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After days of speculation, the Vancouver Canucks have finally announced John Tortorella as their head coach.
At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis introduced Tortorella as the 17th head coach of the west coast hockey club.
Tortorella brings a 13 years of NHL coaching experience to Vancouver, having previously worked with the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning in 854 regular season games — 410 wins, 340 losses, 37 ties and 67 overtime losses. Tortorella has also lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a Stanley Cup during the 2003-2004 season. In addition, he has served as an assistant coach to the New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes and Buffalo Sabres.
The Boston-born Tortorella is perhaps most well known for his brash interviews with the media. It’s hoped that during his time here in Vancouver he is able to bring much needed change to make the Canucks a Stanley Cup contender.
Interestingly enough, as Tortorella comes to Vancouver, former head coach Alain Vigneault heads to New York to fill the open coaching spot.
Source: Vancouver Canucks
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