The Philadelphia Flyers let a two-goal third-period lead slip away on Saturday, dropping a 4-3 additional time choice to the Boston Bruins.
That’s not actually what had Flyers head coach John Tortorella fired up after the sport.
It was what he perceived to be some diving by the Bruins that helped contribute to the Flyers tallying 16 penalty minutes (to solely eight for Boston). The Bruins turned a type of penalties into an influence play purpose to chop into what had been a 2-0 Flyers lead.
Earlier than Tortorella took any questions in his post-game assembly with the media, he instantly went on the assault about diving and the way it is likely one of the issues he coaches his workforce to not do.
“One factor I educate my workforce to do will not be dive,” he stated at the start. “Possibly I ought to begin instructing them that, the best way this has gone right here, the best way this s–t goes on, possibly I ought to begin instructing them methods to dive.”
You may see the whole thing of his information convention right here.
