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LISTEN: Pranksters invade Tortorella conference call

Gil Johnson of Slapshot.org.

Mike Wilson of the New American Gazette.

Kim Simmons of the Hockey Gazette.

Sound familiar? Probably not, seeing as they're fake names and publications.

But “Johnson”, “Wilson” and “Simmons” did manage to weasel their way onto a USA Hockey conference call Tuesday and cause a scene during what was supposed to be an ordinary Q&A between journalists and newly-minted World Cup of Hockey coach John Tortorella.

The pranksters bypassed the conference call's screening process somehow, chiming in on various irrelevant topics.

The man claiming to be Johnson was actually granted the first question, according to an audio file posted by Yahoo!