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.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - While Travis Konecny plays for Canada at the World Championship, his NHL team found its next bench boss.

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.

PHILADELPHIA — Well, that was fast. Just like that, the Flyers are finished rebuilding. Two years ago, the club announced a “New Era of Orange,” finally admitting that both its foundation of personnel and foundational philosophy of winning now at any cost with coaches and brass who bled orange and black had been flawed for the past decade,

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.

If you're a fan of the Philadelphia Flyers—or just someone tracking the league’s most intriguing coaching sweepstakes—you’ve probably had Rick Tocchet’s name on your radar for weeks.