Philadelphia Flyers head coach John Tortorella apologized to local media on Tuesday for a recent non-answer he gave when asked about goalie Felix Sandstrom.
"I made a terrible mistake with you guys the other night," Tortorella said. "My body language was wrong."
Tortorella was apologizing for how he acted following Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Panthers. In his post-game press conference, Tortorella was asked about Sandstrom's performance. Instead of answering, the coach raised both his hands up in the air in a sort of shrug motion, twice, then walked off the podium.
Sandstrom has made five appearances for the Flyers and three starts this season. He replaced Cal Peterson as the primary backup to Samuel Ersson at the beginning of March.
"What I should have said to you was... he's trying, Sandy's trying," Tortorella said Tuesday. "Things happened this year that put our goaltending situation into a little bit of a state of flux. Sandy did not deserve that from me, you had a perfect right to ask the question, he did not deserve that from me and it was wrong."
Ersson will start for the Flyers against the Rangers Tuesday night.
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