Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette exchanged words with Dallas Stars tough guy Steve Ott, and then gave Ott a shove, after the first period of Wednesday's game in Dallas.
Ott appeared to block the coach?s path back toward the dressing room as the teams were leaving the ice. Laviolette responded by trying to move the Stars forward out of his way.
After the game, Ott said the confrontation was all about allowing the Stars to exit first as a courtesy in their own building.
"It's disrespect of our building, just let our team off, it's not a big deal," Ott said. "He obviously thought that he has a higher power than everybody else and a little bit more arrogance. Of all the coaches in the whole NHL, that's probably the first time I've seen that.
"I would never do that if I was in Philadelphia in their building and had to walk through their lineup. Just let us go and show a little respect, that's all."
Laviolette refused to comment on the incident after the game, instead wanting to focus on how the Flyers' win put the team back atop the Eastern Conference standings.
"Unfortunately, the Blackhawks won," Laviolette said, meaning that the Flyers would not be atop the NHL standings, just the East. "We should probably keep it about the game because it was such a big win for our team
Ott continued to get chirpy in the second period with the Flyers? bench. Marc-Andre Bourdon dropped his gloves to try to fight Ott, but Ott never engaged him.
"I was trying to stand up for my partners," said Bourdon. "If he's chirping at others, just fight me but then Morrow got in there. He [Ott] turned around first... He's just a [bleep]."
At the end of the second period, the Flyers were instructed by officials to leave the ice through the Zamboni door at the far end of the rink.
The Flyers won the game, 4-1.
The NHL's Director of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell will get to make the call of whether or not Laviolette was in the wrong, according to Darren Dreger of TSN.ca.
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