{"id":12770,"date":"2017-07-11T09:07:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=12770"},"modified":"2017-07-20T00:01:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T04:01:43","slug":"rick-tocchet-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/07\/11\/rick-tocchet-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Rick Tocchet To Be Named Arizona Coyotes Head Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Coyotes head coaching search has come to an end. Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tocchri01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rick Tocchet<\/a><\/strong> will be the new head coach in Arizona. Arizona previously \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/06\/22\/arizona-coyotes-part-ways-dave-tippett\/\" target=\"_self\">parted ways with long-time head coach<\/a> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tippeda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Tippett<\/a><\/strong> right before the NHL Draft weekend in Chicago. They have been searching for his replacement ever since.<\/p>\n<p>News started to break on this last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I haven&#8217;t dug in on this one, but sounds like there&#8217;s a good possibility Rick Tocchet is the Arizona Coyotes next head coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/882940064329846784\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hearing ARIZ &amp; Rick Tocchet working on a four-year deal to become Coyotes&#8217; coach. Same term as Boughner (FLA), Green (VAN), Housley (BUF).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/883067306317930496\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 6, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Confirmation came today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can confirm Rick Tocchet is leaving the Penguins to become head coach of the Arizona Coyotes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Cook (@RonCookPG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonCookPG\/status\/884702922344411137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 11, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rick Tocchet Named Arizona Coyotes Head Coach<\/h2>\n<p>Tocchet has been one of the Penguins assistant coaches for the past three seasons, just under two full seasons under current head coach\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sullimi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Sullivan<\/a><\/strong> and a season and a bit under <strong>Mike Johnston<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Before becoming one of the Penguins assistant coaches, he provided commentary for the Philadelphia Flyers during intermissions for Comcast Sportsnet. He also was the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2008-2010. He went 53-69-10 overall before being relieved of his duties. \u00a0Tocchet was previously an assistant with the Colorado Avalanche as well as the Lightning and the Coyotes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a situation arises, I\u2019d love a shot at it,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/tocchet-in-running-for-coyotes-head-coach-1.797875\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tocchet\u00a0told TSN during this year&#8217;s Stanley Cup final<\/a>. \u201cListen, there\u2019s a lot of great coaches out there. Every year, it seems, there\u2019s a flavour of the year coach &#8211; whether it\u2019s a guy in the minors or an assistant that\u2019s winning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019m a good coach. I can work with anybody chemistry-wise. If it works out, it works out. If it doesn\u2019t, it doesn\u2019t. I\u2019m lucky in the situation I\u2019m in, this is the best job other than being a head coach, being with Mike and the Penguins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a player, Tocchet played for the Philadelphia Flyers from 1984-1992 before being traded to Pittsburgh, and playing from 1992-1997. \u00a0He also played for the Coyotes from 1997-2000. He then was an assistant coach in 2005 in Arizona under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gretzwa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wayne Gretzky<\/a> no less.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/538438114\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 70.875421% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/538438114?et=W8LxLPAvSiVsXXrdmZaTHw&amp;tld=ca&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=KtaRvqQFrDKfPcMs4wlJ3ZgrS9pMuDm337bZY4kIOIg=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"421\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Coyotes head coaching search has come to an end. Pittsburgh Penguins assistant coach Rick Tocchet will be the new head coach in Arizona. Arizona previously \u00a0parted ways with long-time head coach Dave Tippett right before the NHL Draft weekend in Chicago. They have been searching for his replacement ever since. 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