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NHL Video: 5 Angriest Coaches in Hockey

Tab BamfordOct 6, 2011

Some hockey coaches are calm, cool and collected during games. Some barely appear to move a piece of gum from one side of their mouth to the other.

Not many, though.

NHL history is chock-full of great examples of coaches with a super-short fuse. Between Joel Quenneville's forehead turning the same color as the Blackhawks' home sweaters to John Tortorella inviting media to meet him outside, hockey has given us a lot of great coach moments.

Here are a few of those moments, caught on film.

5. Marc Crawford

1 of 5

He also once challenged Scotty Bowman to fight.

4. Pat Burns

2 of 5

(NSFW) There's a little language from the should-be Hall of Famer in this clip. Fast forward to about 2:00 for the fireworks. RIP.

3. Lindy Ruff

3 of 5

A big part of his vocabulary stops at four letters.

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2. Bruce Boudreau

4 of 5

The runaway winner from last year's NHL footage on HBO, he's a lot of fun to watch.

1. John Tortorella

5 of 5

It's hard to come close to this man.

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