In 2004, the Tampa Bay Lightning went through a tough battle with the Flyers in the Eastern Conference finals and wound up becoming Stanley Cup Champions after beating the Flames. They were lead by head coach John Tortorella in a year he won the Jack Adams. So Tonight, as the Philadelphia Flyers came into Tampa, it was a special one.
Not only did the Lightning celebrate the 20 year anniversary of that 2004 Stanley Cup Championship, with Torts in town, it was also a bit of a reunion. So with guys like Lecavalier, Boyle, Richards and Andreychuk in the building, it was only right that we got a classic, all timer from John Tortorella on the bench. After a terrible start to the Bolts, giving up an early goal, getting a few bad penalties including a 10 minute misconduct from Hathaway, he let the referee Wes McCauley hear it. Sure enough, the trigger happy McCauley then ejected him from the game just 10 minutes into the first period. Needless to say, he completely lost his mind. He refused to leave the bench and cussed like a sailor in the process. It was an instant classic. As for the game, it was one to forget for the Flyers but I cover it all in todays NHL video!
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What an instant classic! I think he had a right to be upset but what do you think? Flyers CEO has already said he will pay the fine for Torts 👌🏼
If you ever do another lip read like this, PLEASE do it link an R movie on TBS! It would be hilarious! Eg: "I'm tired of these monkey fighting snakes, on this Monday to Friday plane!"
I like that he's completely wiped out talk about his team losing 7-0 with his display. Like a media chaff grenade haha
@@TheFusionmixThat's classic Manager Moves, baby. Baseball managers are legendary experts at using their own temper and actions to manipulate the refs and the media, but you don't see it all that often in other sports.
@@InchonDM Lou Piniella behind a hockey bench would be something to see
Torte g9 kicked out with 9:11 remaining in the first 💀💀💀
That 10 minute misconduct for a shove is just brutal. 2 minute unsportsmanlike at the most.
Did Marchand get anything for the face lick ??? That push happens in every game. The refs were pathetic....
And have Philly play another man down? Correct call IMO.
For context, there was a lot of talking and players going at one another after whistles leading up to this. Hathaway came off the bench trying to agitate Cirelli, so I think Wes was just trying to make sure the game didn't turn into a brawl.
Not his Call at that point!.... @@Wayf4rer
@@charlottemeloneyyeah it certainly is, he's a ref Charlotte.
Torts is the man. Always entertaining. For the most part I would think the majority of the fans agree with him when he goes off on the refs. Gotta love him for speaking his mind.
He gets very emotional really quickly. So easy to get him upset.
Not the biggest of Torts fan, but I absolutely hate Refs lack of accountability in this league. They can do what ever they please as if they are not human too and can't be biased or wrong. Anyone says one word to stand up for themselves and it's a fine. It's completely bogus and the worst part of this league. In this case, the ref should have had a game misconduct too but instead he gets to turtle behind the league. Torts was entertaining though and I got a good laugh out of it.
The 10 minute misconduct doesn't give the other team a power play for 10 minutes... the player just can't play for the next 10 minutes. Actually not a bad call considering he could have got a 2 minute and his team shorthanded.
Isn’t Torts a giant toxic asshole?, or is that only Babcock?
I also generally agree with him when he goes off on the media
God I love that man. Not even a fan of any team he's ever coached, but he's my favorite.
Agreed. I follow the Panthers and Canucks. I was so jacked up when Torts signed in Vancouver but it was a disaster and not his fault. The team was full of self-centered, panty-waists at the time. It was a tragic misuse of his talents.
@@esperago as a suffering canucks fan I was so happy when Torts was hired.. Figured finally someone will toughen up the Twinkies .. Would have been exactly what the team needed , unfortunately the ownership forced a muzzle on him. At least we got a glimpse against Calgary
As a pens fan I love torts. Some of those calls were complete bullshit
Torts is a gem
What a coward of a man MaCauley is standing on the opposite side of the ice staring at Torts.
He's a punk....
actually torts would get destroyed by mcauley
Wes left his balls at the hotel room, that is if he even has any to begin with 😂.
Man? Way too much praise for that pos.
