Rick Tocchet Flyers career. Tocchet began his NHL playing career with the Flyers in 1983 as a draft pick of the team, and he spent his first eight seasons in Philadelphia before b

Tocchet, 61, will succeed interim boss Brad Shaw, who replaced the fired John Tortorella on March 27. He coached the Vancouver Canucks for the past 2.5 seasons.

Tocchet is returning to Philadelphia to try and usher this phase of the Flyers' rebuild toward the playoffs and, eventually, Cup contention.