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Schoenfeld Talks About Tortorella Suspension
by Paul on 04/26/09 at 12:24 PM ET
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from Jeff Z. Klein of Slap Shot at the NY Times,
Schoenfeld talked about what triggered Tortorella’s outburst, which was caught by Verizon Center security cameras and which led to the N.H.L.’s suspension, levied at 10 o’clock Saturday night. In suspending Tortorella, the league said that the coach squirted water at fans, then had a drink thrown at him from the stands, then threw a bottle that struck another fan.
“I’ll tell you, I know the heart of the guy, and I know the thing that triggered him,” Schoenfeld said, then referred to the Verizon Center fans behind the bench area. “It wasn’t any sling they threw at him, and there were many. It was something they said about one of his players.”
Schoenfeld continued, addressing reporters: “And you guys, it’s easy to say that you’ve got to keep control or you’ve got to keep it in check, turn the other way, that there are rules. But there’s a certain part of your being when you’re a coach, and it’s just like being a parent. There are certain things you’ll put up with when people slander your kids, and there’s a certain line that people cross. And that’s what happened with John,” he added.
added 2:17pm, also from Jeff Z. Klein of Slap Shot,
Just before Game 6 Sunday afternoon, the Rangers released a letter to N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman from G.M. Glen Sather, asking that the Washington Capitals be disciplined for failing to control the actions of their fans in the incident that led to the one-game suspension to Rangers Coach John Tortorella for squirting water and throwing a water bottle at fans late in Game 5.
The letter alleged that fans spat on Ranger bench personnel, shouted homophobic remarks about Rangers players and screamed in Tortorella’s ear. The letter said that Verizon Center security guards and ushers did nothing when asked by the Rangers bench personnel to restrain the fans.
continued, copy of the letter can be read there…
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Free Torts!
Gotta be the bandwagon assoholic fans.
Posted by Jeebus on 04/26/09 at 04:38 PM ET
discipline the Caps fans, I suppose, but they haven’t played in Philly before?
Posted by RWBill from the Land of 12 in 12. on 04/26/09 at 06:23 PM ET
I guess Tortorella has never heard of the phrase sticks and stones. More shockingly, the man lives in New York, where insults are flung in the seats of the garden, Yankee stadium, Giants stadium and on the very streets of Manhattan on a regular basis.
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 04/26/09 at 07:16 PM ET
I find it funny that a team that plays in MSG would whine about “abuse” from opposing fans.
As RWBill pointed out, haven’t they played in Philly or Denver before?
BUt seriously, earlier in the serious it was all about how Caps players were talking aboiut NY fans… and now the Rags say they can’t handle an opposing team’s fans? Seriosuly?
Besides, I love how Schoenfeld is involved here defending a coach’s actions. We all KNOW what he’s done and said in the past…
Posted by Primis on 04/26/09 at 08:32 PM ET
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and the irony of all this - Donald Brashear only got a two-minute penalty for a blindside elbow on Blair Betts when he wasn’t even near the puck
Posted by bsalamon on 04/26/09 at 02:28 PM ET