Montreal coach didn't like 'narging'

MONTREAL, April 28 (UPI) -- Montreal Canadiens Coach Guy Carbonneau was so annoyed with a weekend incident playing Philadelphia he invented an English word based on French.

"After their goal, they started taunting our players," Carbonneau told the Toronto Sun. "Don't turn around and start narging our players."

He was referring to Philadelphia defenseman Kimmo Timonen, who appeared to be laughing at the Canadiens after the Flyers' final goal in their 4-2 victory Saturday night at Montreal's Bell Centre.

As for "narging," the Sun said it's apparently a morphed version of the French verb "narguer," which means to mock or deride.

After Timonen's gesture, Canadiens forward Tom Kostopoulos took a swing at him. He and Philadelphia's Scottie Upshall were sent off for roughing, but no power plays were rewarded.

The teams were tied 1-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinal heading for Game 3 Monday night in Philadelphia.