{"id":705630,"date":"2026-06-15T14:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705630\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:50:06","slug":"hurricanes-troll-golden-knights-john-tortorella-over-nhl-stanley-cup-final-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/705630\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes Troll Golden Knights&#8217; John Tortorella Over NHL Stanley Cup Final Quote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella didn&#8217;t ultimately call his shot, and the Carolina Hurricanes were happy to remind him of that shot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After the Golden Knights lost Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, Tortorella was confident the series would head to a decisive Game 7. He <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/49037807\/pushed-brink-hc-john-tortorella-says-vegas-not-done-yet\">told reporters<\/a> that &#8220;I&#8217;m going to leave my clothes here&#8221; in Raleigh, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Vegas won&#8217;t be heading back to the East Coast after all with Carolina winning 3-0 on Sunday night. Rest assured, though, Tortorella will get his wardrobe back:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Taylor Hall gave the Hurricanes an early lead in the first period, and that was all the offense they needed. Making his third straight start, Brandon Bussi registered 22 saves to write his name into franchise lore forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Golden Knights, meanwhile, head into a somewhat uncertain future. Having taken over for Bruce Cassidy on a short-term basis, Tortorella was <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/john-tortorella-unsure-of-future-with-vegas-golden-knights-after-stanley-cup-final-loss\">noncommittal<\/a> about his status on the bench for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Carolina may need to double-check the final destination for his suitcase when the team gets around to putting it in the mail. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella didn&#8217;t ultimately call his shot, and the Carolina Hurricanes were happy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-705630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}