The Tampa Bay Lightning’s head coach, Jon Cooper, spoke out about goalkeeper abuse in the NHL following the team’s first-round series loss to the in-state rival Florida Panthers.
Due to goalkeeper interference, two goals scored by the Lightning in the pivotal Game 5 of the series were disregarded.
Cooper expressed doubts about the calls, referring to them as a “turning point” in their crucial match, and expressed dissatisfaction over the fact that fights in front of the net are no longer “allowed”.
At Tampa Bay’s exit interviews on Wednesday, Cooper remarked, “It’s one of those minutes if you could just reach back and grab the words back, I would’.” “To be honest, I made a mistake, and I need to go apologize to my girls for it.
