The Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday introduced the hiring of Rick Tocchet as their new head coach.
Tocchet, 61, spent components of 11 seasons with the Flyers throughout his enjoying profession.
Now, he rejoins the franchise to successfully exchange John Tortorella, who was fired in March with the crew limping towards its fifth straight season with no playoff berth. Brad Shaw took over because the interim coach of the Flyers, who completed tied for final place within the Japanese Convention with a 33-39-10 document (76 factors).
“I’m very blissful to welcome Rick Tocchet as our head coach,” Flyers common supervisor Daniel Briere mentioned in a launch. “Throughout this course of it turned clear that Rick was absolutely the proper coach to guide our crew. He has loved the very best degree of success each as a participant and coach. Rick’s skill to show and perceive his gamers, mixed along with his ardour for profitable, brings out the very best in younger gamers at completely different phases of their improvement and has earned the respect and confidence of extremely gifted All-Stars and veteran gamers alike.”
Tocchet parted methods with the Vancouver Canucks after his three-year contract expired on the conclusion of the 2024-25 season.
He was just one season faraway from incomes the Jack Adams Award because the NHL’s coach of the yr, when Vancouver gained the Pacific Division and later misplaced to the Edmonton Oilers in Recreation 7 of the Western Convention semifinals.
The Canucks didn’t make the playoffs this season, going 38-30-14 (90 factors) and ending six factors behind the St. Louis Blues for the second wild-card berth.
Tocchet had earlier head-coaching stints with the Tampa Bay Lightning (2008-10) and Arizona Coyotes (2017-21). He changed Bruce Boudreau behind the Canucks’ bench in January 2023.
He has a profession NHL teaching document of 286-265-87 within the common season and 11-11 within the postseason. He was 108-65-27 in Vancouver, plus 7-6 within the playoffs.
Tocchet performed 18 seasons from 1984-2002, tallying 952 factors (440 objectives, 512 assists) and a pair of,970 penalty minutes in 1,144 video games with six groups. He made three of his 4 All-Star groups with the Flyers and gained a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1992.
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