Flyers coach John Tortorella criticized the Bruins and the refereeing following his team’s overtime loss to Boston on Saturday at TD Garden. Before taking questions from the media, he immediately expressed his frustrations.
“Let me start by saying one thing I always teach my team is not to dive,” Tortorella said. “Maybe I should start teaching them that, considering how things are going, the way this (stuff) is happening. Maybe I should teach them how to dive.”
The Flyers were assessed eight penalties during the game, while the Bruins had only four, with both teams scoring once on the power play.
Tortorella was especially upset with a tripping penalty on Garnet Hathaway in the third period, believing Mason Lohrei had been knocked down with minimal contact.
The Bruins were awarded another power play late in the game when Sean Couturier was penalized for tripping David Pastrnak with 1:57 remaining in regulation, tied at 2-2.
“We always talk about playing an honest game, about no cheating, no embarrassing referees,” Tortorella remarked. “The (stuff) that happened tonight was just ridiculous. I’m proud of the way our team played. Did we waste another opportunity? Yeah, but other factors played a role in that too.”
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