Rick Tocchet

Rick Tocchet is the head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, hired in May 2025 by the club he played eleven seasons for. Tocchet won the Stanley Cup as a player with Pittsburgh in 1992 and two more as a Penguins assistant coach. Tocchet won the Jack Adams Award with Vancouver in 2024.

Role	Head coach, Philadelphia Flyers, since May 2025
Born	9 April 1964, Scarborough, Ontario
Drafted	121st overall, 1983, by Philadelphia
Playing career	1,144 GP, 440 G, 952 P, 2,972 PIM
Coached	Tampa Bay, Arizona, Vancouver, Philadelphia
Honours	Stanley Cup 1992 as a player; 2016 and 2017 as an assistant
Award	Jack Adams 2024

Garnet Hathaway roasted after ”worst blunder you’ll ever see”

How did he miss that?

Paul Bissonnette hilariously interviews Rick Tocchet

This is too funny!

Paul Bissonnette once got into a fight with Rick Tocchet in a hotel

Things got heated!

Rick Tocchet was taught a lesson in first game with Mario Lemieux

Mario Lemieux was special. He was drafted first overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and entered the league with the Pittsburgh Penguins with high expectations. Lemieux was a generational talent, and he didn’t take ...

Biz Nasty and Henrik Lundqvist put on awesome show for Canucks’ new head coach Rick Tocchet live on TNT

TNT continues to be the fans’ favorite national broadcast team. Since the crew started with their NHL broadcasts, they’ve made it entertaining, and it’s as much about telling great stories, making jokes, and laughing as ...

Wayne Gretzky made the most daring bets with his players

Wayne Gretzky is the greatest player of all time. He’s still known as The Great One, and most of his incredible NHL records will never be beaten. So when Gretzky decided to end his career, ...

Rick Tocchet gives his best advice on scrums, but he wasn’t prepared for what Biz Nasty had planned

The NHL on TNT broadcasts has been a huge success this season. TNT has done a lot of great work in NBA, with Shaquille O’Neal as one of their biggest stars, and in their NHL ...

When a superstitious Sidney Crosby had a very special request about Rick Tocchet’s brand new suit

Sidney Crosby isn’t just one of the world’s best hockey players. He is, without a doubt, the most superstitious of them. Some years ago, in a layer poll conducted by the NHPA, Sidney Crosby was ...

Matthew Tkachuk can’t help but chirping Rick Tocchet, leaving him stuttering on live TV

When the NHL is on TNT, there’s no shortage of chirping. TNT’s broadcasts have been a huge success, and the reason behind that is how the broadcasts are filled with laughter and entertainment and that ...

Former NHLers Rick Tocchet and Sean Avery

Rick Tocchet once broke his only rule, just to challenge Sean Avery

Few players has received as much hate in the NHL as Sean Avery. The former forward were the ultimate agitator, and was a true champ at creating complete chaos on the ice. Avery began his ...