Last season, Tortorella led the Rangers to 51 wins — the second-most in franchise history — and 109 points before they were beaten in six games by New Jersey in the conference finals. He finished his Rangers tenure in fourth place on the team’s career coaching wins list. The 54-year-...
The Philadelphia Flyers interviewed former Columbus Blue Jackets and head coach John Tortorella for the team’s vacant head coaching position, according to ESPN's Kevin Weeks. I can confirm John Tortorella is one of the Coaches that has interviewed with the@NHLFlyersfor their HC vacancy.@espn@NH...
Tortorella said Friday the criticism "kind of caught me off guard, a little bit" but defended his style inside the locker room and insisted his players always know where they stand with the coaching staff. Tortorella also blasted agent Erik Lupien calling him, "a ...
"We get to talk on it. That's all we do is talk," Tortorella said Friday of the coaching staff. "But [the players] get to lean on it because they did it. We didn't do it. We direct them and try to give them what we think is the best way to play aga...