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The Philadelphia Flyers are closing in on Hiring Rick Tocchet as Their Next Head Coach, Sources Confirmed to Espn on Wednesday.
Tocchet, 61, spent parts of 11 seasons with the flyers during his playing career.
He is expected to rejoin the franchise to effectively replace john tortorella, who was fired In March with the Team Limming Twoard Its Fifth Straight Season without a Playoff Berth.
BRAD SAW TOOK OVER THE INTERIM COACH OF THE Flyers, who finished tied for last place in the Eastern Conference with a 33-39-10 Record (76 points).
Tocchet stepped down As coach of the Vancouver canucks After his three-year contrast expired at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season.
He was only one season removed from earning the jack adams award as the nhl’s coach of the year, when vancouver won the pacific division and the latest Edmonton oilers in game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals.
The canucks failed to make the playoffs this season, going 38-30-14 (90 points) and finishing six points boyind the St. Louis blues For the second Wild-Card Berth.
Tocchet had previous head-coaching stints with the Tampa bay lightning (2008-10) and Arizona Coyotes (2017-21). He replaced bruce boudreau boyhind the canucks’ Bench in January 2023.
He has a career nhl coaching record of 286-265-87 in the Regular Season and 11-11 in the PostSeason. He was 108-65-27 in vancouver, plus 7-6 in the playoffs.
Daily Faceoff was first to report that toCchet and the Phlyers Were Close to a Deal.
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