@@ryanfriesen4366no sir.
There is something special about how awful the refs are this year. Kinda really makes one wonder if gambling has not only been embraced by the NHL but has the NHL embraced Gambling? Its highly likely that officials have been deciding games more than players lately
Would not be shocking since the NFL, NBA and NASCAR is all full of sport betting suspicion.
The fact that Rick Tochett is a head coach and not banned from the sport tells you all you gotta know. Pete Rose is still banned from baseball 🤷 Gretzky (whose wife was caught placing hockey bets with Tochett) and a current player (McRiggedAllstarGame) being in a sports betting commercial kind of makes me sick to my stomach.
100% accurate.
Are you serious?? That’s ridiculous. I just love hockey and want to see a real game.
na, theyre just garbage. they watch mcdavid get held and slashed all night long and oilers are lowest in league drawing penalties.
Spot on with Jomboy impressing 😭😭
Impersonation you mean
We need a Jomboy for hockey, to be honest.
@@voiceoftheguns27 100% with you. Maybe if enough of us recommend this clip to him...
Bro! Nailed the lip reading 😂😂😂
Refs have been trash all year. Wes McCauley is a joke. Classic Torts.
Wes is a legend tho
New to the league? They been trash for many years.
They just need to install cameras along all the boards and have Ai Ref at this point.
McCauley is so awful as to not even be merely a joke.
@@kylepasta A legendary pain is a$$ perhaps
Imagine Tortorella as NHL commissioner.
Friendly yearly reminder that Wes is a horrible ref that has bias and is only in the league cause of his father.
Apologies, as I am somewhat clueless. What is Wes’ last name as I wanna look this guy up?
McCauley (may have spelled it wrong but close to that)
This is a fact.
I hate how people just take it as a given he's the best ref, because he has a TINY bit of personality... I don't want my ref to have personality, like THEY are the show. Just do your GD job! And do it WELL!!
@@Duck-gk3rq Thanks
not usually on Torts side but that was some awful officiating
Lol haha bro awesome voice dubbing! You the man! Hahahha 😎
Haha thought I'd give it a go. Thanks for watching!
Referees should get fines for shitty calls like those 3 penalty
Yep... Best idea I've heard in years.
Yep, like Torts said, he can effing go !
I think that the fines should go to the referees for having both enough competence and courage for making the right call! The “Fines for Stripes” program.
Yep. The refs costed the Flyers the game and they knew it. They did it on purpose.
The referees may very well have league discipline, thr problem is that it isn't made public like coach and player discipline. That needs to change. The league should be transparent from the top down. End of story.
Wes constantly tries to make himself bigger than the game…he needs to check his ego and realize he’s a ref. And a crappy one at that. Those calls last night were simply horrible and decided the game before it could even start.
never go full angel hernandez.
I searched the internet far & wide (because I didn't watch this game) to find any kind of reporting on what actually led to Tortorella's ejection, and every where I looked, outlets were only reporting on Torterella refusing to leave the bench. No one, and I mean NO ONE, is reporting on the insanely BAD officiating that led to Tortorella's outburst. Until I find your channel & this video after 45 minutes of searching the internet. So thank you for this. Subbed for life now. Great work.
No one else wants to be fined. I'm sure Bettman would find a way to fine a media outlet, and the fine would likely be in the millions. All for more $$$ for the league so he can fun hockey in other non hockey towns....
Well you didn't get context. The game was getting out of hand and Flyers were running at Lightning players. I'm sure they were warned and randomly hit a lightning player well between plays. Still seemed a bit excessive, but not nearly as bad as everyone is pretending it was.
Torts is a legend
Wes is hockey’s version of Angel Hernandez.
Exactly what I was thinking lol.
No doubt.
andy van hellemond enters the chat.
I absolutely love Torts. He reminds me of my old gymnastics coach who always strived to make us better. Absolutely love his style.
Torts had a right to be mad. The calls made by the refs was unreal. Horrible calls, and honestly should never have happened. They all led to goals, and the ref just laughed and gave them more penalties.
and people don't believe refs change the outcome of games.
even as a lightning fan the refs were a mess
Thanks for the honesty. Flyers fans are used to having games rigged against them. But, it's not usually against The Lightning. They rigged the shit out of that game. Refs had money on that one.
