Minnesota Wild head coach Mike Yeo had some harsh words for the San Jose Sharks following Thursday’s game, accusing them of embellishment.
The Wild lost 3-1 to the Sharks, who scored all of their goals with the power play, including a pair in the opening period. The Wild’s road record dropped to 5-8-3, which is last amongst Western Conference teams.
In fact, the Sharks had seven power plays, while the Wild had just three. And Yeo didn’t hold back his thoughts on how he felt the Sharks got those man advantages, accusing them of embellishing and calling it “embarrassing,” as per a couple of reporters that cover the Wild.
Yeo said it must be nice to draw penalties. Said Stuart's embellishment was "embarrassing" on 1st call and maybe #mnwild needs to embellish
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) December 13, 2013
It still doesn’t take away from the fact the Sharks made their power play opportunities count.
“It doesn’t matter how many times they dive, we’ve got to make sure we kill them off - or embellish, I shouldn’t say just dive,” said Yeo, as per Chad Graff of the Pioneer Press.
Yeo was particularly upset with a double-minor high-sticking call to Justin Fontaine in the first period, as per Graff.
Here's a screen grab of the penalty Yeo called, "embarrassing." Justin Fontaine called for a high stick here. pic.twitter.com/eplQvWWoMn
— Chad Graff (@ChadGraff) December 13, 2013