Posts Tagged Tortorella

  • NHL All-Star Game 2012: John Tortorella Named an Assistant Coach for All-Stars

    John Tortorella has been an NHL head coach for the past 11 years. Today he made personal history in the league. For the first time ever, John Tortorella, the winningest American-born coach in NHL history, was named an all-star.Tortorella will be one of the coaches in the game at the end of the month...

  • NHL Winter Classic 2012: Lundqvist, Tortorella Talk Penalty Shot and Referees

    PHILADELPHIA: With 20 seconds remaining in the 2012 NHL Winter Classic, the Philadelphia Flyers swarmed the New York Rangers’ net. With the puck slipping behind Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and looking like it would trickle over the goal line for the game-tying goal, the Rangers’ ...

  • NHL Winter Classic 2012 Despite the Hype, Rangers’ Tortorella Remains Focused

    On Monday, Jan. 2, the New York Rangers will face the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2012 edition of the NHL Winter Classic. If the Rangers win, their lead in the Eastern Conference will grow to three points. On the other hand, if the Flyers win in regulation, the two teams will have identical reco...

  • John Tortorella: Coach of the Year

    John Tortorella: Coach of the YearForget all pretenses you have about John Tortorella. Forget that he often fights with the media and fans, how abrasive he can be and his prior successes and failures.Forget that he won a Stanley Cup and a Jack Adams award, and forget that he was fired as coach of th...

  • The New York Rangers: Why John Tortorella Needs to Be Fired as Head Coach

    The New York Rangers saw their seven-game winning streak go up in smoke on Saturday, losing to the Montreal Canadians 4-0. The Rangers looked flat, sluggish, and all around not ready to play Saturday, and it showed on the scoreboard.But who is to blame for this? Certainly the players take some of th...

  • John Tortorella and the 20 Most Abrasive Coaches in NHL History

    Coaches can't please everyone. Whether it's youth hockey, junior hockey or the pros, certain coaches rub people the wrong way.Of course, with post-game interviews and the amount of publicity professional coaches receive, their abrasive personalities are put on center stage.Let's take a look at the 2...

  • New York Rangers: Sean Avery’s Return May Be Wasted by John Tortorella

    If one conclusion can be drawn from the handful of NHL games played thus far, it is simply that the Rangers are desperately lacking in terms of offensive depth. We're not referring to the kind of depth that a team dreams of, the kind where the third line can be counted on to chip in more than its fa...

  • John Tortorella and the 22 Most Entertaining Coaches/Management in NHL History

    Oftentimes coaches can fly under the radar. There is a special contingent of coaches, however, that manages to capture the attention of everyone in the building with their words or actions.Coaches with some personality are rare, but they are out there.So, here are the 22 most entertaining coaches in...

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