Remember when Ed Snider would go through a brick wall for his players, regardless of what infractions, fines or suspensions the Flyers were guilty of? Well it sounds as if that mentality has returned if an interview with Comcast (and Flyers) CEO Dan Hilferty is any indication.
Saturday night, after Tampa Bay scored its fourth goal at 10:49 of the first period, Tortorella, clearly pissed off at the officiating led by referee Wes McCauley, received a game misconduct. Tortorella refused to leave the bench during an occasionally profanity-laced tirade aimed at McCauley for what looked like not skating over to chat with the coach.