John Tortorella Suspended for Game 6

Saturday night, the NHL announced that New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella has been suspended for Game 6 of his team's playoff series with the Washington Capitals. The suspension comes in the wake of a confrontation with a fan during Friday night's 4-0 loss to the Capitals where Tortorella reportedly squirted a fan with a water bottle, and then followed it up by throwing that same bottle into the crowd after the fan had doused Tortorella with a beer.

Unfortunately, as was reported by the Washington Post late last night, the bottle that Tortorella threw hit an apparently innocent third party, something that couldn't have possibly sat well with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and the rest of the league's front office.

In the statement issued by the league's front office, NHL disciplinary czar Colin Campbell wrote, "While, in these circumstances, it always is easy to allege mitigating circumstances, the fact is we do not tolerate contact with our fans in this manner. That is communicated before each season in a memo that is issued by the League to all of the management, coaches and players of every team."

Earlier today, that same fan, Washington Capitals season-ticket holder Claudette Chandonia, told USA Today that she thought the Rangers head coach should be disciplined.