Looks like the presser was cancelled last night as there were some extra-circular activities going on. I had heard some rumour that Coach Ward and the Griffins coach had an argument or verbal exchange of sorts post game after the dirty hit on Jooris. There was also a closed door players only meeting going on after the game.
http://www.abbynews.com/sports/heat/...koTWys.twitter
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Ward, meanwhile, was hot under the collar on the bench, exchanging pleasantries with his Grand Rapids counterpart Jeff Blashill and others.
The Heat coach said his quarrel wasn't with Blashill, but with an individual on the Griffins bench whom he described as "a video/statistician guy."
"He was looking at our bench like we caused the problem, when Evans just about took Jooris's head off," said Ward, adding that the same staffer had words with the Heat bench at the end of a regular season game between the two teams in January in Abbotsford. "When you're a video/statistician guy sitting on the bench all night, you have no right to challenge our team.
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It is in the AHL Bylaws to make players/coaches available after the game, however it appears that Ward apologized and spoke to the media this morning instead:
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Ward spoke with The News on Sunday and said it wasn't his directive, terming it "disappointing."
"There's no hiding in this business," he said. "There should have been an interview process."
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