John Tortorella won't return as coach of Golden Knights
The Golden Knights said the interim coach will not return after leading a late-season surge that carried Vegas to the Stanley Cup Final.
- John Tortorella will not return as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights after serving as interim coach and leading them to the Stanley Cup Final.
- General Manager Kelly McCrimmon announced the decision and thanked Tortorella for his guidance since joining the team in March.
- Tortorella was hired on March 30 after Bruce Cassidy was fired, and the team won seven of their last eight regular-season games and reached the Stanley Cup Final.
- Tortorella previously coached the Philadelphia Flyers for three seasons, winning 97 games before coaching the Golden Knights.
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The Vegas Golden Knights of the North American Ice Hockey League (NHL) announced that John Tortorella will not continue as head coach next season.
Stanley Cup finalist Vegas Golden Knights has separated from his interim coach John Tortorella! The NHL franchise from Las Vegas announced that the 67-year-old American will no longer be part of the team for the new ice hockey season.Tortorella had only been brought to Las Vegas in March and led the Golden Knights to the NHL final series, where Vegas was defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes in six games.The decision was made on Monday night (CEST…
I Hope John Tortorella Didn't Bother Unpacking
By the standards and practices of the Vegas Golden Knights, John Tortorella had it coming. His first three-game losing streak as the team's head coach was enough for Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon to decide he'd seen enough, and the fact that the three losses in question came in the Stanley Cup Finals mattered not. Team policy is team policy. Gerard Gallant, the team's first coach, got it after a four-game losing streak in 2020. Peter D…
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John Tortorella not returning as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights
John Tortorella won't return as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights after guiding them to the Stanley Cup Final on an interim basis. General manager Kelly McCrimmon announced Tuesday that Tortorella wouldn't be back. McCrimmon hired Tortorella on March 30…
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