Despite being fired by the Philadelphia Flyers, John Tortorella is eager to coach again, fueled by his passion for teaching.

Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella had plenty to talk about during Monday's news conference on NHL trade deadline day. After all, the Blue Jackets made a splash leading up to the deadline ...

Philadelphia announced Wednesday it has hired Tocchet as the 25th head coach in franchise history to replace John Tortorella, who was fired on March 27 with only nine games left in the regular season.

Rick Tocchet was hired as coach of the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. He replaces John Tortorella, who was fired March 27. Brad Shaw served as interim coach for the final nine games of the season.

Tocchet will take over from interim coach Brad Shaw, who replaced John Tortorella in late March. Tocchet stepped down from his role with the Vancouver Canucks after going 108-65-27 in his three ...

From nearly the moment that John Tortorella was fired on March 27, speculation on who would become the Philadelphia Flyers’ next coach focused on one of their former great players, Rick Tocchet.

Michkov, 20, already had quite the challenge--one he relished--in his first NHL season, playing for the notoriously stern and now-fired John Tortorella. Vorobyov knows this, but he also knows how ...

Tocchet, 61, was rumored to be the Flyers’ top choice going back to the firing of his predecessor John Tortorella; ultimately, those rumors were more true than any of us actually knew.

He replaces John Tortorella, who was fired in March. The Flyers have a five-year playoff drought. The rugged winger began and finished his 18-year NHL playing career with the Flyers, racking up ...

But Flyers general manager Daniel Briere, who was the ultimate decision-maker when it came to hiring Tocchet to replace John Tortorella, didn’t know him nearly as well. Sure, they were teammates ...