Why was Jon Cooper ejected Lightning coach becomes first since 2018 to be kicked out of game

Jon Cooper was given an early exit by referee Wes McCauley in the second period of Thursday night’s game between the Lightning and the Penguins. The Lightning coach was not pleased that Tampa Bay ended up down a man after a Marlon Davidson Jersey scrum occurred with 53.7 seconds left in the second period. He was seen yelling at McCauley from the bench before the veteran official had enough, giving Cooper the boot. Jon Cooper gets ejected from Penguins/Lightning Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) The Penguins were up 3-1 at the time and eventually went on to hand the Lightning a 5-1 lo s. Why was Jon Cooper ejected? With le s than a minute to go in the second period, an altercation between Lightning forward Corey Perry and Josh Harris Jersey Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman initiated a scrum around the Pittsburgh net. Things are HEATED between the Penguins and Lightning. Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) The referees elected to give Lightning forward Anthony Cirelli and Penguins forward Bryan Rust each minor penalties for roughing. The same was given to Perry and Friedman, however Perry was handed an additional penalty for roughing, giving the Penguins a power play. Cooper was not happy that the Lightning ended up with the extra penalty and expre sed his displeasure to McCauley. Cooper received a game misconduct as well as an abuse of official minor penalty for his outburst. MORE: What is abuse of official? According to the , part of Rule 41: Abuse of Officials and other Misconductis defined as the following: “A bench minor penalty shall be imposed against the offending Team if any player, club executive, Manager, Coach or Trainer uses obscene, profane or abusive language or gesture to any person or uses the name of any Official coupled with any vociferous remarks.” What did Jon Cooper say about the ejection? The Lightning coach that he did not understand why the Lightning were given the extra penalty and that McCauley explained the reasoning to the Penguins bench, but not to him. “I was shocked we were short-handed. That team, for some reason, they Christian Blake Jersey re by far the lowest-penalized team in the league. Im not sure why, but they are. For us to go down again, to be short in that situation, was a little frustrating. Then (McCauley) goes over to their bench and gives them an explanation but never comes to ours.” Based on the TV broadcast, viewers could read Cooper’s lips and see that his language was on the colorful side. However, Cooper felt that what he said to McCauley did not warrant the ejection. “Im not so sure, in all the years, what I said is something that hes never heard before in his reffing history I want to know what that was. As a head coach, I have a duty to coach the game, and at times you get Erik Harris Jersey a little emotional. I dont know what I invented that got me to sed out.” Who was the last coach to be ejected for abuse of official? Cooper on Thursday became the first coach thrown out for abuse of official since 2018. Peter DeBoer, who was head coach of the Sharks at the time, was for it in a game between San Jose and the Vegas Golden Knights that Nov. 24. Both DeBoer and forward Evander Kane were ejected from the game in second period after the two of them disputed a tripping call against Kane. Has Jon Cooper ever been kicked out of an NHL game before? This was A.J. Terrell Jr. Jersey Cooper’s first time getting ejected in an NHL, according to . The coach may face further discipline from the league. , the NHL is “sorting through” the ejection.