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Joe Sacco defends Bruins after John Tortorella’s ‘dive’ comments

Bruins interim head coach Joe Sacco did not take kindly to Flyers coach John Tortorella’s comments following Saturday’s overtime win over Philadelphia.

After the Bruins’ 4-3 win over the Flyers, Tortorella opened his postgame presser by calling out the officiating and the Bruins for the number of calls that went in Boston’s favor.

“Yeah, let me start. One thing I teach my team to do is not dive,” Tortorella said. “Maybe I should start teaching them that, the way this has gone here, the way this [expletive] goes on, maybe I should start teaching them how to dive.