Brandon Prust, left, and Braydon Coburn fight in the third period. (Jean-Yves Ahern, USA TODAY Sports)
Montreal Canadiens tough guy Brandon Prust had an eventful final shift in Sunday’s 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
First, he tripped up Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, sparking a fight with Braydon Coburn. While being led off the ice, he tossed an elbow pad at the Lightning bench.
GIF Prust chucks a glove into the Bolts bench (did it belong to a Tampa player?) pic.twitter.com/6sE6pjjQc3
— Stephanie Vail (@myregularface) May 4, 2015
Lightning captain Steven Stamkos ended up tossing the pad up into the stands to a fan.
GIF: Stamkos throws Prust’s elbow pad into the stands after Prust whips it at him pic.twitter.com/mHPTZeupqA
— Stephanie Vail (@myregularface) May 4, 2015
Prust received a misconduct and game misconduct for a total of 27 minutes and 31 overall.
In a postgame interview, Prust then went off on referee Brad Watson, who he said insulted him after a first-period penalty.
The NHL generally doesn’t take kindly to players or coaches ripping the on-ice officials, so stay tuned Monday.
Brandon Prust’s post-game comments and throwing of his elbow pad into TB bench are being reviewed by NHL. pic.twitter.com/Zc9EDO5lJE
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) May 4, 2015
