{"id":448888,"date":"2024-08-21T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=448888"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:31:33","slug":"team-usa-adds-two-experienced-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/08\/21\/team-usa-adds-two-experienced-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Adds Two Experienced Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=john+tortorella\" target=\"_self\">John Tortorella<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=david+quinn\" target=\"_self\">David Quinn<\/a> have been named assistant coaches for the United States National Team that will compete in the 2025 4 Nation&#8217;s Face-Off. This is an exciting opportunity to be apart of a best-on-best tournament, even if it only features four of the world\u2019s best countries in hockey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Tortorella and David Quinn bring more than 60 years of experience to Team USA\u2019s coaching staff for the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/4Nations?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#4Nations<\/a> Face-Off in 2025.<br \/>Details: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/06WbLKeZKl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/06WbLKeZKl<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZoG8FLRK8q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ZoG8FLRK8q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; USA Hockey (@usahockey) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usahockey\/status\/1826288167030308895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Tortorella and Quinn Join Team USA<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tortorella and Quinn join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sullimi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Sullivan<\/a> (head coach) and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=john+hynes\" target=\"_self\">John Hynes<\/a> (assistant coach). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gueribi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Guerin<\/a> is the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/02\/08\/bill-guerin-named-usa-general-manager-for-2025-4-nations-face-off-and-2026-olympics\/\" target=\"_self\">general manager<\/a> of the team.<\/p>\n<h3>Team USA&#8217;s Coaching Staff is Full of Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Newcomers and Tortorella and Quinn have a combined 60 years of coaching experience. Along with Sullivan and Hynes, the coaching staff has participated in a combined 26 international tournaments.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a highly accomplished coaching staff leading our team and we couldn\u2019t be more excited about the group,\u201d said<a href=\"https:\/\/teamusa.usahockey.com\/news_article\/show\/1316353\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Guerin<\/a>. \u201cTheir experiences \u2013 both unique and shared \u2013 will be a big benefit to our country as we look to bring home a championship come February.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Each coach will add to their coaching experience this season. Sullivan is the head coach of the the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=pittsburgh+penguins\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>. Likewise, Quinn will join Sullivan as an assistant coach. Meanwhile, Hynes coaches the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=minnesota+wild\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> and Tortorella enters his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/08\/25\/john-tortorellas-unique-personality-and-how-it-shapes-the-flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">third year<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?s=philadelphia+flyers\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>4 Nations Face-Off<\/h3>\n<p>The 4 Nations Face-Off takes place in February 2025. Boston and Montreal will host the tournament. The United States, Canada, Finland, and Sweden will put together a roster of NHL players only. The event will feature round-robin play. Furthermore, the teams having the best record advancing to the championship game.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nhl\/news\/nhl-announces-initial-rosters-for-4-nations-face-off-between-u-s-canada-sweden-and-finland\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first six players for each team<\/a> was announced.\u00a0The rosters are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Fox<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hughequ01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quinn Hughes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcavoch01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie McAvoy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/eicheja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Eichel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthau01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auston Matthews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/makarca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cale Makar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crosbsi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sidney Crosby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mackina01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nathan MacKinnon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marchbr03.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Marchand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pointbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Point<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finland<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sarosju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juuse Saros<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/heiskmi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miro Heiskanen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindees01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esa Lindell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ahose01,ahose02&amp;search=Sebastian+Aho&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sebastian Aho<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/barkoal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aleksander Barkov<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rantami01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikko Rantanen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sweden<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/forslgu02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gustav Forsling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hedmavi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Hedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/karlser01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erik Karlsson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/forsbfi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Filip Forsberg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nylanwi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Nylander<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/z\/zibanmi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mika Zibanejad<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Main photo: James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Tortorella and David Quinn have been named assistant coaches for the United States National Team that will compete in the 2025 4 Nation&#8217;s Face-Off. This is an exciting opportunity to be apart of a best-on-best tournament, even if it only features four of the world\u2019s best countries in hockey. John Tortorella and David Quinn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3464,"featured_media":448900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[304,4547,34,4548],"tags":[3868,663,1020,617],"class_list":["post-448888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-hockey","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-john-hynes","tag-john-tortorella","tag-mike-sullivan","tag-team-usa"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}