{"id":579794,"date":"2026-04-03T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/579794\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:17:08","slug":"referee-in-hot-water-after-heated-exchange-with-flyers-rookie-caught-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/579794\/","title":{"rendered":"Referee in hot water after heated exchange with Flyers rookie caught on camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A surprising on-ice moment involving referee Cody Beach is making waves after a heated exchange with Philadelphia Flyers rookie Porter Martone. <\/p>\n<p>Martone, who signed his entry-level deal with the Flyers earlier this week, is just two games into his NHL career after being selected sixth overall in the 2025 Draft. The 19-year-old joined the team immediately following his freshman season at Michigan State, stepping into the spotlight during a crucial stretch.<\/p>\n<p>In the video of last night\u2019s game, Martone gets tangled up with Detroit Red Wings defenseman Albert Johansson and appears to be looking for a call, possibly interference or elbowing. But instead of getting an explanation, the situation quickly escalates.<\/p>\n<p>Beach skates over and gets directly in Martone\u2019s face, appearing unusually forceful in his response. The interaction has caught attention not just for its intensity, but for the context: a seasoned NHL official confronting a teenager playing just his second game in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The moment has sparked debate among fans and analysts, with many questioning whether the response crossed a line.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A surprising on-ice moment involving referee Cody Beach is making waves after a heated exchange with Philadelphia Flyers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,222027,742,1112,448,80666,752,12364,23803,5458,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-579794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cody-beach","11":"tag-detroit-red-wings","12":"tag-game","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-penalty","15":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","16":"tag-porter-martone","17":"tag-referee","18":"tag-rookie","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579794","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=579794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}