Flyers fire John Tortorella: Philadelphia makes coaching change amid dismal stretch, promotes Brad Shaw

Philadelphia Flyers have fired coach John Tortorella, as the team is in the second place at the Eastern Conference. The team also announced that the associate coach Brad Shaw will take his reins as the temporary main coach of Philadelphia.

“Today I made the decision very difficult to move on by John as the main coach,” said Flyers Director Daniel Briere in a statement. “John played a vital role in our reconstruction. He set up a game standard and re -established what it means to be a Philadelphia flyer … As we move to the next chapter of this reconstruction, I felt that this was the best for our team to move forward.”

Tortorella spent the last three seasons as coach of the Flyers and led the team to a record 97-107-33 during this period. The flyers are currently in the reconstruction phase and are in a streak of six games, including losing 11 of their last 12 contests.

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More recently, the Flyers suffered a loss of 7-2 at the hands of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, bringing the Philadelphia record to 28-36-9 (65 points) of the year.

Shaw has been a member of Philadelphia’s technical staff since July 2022 and previously served as a temporary coach with the islanders of New York during 2005-06, accumulating a record of 18-18-4.

Tortorella was originally hired by Flyers during the low season of 2022 and was commissioned to train a young Flyers team. The Flyers failed to make the playoffs in any of the three seasons of Tortorella at the helm.

Flyers have the fifth part of birth Nhl And a choice of the first five places will probably land in the 2025 NHL project. Philadelphia has 13 options in the 2025 NHL project, including three first -round selections that Brierge has accumulated in the shops during the last seasons.