The Philadelphia Flyers job is officially open, as the team announced it was moving on from head coach John Tortorella on Thursday morning.
The Flyers, who are 38-36 on the season, released the statement just hours after the Flyers’ 7-2 road loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Brad Shaw, who was a Philadelphia assistant, will be the interim head coach of the team moving forward.
OFFICIAL: The Flyers have relieved John Tortorella of his duties as head coach. Philadelphia Flyers Associate Coach, Brad Shaw, has been named interim head coach and will assume duties immediately. https://t.co/qJuAybRMFT pic.twitter.com/saaH0u62lT
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) March 27, 2025
Let’s take a look at why the Flyers made this move, and what’s next for the team and Tortorella moving forward.
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Why did Flyers fire John Tortorella?
The news dropped as Philadelphia is on-pace to have its second losing season in three seasons under Tortorella.
After the Flyers’ 7-2 loss to Toronto, the head coach had some interesting postgame comments when asked about coaching this team during this season in general.
John Tortorella postgame comments
When asked about why the Flyers have been struggling, he told the media that he’s not really interested in learning how to coach “this type of season.” The Flyers have lost 12 out of their last 14 games on the year.
John Tortorella: “This falls on me, I’m not really interested in learning how to coach in this type of season where we’re at right now…but I have to do a better job.”#Flyers pic.twitter.com/M3LJbWdadB
— Flyers Nation (@FlyersNation) March 26, 2025
Following a 31-38 finish to his first season, the Flyers finished above-.500 last season, going 38-33.
This is a breaking news story that will be updated.
