John Tortorella is not going to return as the top coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, the staff introduced Tuesday.
The information comes two days after the Golden Knights fell to the Carolina Hurricanes in six video games within the Stanley Cup Remaining.
Tortorella was employed on March 29 after Vegas abruptly fired head coach Bruce Cassidy with eight video games remaining within the common season. Underneath Tortorella, the Golden Knights completed 7-0-1 to win the Pacific Division title.
Vegas rode that momentum and dispatched each the Utah Mammoth and Anaheim Geese in six video games throughout the first two rounds of the playoffs earlier than sweeping the Colorado Avalanche within the Western Convention last.
“We thank Torts for the steering he supplied our staff since becoming a member of the group in March,” Golden Knights normal supervisor Kelly McCrimmon stated. “When the choice was made to carry Torts to Vegas, we would have liked an instantaneous influence to assist us at a pivotal level within the season. Torts’ expertise and management proved to be the enhance that we had been searching for, serving to information us to the Stanley Cup Remaining. We’re grateful for Torts’ ardour, sincerity, and dedication to our group, and we want him and his household one of the best.”
Tortorella, who turns 68 subsequent week, gave the impression to be unsure about his future following the Golden Knights’ 3-0 loss to the Hurricanes in Sport 6 on Sunday.
“I really feel very lucky how this all happened, and simply form of in a bizarre means on the finish of the 12 months,” Tortorella stated. “After which to get locked in with these guys, I simply really feel lucky to get to know the staff, get to know the group, first-class group, and simply to have the chance.
“Like I stated, I’ve needed to educate, I wish to coach. And to leap into this with this gang, I really feel so lucky.”
Tortorella’s general report as an NHL head coach is 777-648-166 with 37 ties, highlighted by a Stanley Cup-winning marketing campaign with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2003-04. The 2-time Jack Adams Award winner additionally has coached the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets and Philadelphia Flyers.
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