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Prust apologizes for all the stuff he said about referee Watson

Brandon Prust,  Ben Bishop

Brandon Prust, Ben Bishop

AP

Brandon Prust is sorry for what he said about referee Brad Watson.

The Montreal Canadiens forward offered his apology today, telling reporters he wished he could take back what he said, and that what he said was due to emotion.

What he said, in case you somehow missed it, followed Sunday’s 6-2 loss to Tampa Bay, during which Prust was given two minutes for roughing, then, after arguing with Watson, an extra two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct.

“I thought the original call was kind of soft and I let [Watson] know on the way to the penalty box,” Prust said. “He kept provoking me. He came to the box and called me every name in the book. He called me a piece of you know what, a (expletive), coward, said he’d drive me right out of this building. I kept going, ‘Yeah, OK, yeah OK, yeah OK.’ He kept on me, he kept on me. I kept saying, ‘Yeah, OK.’ I wasn’t looking at him. He teed me up.

“That’s the ref he is. He tries to play God. He tries to control the game and he did that tonight.”

Prust expects to get a call from the NHL about his remarks. He will likely be fined.

Prust’s mea culpa may also have been spurred by his coach, Michel Therrien.

“I’m old school with those things,” Therrien said yesterday, per the Canadian Press. “I’m a true believer that what’s in the dressing room should stay in the dressing room, what’s on the ice and comments should stay on the ice. And we’ll take care of that internally.”