Tortorella kicks a reporter out of his pregame press conference!

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella is notorious for having certain rules for his players and those same rules often extend to the media. One such rule for the media is that ANYONE who interrupts a press conference or media availability with a ringing phone gets a $500 fine and is immediately asked to leave the room.

Well… guess what… it happened again.

Check out this clip of today’s press conference prior to the Blue Jackets’ game against the visiting New Jersey Devils:

Classic Torts! At least nowadays though Torts can smile… but you just KNOW that behind his smile he’s seething and grinding his molars together.