{"id":672912,"date":"2026-05-16T06:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672912\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T06:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:50:13","slug":"golden-knights-docked-2nd-round-pick-john-tortorella-fined-100k-for-breaking-media-rules-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/672912\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Knights docked 2nd-round pick, John Tortorella fined $100K for breaking media rules | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella speaks after the game win against the Utah Mammoth of Game 6 in the first round of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo\/Melissa Majchrzak)<\/p>\n

By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tMay 15, 2026 | 2:04 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The NHL docked the Vegas Golden Knights a second-round pick in next month\u2019s draft and fined coach John Tortorella $100,000 on Friday for violating media access rules after their series-clinching Game 6 victory<\/a> at Anaheim on Thursday night. <\/p>\n

Tortorella refused to speak to reporters after Vegas routed the Ducks 5-1 to move on to face Colorado in the Western Conference final. The Golden Knights also did not open their locker room in accordance with league and Players\u2019 Association-negotiated regulations.<\/p>\n

The NHL in a statement announcing the punishment said the penalties for these \u201cflagrant violations\u201d come after previous warnings were issued to the Golden Knights. The team has been offered the opportunity to appeal to Commissioner Gary Bettman\u2019s office in person at the league\u2019s New York headquarters next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Golden Knights are aware of today\u2019s announcement from the NHL regarding the postgame media availability following Game 6 in Anaheim,\u201d the team said in a statement posted to social media. \u201cThe organization will have no further comment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella speaks after the game win against the Utah Mammoth of Game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,448,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-672912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672912","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=672912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}