The NHL will not discipline Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik for his knee-on-knee hit on New York Rangers forward Derek Stepan, according to TSN’s Darren Dreger.

No supplemental discipline for Brooks Orpik's hit last night on Stepan.

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Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) April 06, 2012

Orpik was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the hit.

The hit prompted Rangers coach John Tortorella to call out the Penguins after the game, calling the hit “cheap and “dirty.” From there, he called Pittsburgh an “arrogant organization” and referred to Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby as “whining” stars. He was fined $20,000 for those comments.

New York Rangers coach John Tortorella viciously ripped the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight after his team lost to the Pens, 5-2, at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

Responding to a question about the knee-on-knee hit that Pens defenseman Brooks Orpik laid on the Rangers’ Derek Stepan in the third period, Tortorella responded by calling the Penguins a dirty team, according to Sean Gentille of the Sporting News.

“It’s a cheap, dirty hit. I wonder what would happen if we did it to their two whining stars over there,” Tortorella said, referring to centers Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. “It’s one of the most arrogant organizations in the league. They whine about this stuff all the time, and look what happens.

“They’ll whine about something else over there, won’t they, starting with their two [expletive] stars.”

Orpik received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the hit, which occurred with less than five minutes left in the game. The Penguins tacked on one last goal in the final minute and cruised to victory, improving to second in the Eastern Conference with 104 points.

Rangers coach John Tortorella appeared unapologetically critical of the officiating after his team beat the Flyers, 3-2, in Monday’s Winter Classic. He called the handling of the third period “disgusting,” even suggesting NBC might have engineered a conspiracy to force overtime in the game.

Today, however, Tortorella backtracked and expressed regret for the harsh words he chose in the heat of the moment.

“I tainted the Classic with my mouth,” said Tortorella, according to the New York Times. “It was wrong with my sarcasm and frustration, and I apologize to everyone involved.”

Tortorella said that he’s already apologized for his remarks to several league executives, including NHL senior VP Colin Campbell and Flyers GM Paul Holmgren, and would like to apologize to the referees in person.

They were sarcastic comments by me at the wrong time, and it was frustration on my part,” he said. “Not for a second, in no way, time, shape or form did I think anything like that goes on with our league, or ever will. For me to question the integrity of the league, the integrity of NBC, the integrity of [officials Ian Walsh and Dennis Larue], the Flyers, the Rangers, go right on through all the people here — there’s not a chance I am thinking that way.”

Update: Tortorella has been fined $30,000 for his actions, according to ESPN.