Islanders coach confronts Stars player with verbal attack after ejection for controversial boarding hit

New York Islanders caput manager Patrick Roy unleashed a verbal onslaught connected Dallas Stars guardant Mikko Rantanen aft helium was ejected for a deed connected Alex Romanov that sent the defenseman violently crashing into the boards during Tuesday night’s game. 

Rantanen, the Stars’ starring scorer with 27 points, deed Romanov from behind, which sent him crashing headfirst into the boards successful the last infinitesimal of regulation. Rantanen was fixed a 5-minute large for boarding and ejected from the game. 

Dallas Stars close helping Mikko Rantanen (96) is called for a crippled misconduct punishment for boarding New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov (28) during the 3rd play astatine the American Airlines Center successful Dallas, Texas, connected Nov. 18, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

But arsenic Rantanen exited the rink betwixt the benches, the broadcast picked up Roy’s verbal onslaught connected the NHL player. 

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"You’re not gonna f---ing decorativeness that game," helium could beryllium heard saying, seemingly successful notation to the 2 teams’ adjacent matchup successful New York.

Although calmer aft the game, Roy continued to telephone retired the hit. 

"I anticipation he’s going to beryllium okay. At this infinitesimal I don’t cognize precisely what it is," Roy told reporters astir Romanov. 

"But each I’m going to accidental is, erstwhile you spot the number, you person to laic off. Everybody knows that. You don't spell done the guy. And I’m arrogant of the mode our guys handled it afterwards. No 1 was blessed to spot idiosyncratic get wounded similar this. Like I said, to me, it's disrespectful for our guy. 

Dallas Stars close helping Mikko Rantanen (96) is called for a crippled misconduct punishment for boarding New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov (28) during the 3rd play astatine the American Airlines Center successful Dallas, Texas, connected Nov. 18, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

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"That should not beryllium portion of our game," helium added.

Romanov did not spell to the hospital, but his contiguous information was unknown. The NHL Department of Player Safety volition reappraisal the hit, but according to The Dallas Morning News, Rantanen is not expected to look further discipline. 

Stars manager Glen Gulutzan defended Rantanen aft the game, saying that helium believed the forward’s skate was clipped by Islanders defenseman Scott Mayfield, causing him to marque interaction with Romanov.

Dallas Stars close helping Mikko Rantanen (96) is led disconnected the crystal aft helium receives a crippled misconduct punishment for boarding New York Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov (not pictured) during the 3rd play astatine the American Airlines Center successful Dallas, Texas, connected Nov. 18, 2025.  (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

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"It's conscionable 1 of those hockey plays that happened. I anticipation Romanov is OK," helium said. "It's a unsafe play for everybody."

The tense crippled ended successful a 3-2 triumph for New York aft Wyatt Johnston’s would-be game-tying extremity with 0.1 seconds remaining was waved disconnected for goalie interference.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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