The Philadelphia Flyers made it official on Wednesday, May 14, 2025: Rick Tocchet has returned "home" to Philadelphia as the 25th head coach in Flyers franchise history.

Rick Tocchet will be tasked with directing the Philadelphia Flyers' rebuild. Philadelphia announced Wednesday it has hired Tocchet as the 25th head coach in franchise history to replace John Tortorella, who was fired on March 27 with only nine games left in the regular season.

On Wednesday, sources told The Inquirer that the Flyers were closing in on a deal with Flyers’ Hall of Famer Rick Tocchet to take over as the new head coach. Here’s how social media is

Sorting through some Philadelphia Flyers mailbag questions while we await the announcement of their next head coach. (Some questions have been lightly edited for style and clarity.) The Flyers need a No.

After TSN’s Darren Dreger reported that Rick Tocchet is nearing a coaching decision, and that the Flyers are aggressive, another insider has joined the party. ESPN’s John Buccigross used his patented reporting style to share his inklings on the Philadelphia Flyers and Tocchet.

Mikhail Granlund waved goodbye to the Winnipeg Jets as they left the ice. The former Pittsburgh Penguins winger completed his first hat trick since 2017 as Dallas beat Winnipeg 3-1. It was Granlund’s night.

Former Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet may not be unemployed for long. There are three teams interested in hiring Tocchet as head coach, per TSN. They are the Seattle Kraken, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. One of those teams may have the inside track on hiring the veteran coach.