March 27, 2025 | 9:02am ET
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TORTORELLA OUT IN PHILLY, FLYERS NAME SHAW INTERIM HEAD COACH

 

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John Tortorella

 

The Philadelphia Flyers have relieved John Tortorella as head coach of the club and have named Brad Shaw interim head coach, effective immediately.

“Today I made the very difficult decision to move on from John as our head coach,” said Flyers GM Danny Briere. “John played a vital role in our rebuild. He set a standard of play and re-established what it means to be a Philadelphia Flyer. John's passion on the bench was only equaled by his charitable work in our community. As we move into the next chapter of this rebuild, I felt this was the best for our team to move forward. I'd like to thank John for his tireless work and commitment to the Flyers.”

Tortorella, 66, was brought on as coach of the Flyers in the 2022-23 season. He posted a 28-36-9 record over 73 games with the team this season.

A two-time winner of the Jack Adams Awards as Coach of the Year (2004, 2017), Tortorella has accumulated a career record of 770-648-37-165 over 1,620 games. He won the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004.

“On behalf of the entire Flyers organization, we would like to thank John for his dedication over the past three seasons,” said Flyers Governor Dan Hilferty and President of Hockey Operations Keith Jones. “We fully support Danny’s decision in making this change as he continues to do what is needed for the future of our organization. John Tortorella has made a positive impact throughout the Flyers organization, and we are grateful and appreciative of the opportunity to work with him. We wish John, Christine and their family all the best moving forward.”

Shaw, 60, is in his third season with the team after joining the Flyers coaching staff in July 2022. He spent the 2021-22 season as an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks. He previously served as an assistant for five years with the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2016-17 to 2020-21 where he helped lead the team to a 193-133-46 record in 372 regular season games.