Report: Flyers closing in on Tocchet as new head coach

The Philadelphia Flyers are closing in on hiring Rick Tocchet as their next head coach, Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli reports.

Tocchet left the Vancouver Canucks in April after three seasons despite the club's efforts to extend him.

The Flyers fired John Tortorella in March with nine games left in the regular season. Philadelphia has missed the playoffs for five straight years.

Tocchet won the Jack Adams Award in 2024 after guiding the Canucks to the postseason. Tocchet went 108-65-27 in Vancouver, but his tenure ended with a tumultuous 2024-25 campaign that resulted in the Canucks missing the playoffs.

As a player, Tocchet spent 11 seasons with the Flyers over two stints from 1984-92 and 1999-2002. He accumulated 232 goals, 508 points, and 1,815 penalty minutes in 621 games with Philadelphia.

Tocchet previously coached the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2008-10 and the Arizona Coyotes from 2017-21. He won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017 as an assistant.