During Game 5 of the NHL playoffs, a tense moment unfolded when Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen was ejected for a boarding hit on New York Islanders’ defenseman Alex Romanov. The incident, which occurred in the final minutes of regulation, sparked an immediate reaction from Islanders head coach Patrick Roy, who confronted Rantanen verbally as the player exited the rink.
Rantanen, the Stars’ leading scorer with 27 points, was given a 5-minute major for boarding and ejected from the game. Roy’s outburst was captured on the broadcast, where he was heard saying,