can escalate quickly sometimes. That is exactly what happened in the Flyers game today.
Tortorella Ejected For Abuse Of Officials
Less than ten minutes into the contest, the Flyers were down 4-0 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Flyers head coach John Tortorella lost his mind on the bench as he laid into the referees. It got so bad that they decided to eject him, a rare thing in the NHL.
10 minutes in, TB leads PHI 4-0. A furious John Tortorella was just ejected after a tirade at the officials
Making matters worse was the fact that the coach refused to leave the bench after his ejection!
His full meltdown can be seen in the post below. It was quite the hissy fit for the passionate coach.
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Do you think the referees were right to eject Tortorella? |
Yes | 250 | 56.2 % |
No | 195 | 43.8 % |
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