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Torts threatens to ‘walk’ if cellphones go off

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Looks like we have our first official sound bite of the John Tortorella era in Vancouver. Below you can see what happened Monday when a cameraman’s phone started ringing during the head coach’s media availability at Rogers Arena.

“That’s going to be a major-league fine, I tell ya,” snapped Tortorella. “I’ll walk if cellphones go off, I’ll walk.”

Today’s relatively gentle admonishment (at least, compared to his previous run-ins with media members) has already been picked up by The Province newspaper, the Vancouver Sun newspaper, Metro newspaper, and the video was clipped by TSN.ca -- just in case Torts was still wondering if he’d be under the microscope coaching in a Canadian city.

The Canucks host the San Jose Sharks tonight in a preseason game.

In the meantime, here’s a classic Torts-versus-the-media moment.

Related: Tortorella wants better working relationship with Vancouver media