NEW YORK (March 10, 2024) – Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella has been suspended for two games and fined $50,000 for unprofessional conduct directed at the officials by refusing to leave the bench area after being assessed a game misconduct at 10:49 of the first period of NHL Game No. 1,016 on Saturday, March 9, NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell announced today.
Tortorella will miss the Flyers’ next two games — March 12 versus the Sharks and March 14 versus the Maple Leafs.
The fine money goes to the NHL Foundation.
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refs are absolutely atrocious most games. if you are going to toss a coach, man up and go let him get his 10 second vent. if your to soft, get out of the game.
Sounded like this was his second bench penalty of the game. I said it last week, I have a feeling the nhl issued a warning to coaches to back off a bit because a few guys got fined last week.
The thing with Torts is, his antics just wear thin after a while. In a couple years he'll be on to a different city until eventually the league gives up on him because he won't evolve how he is. Sometimes I agree with him, sometimes I don't, but man he can look like a fool at times.
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