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With Tocchet hire, Flyers made it clear on Wednesday where they stand on his track record

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Charlie O'Connor
May 14, 2025
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Apr 14, 2025; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet on the bench against the San Jose Sharks in the third period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-Imagn Images

Rick Tocchet's NHL head coaching resume is a fascinating example of how one's perspective impacts their interpretation of a set of facts.
So to quote an early 1990s legal drama, these are the facts of the case, and they are undisputed.
Tocchet has been an NHL head coach for 638 regular season games, and 22 more in the playoffs. He's won 286 of those games (11 more in the playoffs). He has a career points percentage of 0.517, which would put his teams on pace to finish with about 85 standings points per year in an 82-game schedule. His teams have made the playoffs twice in nine head coaching seasons (seven full seasons), winning a playoff series and then losing a playoff series in each run. H...

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