PITTSBURGH — It was just atrocious officiating for the first 40 minutes, and the man in charge knew it and apologized.
Referee Francois St. Laurent approached Rangers coach David Quinn after the second period of his team’s 6-5 loss to the Penguins on Sunday afternoon and said sorry for the way the opening 40 minutes had gone, Quinn said.
“I give the ref credit, they did come over to me after the second and said, ‘Listen, I had a bad first two periods. I made some bad calls. I’ll be better in the third,’ ” Quinn said.