Philadelphia Fliers on Wednesday announced to hire Rick Toccht as their new head coach.
The 61 -year -old Toket spent parts of the 11 season with flyers during his game career.
Now, he re -connects the franchise to replace John Tortorella effectively, which was fired with the team in March, moving towards his fifth straight season without a playoff berth. Brad Shaw took over as an interim coach of flyers, who tied the final place at the Eastern Conference with a 339–10 record (76 points).
“I am very happy to welcoming Rick Tocht as my head coach,” said Daniel Breeder, general manager of flyers,. “During this process it became clear that Rick was a complete coach to lead our team. He enjoyed the highest level of success as both a player and coach. Rick’s ability to teach and understand his players, jointly with his passion to win, brings out the best in different stages of his development and has earned the honor and trust of all-stars and veterans.”
Tox participated in a manner with the Vancouver Canx after the end of its three-year contract deadline at the conclusion of the 2024–25 season.
He was removed only one season from earning the Jack Adams Award as NHL’s Coach of the Year, when Vancouver won the Pacific Division and later lost to Edmonton Oilrs in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinal.
Canx failed to make playoffs this season, 38–30–14 (90 points) and six points from St. Louis Blues for the second wild card berth.
The tocchet had the previous head-cooking stents with Tampa Bay Lightning (2008–10) and Arizona Koyots (2017-21). He replaced Bruce Baudreu behind Canx’s bench in January 2023.
He has a career of 286-265-87 NHL coaching records and 11–11 in Postsen in a regular session. He was in Vancouver in 108-65-27, Plus 7-6 playoffs.
Tosket played 18 seasons from 1984-2002, 952 points (440 goals, 512 aid) and six teams with six teams mixed in 1,144 games in 2,970 penalty minutes. He formed three of his four all-star teams with flyers and won a Stanley Cup in 1992 with Pittsburgh Penguin.
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