Lightning head coach John Cooper was emotional in his brief post-match press conference.
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach John Cooper was emotional in a bizarre press conference after the game after the thriller for sequels from Game 4.
Cooper answered only one question during his availability, carefully choosing his words, before mysteriously sharing that Wednesday’s loss to Colorado Avelanche was heavier than any other his club has faced in his previous years. two sessions for the Stanley Cup final.
“This one will sting a lot more than the others,” he said. “It will be difficult for me to speak. I will have to speak. I’ll talk to you tomorrow … My heart breaks for the players. “
Cooper added that reporters asking him questions would soon see what he meant and that the game still had to continue, although he did not offer further explanations before going to the locker room. Thursday’s press conference will certainly be a meeting.
While many were stunned by the strange sequence, others on Twitter quickly realized what Cooper had left with such a bitter taste in his mouth: The Avalanche put the winner in a game with too many men on the ice.
The amazing missed call in such an important match made the hockey fans around the world hesitate.
Ironically, this is not the first time Tampa has taken on a controversial penalty for too many men in an important playoff game. A little over a year ago, the Bolts were on the other side of the coin as beneficiaries of such non-knees during their final series at the conference against the New York Islanders.
Nevertheless, Avalanche’s huge victory, crowned with a winner in the game from the book of short stories by Nazem Kadri in the sequels, puts Colorado on the verge of taking its first Stanley Cup since 2001.
Avalanche will have a chance to grab this elusive and very important 16th victory in the playoffs in front of their fans in Denver on Friday.
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