John Tortorella was fired Thursday. The head coach, stewarding the Flyers’ rebuild, was 28-36-9 in Year 3 behind the team’s bench.

John Tortorella saw the writing on the wall for his tenure with the Philadelphia Flyers. The team had underachieved with him at the helm, which unfortunately, cost his assistants their jobs as well.

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John Tortorella popped off after another Philadelphia loss — the sixth straight on his watch — and declared he was not interested in learning how to coach a losing team in another empty season ...

Tortorella, 66, has been a mainstay behind NHL benches since his first full-time head-coaching job in Tampa. He has coached in all but two NHL seasons since taking over Tampa Bay ahead of the 2000 ...

So, he was the man for the job. As the coach, Tortorella out-won his team’s standings projections twice (2022-23 and 2023-24, per Hockey Reference) and made the Flyers a little more interesting.

The relationship between star Philadelphia Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov and fired head coach John Tortorella was much better than many have made it out to be. In fact, Michkov, as part of a 40 ...

When John Tortorella was hired as the 23rd head coach in Philadelphia Flyers history, it was never about the present. While then-general manager Chuck Fletcher wasn’t ready to begin a rebuild ...