{"id":334703,"date":"2025-12-09T14:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/334703\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:25:09","slug":"craig-berube-left-unconvinced-by-toronto-maple-leafs-bobby-mcmann-ejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/334703\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Berube left unconvinced by Toronto Maple Leafs’ Bobby McMann ejection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> head coach Craig Berube<\/a> appeared to be left unconvinced after winger Bobby McMann<\/a> received a match penalty for high-sticking against the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

McMann was thrown out of the contest during a break in play after reacting to a cross-check from Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/a> by swinging his stick towards the head of the Lightning winger.<\/p>\n

The penalty offset the five-minute major that Lighting forward Gage Goncalves<\/a> received for kneeing Maple Leafs defenceman Dakota Mermis<\/a> just seconds earlier.<\/p>\n

Toronto was up 1-0 at the time of the third-period penalties and held off the Lightning, adding a late empty-netter to complete the 2-0 victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a tough one. It really is,\u201d Berube said of McMann\u2019s penalty. \u201cI have to look at it more closely, which I didn\u2019t. From our view on the bench, I couldn\u2019t really see it too well. I\u2019ll take a look at it, but I had a tough time with that, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of receiving a match penalty, under Rule 21, McMann is \u201csuspended from further competition until the commissioner has ruled on the issue.\u201c<\/p>\n

Goncalves could also face supplemental discipline for his knee-on-knee hit to Mermis, who left the game and did not return. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, it is a knee. I think it is a good call, the five-minute major,\u201d Berube said of that penalty. <\/p>\n

Berube said the extent of Mermis\u2019 injury will be determined on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The Maple Leafs, who improved to 14-11-4 with the win, will host the San Jose Sharks<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Craig Berube appeared to be left unconvinced after winger Bobby McMann received a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,147180,49,48,448,82,74650],"class_list":["post-334703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-bobby-mcmann-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8482259","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-maple-leafs-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}