@@darthollpheist1156it's especially obvious because our refs hate us in Tampa
As a Bolts fan, Torts deserve a statue
Wow.....the refs were pathetic. Thanks Gary B. for destroying the NHL
I may just be behind with Gary’s decisions. Did he make a change related to refs, or otherwise? Please catch me up here. I know he’s not the best for the league by any means, I just wonder what it is we all dislike about him.
@@briantenpenny8481 He's a dbag, simple as that
Sorry. I disagree. I played hockey, have followed hockey, and am a fan. Since 1973. Gary is the best thing that happened to the NHL. Not perfect. Who is? Think about it.
That's a good word, thanks Todd. I'm in no way making any accusations but simply trying to understand the stigma that is undeniable when people talk about him. What are some of the things you have appreciated about Gary during his tenure?@@toddm9501
@@toddm9501 Yep. It’s cool to hate Bettman, but he grew the NHL from being unnoticed, to a trajectory that may surpass the MLB & NBA in revenues.
We need more coaches standing up to Wes like this!
Lovin’ that Jomboy reference! Great job! Both you and Torts had me 😂 at the same time! 🤘🏻😎🍻
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Refs need to start being held accountable for horrible calls like these
They are.
@@RoyalMela how
@@brandondoucet9236 Same way cops are. Paid leave and then blowing their union leader.
@@RoyalMelaby held accountable, a part of their paycheck needs to be taken away for blatant calls. Sit them out for a couple games for blatant calls. Right now if a player does something stupid 4 game suspension. Torts suspended. Refs, they say bad boy stop doing that go ref tomorrow again.
@@1bossman266 So, obvious infractions shouldn't be called?
This is the NHL video of the year!
This was great. Torts is one of the best in hockey, always entertaining and speaks his mind. The ref McCauley obviously too scared to face him. I admire Tortorella for refusing to leave. I like how you read the lips of Torts when he was lashing out at the ref. Great video 👍
I saw a lot of people posting on Social Media about how unprofessional Torts was being and I defended him telling people in response that the Refs in this game were horrible, like I mean maybe the worst I've seen and that's saying something. Wes McCauley took this way too far and personal and made it all about himself instead of being a professional and going over and atleast giving Torts the professional courtesy of speaking to him before he turned it all the way up to an ejection. Im not a fan of either team mind you so I dont have a dog in this fight. Wes has had a nice reel of highlights where he is funny to people but personally I think he's one of the worst in the entire league. He always seems to be one of the offficials present in games that have bad calls. The league really needs to look into this much more deeply than just the reactions.
This league let frickin Tim Peel run rampant for too many years and that says it all..
@@rosariocannistraro3561how about Fraser and Magoo? They had a long career filled with controversy.
The context was enlightening… I doubt people were making snappy comments while knowing the whole story.
Do you include all the times Torts was warning to back off and be respectful?
Absolutely LOVED the Jomboy "shout out" and reference! Super Cool!!
Love Torts.
In my opinion I think that Wes McCauley, (yes, he’s like the only ref that makes me laugh) should not have given Torts a game misconduct. That was way too much for nothing. The refs were blowing the game so all he could do was chat with them. If I were him I would’ve just stayed out there and not left because it was a stupid game misconduct in my opinion. I don’t know about you guys but that’s what I thought. Maybe I’m wrong maybe I’m not.
The refs have all the leverage there as they can just stop the game until you leave. And since points are on the line that's worse for the teams than the refs.
1. Blowing the game? Do you have any evidence cause other than Tampas first PP? Philly was upset about things that were entirely their own fault. 2. McCauley has a reputation for tossing coaches and Torts has a reputation that pretty much any fan knows. He was in know way simply 'chatting'. This is literally as unsurprising as it gets. 3. I do not actually know what the rule would be for if he refused to leave, but I would not doubt that the refs could've assessed Philly with a forfeit
@@peter-jx3ucthe game was lost by then anyway
@@peter-jx3ucthat tripping call on the puck race was literally just not a trip either. Torts was right to be upset
@@peter-jx3uc lol, ohhhhh noes, they would've lost the game if they had to forfeit, lol.
