Philadelphia Flyers fire coach John Tortorella after three seasons
- The Flyers announced they have relieved John Tortorella of his duties as head coach on Thursday.
- Assistant Coach Brad Shaw will serve as the interim head coach while the Flyers seek a new head coach.
- The Flyers are in last place in the Metropolitan Division with a record of 28-36-9.
- General Manager Daniel Briere described the decision to relieve Tortorella as "very difficult.
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Mike Sielski: The Flyers didn’t fire John Tortorella. He fired himself. And his timing was right.
PHILADELPHIA — It was always going to end this way, with John Tortorella saying something incendiary that he couldn’t take back or breaking under the burden of coaching a bad team.
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