Flyers Hire Rick Tocchet
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The Philadelphia Flyers have re-signed forwards Rodrigo Abols and Oscar Eklind to one-year, two-way/one way, contract extensions, according to General Manager Daniel Briere.
The Philadelphia Flyers have named former team captain and Flyers Hall of Famer Rick Tocchet as their new head coach, the organization announced on Wednesday.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - While Travis Konecny plays for Canada at the World Championship, his NHL team found its next bench boss.
The Flyers hired Tocchet on Wednesday to replace John Tortorella, who was fired March 27. Brad Shaw was interim coach for the final nine games of the season. Sanheim and Konecny represented Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off in February, where Tocchet was an assistant and helped guide it to the championship.
Philadelphia Flyers forward Matvei Michkov was involved in a car accident while vacationing in Dubai, as first reported by Alexey Shevchenko of Sport-Express on Wednesday. According to multiple sources, including Shevchenko, per Daria Tuboltseva of RG, the incident occurred on Tuesday and involved a BMW convertible rented under Michkov’s name.
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