As a canes fan, there are so frequently such horrible calls, even worse, they are inconsistent.
Same ,The stuff Svech gets called for regularly is absurd too . There's been favoritism in the league and very sketchy calls since the 70s but its all so in your face now . I've been a Whalers /Canes guy since almost the beginning and can remember the countless phantom calls especially in the 3rd and OT when playing the Bruins/Rangers/Canadiens lol .
Thank you for this fantastic video and commentary this explains it all I had only seen the end part where Tortorella wouldn’t leave the bench.
This is the context I was looking on twitter for, thanks!
Thank you for this storytelling, this is gold. :D
Torts is the GOAT. Absolutely my fav coach
A misconduct for that shove was brutal. Also, I realize diving is tough to call, but this is becoming professional soccer.
I love Torts. Fuck referees
Especially this years refs, they're dirty.
Hey, thanks so much for putting this together!! I didn’t get to watch this game and only listened to the last two periods so I wondered what had gone down. I appreciate the clarification. Just from the play-by-play, I was concerned Attard was going to be trouble. He didn’t do nuthin. 🙄 The whole thing was insane. 🧡🖤
“Doing my best Jomeboy…” it’s awesome how much of an element in sports commentary Jomeboy has become and credit to you for acknowledging it
Excellent break down! Well done video.
Wes Mccaully is a brutal ref
As Canadian I like him Wes McCauley no bias he makes me laugh every time
Thank you for doing the lip leading for us. Great little thing lol
Amazing video as always! Love seeing torts lose his cool every once in a blue moon
For all of those who are wondering, his fine is that he has been suspended for 2 game and has been fined $50,000
The 2003-2004 Stanley Cup Championship is illegitimate. Calgary won the cup in Game 6. It was in.
I thought the same thing looking for comments about that
Nope
@@pzvq4894 yes.
@@pzvq4894 Yep.
I couldn’t stop laughing for the longest time hf 😂 THANKS for the fricken laugh !!! Haven’t laughed like that in idk how long lol
God I hope Torts never retires.
I love your channel man, so good.
No passion allowed. Only Equilibrium.
Really impressed at your lip reading skills. Thanks for that.
Next Man Up, hilarious voice impression!
Great lip read dude good accuracy
As a Lightning and a Flyers fan, this is one of the coolest games Ive seen minus literally the entire game 💀
REFEREES sure showed which team they were Betting $$ on...pretty hard beating anybody when you spend most of the game shorthanded AND playing against the "officials" and other team.Favortism is Rampant this year..looks like both those Florida Teams are a lock to make the playoffs regardless of their play.
The refs didn’t allow 7 goals
They ASSISTED on them !@@GWh135
The ASSISTED on them...they weren't on Philly,they were on Tampa,the side with the shutout@@GWh135
@@GWh135they allowed how many PP?
@@ferociousfil5747 Lol you still can’t win if you don’t score. Philly was always gonna lose this game no matter your opinion
Dude, your Jomboy impression is on point. Keep throwing those in your commentaries, sh*ts legit 💯
It was a dive, I agree with Torts, Old Man Wes had it in for the Flyers, especially obvious when they stopped calling peanuts int eh 2nd.
Torts is a throwback, which I love. Flyers need to put this behind them and focus on the next game. One of those games that you flush down the toilet and forget it.
dude i absolutely loved that jomboy lip reading it was spot on
Classic Torts 😂 Honestly, he was right to be PO'd. 10 minutes is really excessive for a shove. League's too soft these days, and the officiating is god awful.
I left Amalie that night feeling like I owed the Lightning more money. We literally saw everything. '04 reunion. Tort ejected on a night we honored him. An ass kickin' by the home team. Fights every 10 minutes. What a night!
Great video
Always appreciate a Vassy SO. Too few and far between these days. Always liked Tort's passion if not his personality. I was a Bolts fan long before 2004 so Tort will always enjoy a warm place in my sportsman heart.
