Head coach John Tortorella fired with Flyers out of NHL playoff picture

Dan Gelston · The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 27, 2025 9:59 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

The Philadelphia Flyers fired caput manager John Tortorella connected Thursday with 9 games near successful different losing play for a franchise that hasn't been successful the playoffs since 2020.

The Flyers are past successful the Metropolitan Division astatine 28-36-9 for 65 points nether the notoriously brusque Tortorella. The Flyers suffered their sixth consecutive nonaccomplishment Tuesday, 7-2 to Toronto.

Tortorella, who won a Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay successful 2004, said aft the crippled helium was not "really funny successful learning however to manager successful this benignant of season, wherever we're astatine close now. But I person to bash a amended job. So this falls connected me, getting the squad prepared to play the due mode until we get to the end."

The Flyers named Brad Shaw the interim coach, starting with Thursday's crippled against Montreal.

"John played a captious relation successful our rebuild. He acceptable a modular of play and re-established what it means to beryllium a Philadelphia Flyer," wide manager Danny Briere said. "John's passionateness connected the seat was lone equaled by his charitable enactment successful our community. As we determination into the adjacent section of this rebuild, I felt this was the champion for our squad to determination forward. I'd similar to convey John for his tireless enactment and committedness to the Flyers."