John Tortorella surrenders. The head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers was unable to prevent his players from attempting a “Michigan”-style goal.
The pilot made this confidence on Friday, when he was asked about the fact that his rookie forward Matvei Michkov tried once again to score in this way in his team’s 4-1 victory Thursday against the Detroit Red Wings .
“Yes, I lost the battle, didn’t I? I don’t think it should be part of our game, but I lost that battle,” Tortorella admitted to reporters. “I spoke with him at the beginning of the year when he was doing it every time. It only ended in turnovers.
“What I want Mich understand is that he is so good at handling and passing the puck, that when he is behind the net, he is dangerous for the opposing team. But what can I do, tell him “don’t do that”? What I did was I told him that he had to understand that there were other games to play there too, because a certain number of times he tried at the beginning of year, all he did was lose the puck.
“So, yeah, I lost that damn battle. I’m not going to try to fight… I don’t think it should be part of our game, but it is what it is. »
Michkov, who failed his Michigan goal attempt on Thursday, finished the game without a point. The 20-year-old forward has 11 goals and 27 points in 28 games this season, which places him second among the team’s leading scorers, behind Travis Konecny.
Tortorella removed Michkov from his lineup for two games in November, but he has been a regular player since.
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