I love this guy!
ah im glad the rest of the league is feeling the leagues favouritism, tampa,flordia,vegas all get the same treatment :)
All the time in the top of the league for power play opportunities. Gambling world has fully penetrated Bettman ( no pun intended )
yep. as a leafs fan, it’s hard to sympathize. we keep saying it and we’re always crybabies, soft and whatever else, happened last year when the panthers beat the living shit out of the bruins and the canes, it’s happening now and it’s really hard to give a damn
Torts is a Classic!! Win OR Lose he's something to watch, ya never know what he's gonna do. Honestly, I wish the Penguins could get him as a coach- especially this year when the team is so painful to watch.
Torts For PRESIDENT! You always know EXACTLY where you stand with this MAN!
I like those acquisitions the Bolts did at the deadline. Underrated
It's rare to see an honest Pens fan when it comes to a Flyers game. Good on you.
I fucking love Torts so much. He has really whipped my franchise into shape.
The way it works in a lot of younger and less serious leagues, if a coach or fan who is thrown out and refuses to leave, the clock will run and play will not resume until they leave. This is most effective when their team is down in the score, but that is the rule regardless of who is winning
He didn't lose his mind. He just went nuts.
It’s a beautiful thing
Im an Islanders fan and I love this guy!
Finally someone give me the whole story I can't believe it it from a site I've blasted & TD several times . but hey nice job here, guy
Man if only the red wings coach would show a quarter the passion this guy has
Next Man Up being like Jomboy with the lip reading. I like that 👍👍👍
The hold was a correct call, got the wrong number. It’s on 18, who just grabs a guy and moves him to keep him from reaching the puck.
Torts is such a beauty
That’s a great coaching personality for the fact he’d rather tell the ref off personally than walk off without a fight
I love the passion that Tortorella has. He had every right to be upset at the officiating. They get super offended when someone calls them out for being shitty at their job though, so thats why Tortorella got ejected from the game.
Torquing torts! Always entertaining!
That was extremely accurate in the lip reading how did you do that?? hahhahaa
❤Tortorella❤
Armor Tampa Bay Lightning fan I appreciate John toilet he does not hold anything back
Your jomboy-like voiceover was actually pretty darn good haha
I always love watching the tortorella fun havers play
Man oh man... that was entertainment at it's finest in that game! Torts doing Torts things... he'll live on in infamy long after he is gone from behind the bench of the Flyers! LOL
Wes McCauley is a vindictive ref. There is no place for that among officials
2:27 Refs should get 10 and a game, a fine and a suspension for that call.
You’re joking right? Both the flyers feet, one right and one left, were ontop of eyssimonts left foot. How’s that not a trip?
Excellent Jomboy impression with Torts! 😂
A national treasure
As a Lightning fan, that 10 minute misconduct was way too much but a one sided penalty (provided we don't retaliate right there and then) Is definitely warranted. You don't get to be obnoxious then not pay a price for it, i'd expect that if it was one of our players doing the shoving.
You would expect it? Based on? That happens 5 times a game minimum and it's never called.
You run 5 red lights and get pulled over for one of them, does that mean the other 4 were legal? Considering this happened entirely outside the confines of the puck being in play, any other argument than his goal to be entirely obnoxious and see if he could bait an over-retaliation seems bad faith. He knew the risks, and got unlucky for being called out in this instance. Should it be called more consistently? Perhaps that's true. Was it 10 MINUTES egregious? I don't think so. If unhappy with that outcome, nothing is stopping him and other players from not engaging in those type of antics, kind of like every other player minding their business on the ice at that time.@@richardprescott5939
If you are a real hockey fan, then you love Torts. LEGEND.
Terrible officiating and Tampa seems to always benefit from it regardless of who they are playing against. They are a dirty team and their coach perpetuates it. At least Torts has integrity. Refs need to be held accountable for doing their job poorly and players, coaches, and GMs should be able to speak their minds about it, without being fined, etc.
The Flyers fans are the true mindless group. Approaching 50 years without a cup! Love it!
Torts gets a 2 game suspension, and the unending loyalty of his players.
Extra points for your JomBoy impression.
The fact that the ref didn’t have the balls to go talk to torts says everything.