John Tortorella once tried to fight one of his own players
What a legend!
John Tortorella
John Tortorella is an American ice hockey coach and former player, born in Boston on June 24, 1958. He has coached the Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, Columbus Blue Jackets, and Philadelphia Flyers. In 2004, he won the Stanley Cup with Tampa Bay.
Tortorella is well known for his fiery temperament and has had numerous confrontations with players, coaches, officials, and journalists throughout his career.
Matvei Michkov’s hilarious text to former coach Tortorella
What a coach!
John Tortorella loses it after questions about Matvei Michkov
Torts is back at it!
John Tortorella loses it after ”dirtiest hit he’s seen in a while”
Boko Imama caught Garnet Hathaway off guard, but the officials only gave him a two-minute minor penalty. John Tortorella was absolutely livid, calling Imama’s hit “one of the dirtiest he’s seen in a while.” The ...
John Tortorella absolutely loses it on the bench after penalty no-call
Confusing no-call from referees goes viral
John Tortorella’s reaction to Michkov signing a bottle during game
He's hilarious!
John Tortorella invites Johnny Gaudreau’s father to Flyers practice
Meredith Gaudreau sends her thanks to Flyers coach
Sean Couturier’s agent publicly calls out John Tortorella, slams the veteran coach after the first healthy scratch of an NHL captain in ten(!) years
He's not happy with the healthy scratch
Lip reader now reveals John Tortorella’s shocking words to referee as he refused to leave the bench after getting ejected from game
It's exactly what we thought
John Tortorella’s hilarious first words to John Scott after trade
He had no idea what was happening!