Pittsburgh Penguins Are Whiners? The Five Biggest Tantrums Of John Tortorella’s Career
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Who can forget when then New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella was angered by a chirping Washington Capitals fan during game 5 of the first round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs?
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He attempted to squirt the offending fan with a water bottle. Not satisfied, he then threw the water bottle into the stands and threatened the fans directly behind the Rangers’ bench with a hockey stick.
It just goes to show that there are truly more ways than one to be world class at this calling.
For his trouble he received a beer bath and a one game suspension.
That suspension length sounds familiar doesn’t it Brandon Dubinsky? It’s amazing the different things you can do and only be suspended for one game.
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