SUNRISE, Fla. — Jim Montgomery wasn’t playing charades, although the Bruins coach’s gesticulations suggested he might be pretty good at it.
With 7:36 left in the second period after Mason Lohrei was called for a hooking penalty in the Bruins’ 2-1 win over the Panthers in Game 5, Montgomery suggested the Panthers may have been playing up their severity of the moment.
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TV Cameras caught him pantomiming a Triple Lindy or some other diving gesture suggesting Eetu Luostarinen had been doing a little acting. Florida had been called for an embellishment penalty earlier in the game. They’d catch him gesturing again later in the game.
After the game, Montgomery was sympathetic and not critical of the officials.
“In the league in general, the embellishment is going up. Players are getting better and better at grabbing their heads, snapping their heads back. Getting hooked and going with the hook. When I was growing up Billy Barber was the guy, who was best known for it and drew a lot of penalties for it,” he said. “It makes it hard on the refs. You don’t know if the guy was really high stuck or trying to get a call.”
