John Robert Tortorella ( June 24, 1958 , Boston , Massachusetts , USA ) - American hockey coach and former hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets National Hockey League club. Prior to that, he coached Vancouver Canucks , New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning , with the latter he won the Stanley Cup in 2004 . Also a two-time winner of Jack Adams Eward , a prize for the best coach of the year in the NHL.
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Coaching statistics in the NHL
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Biography
During his studies at the University of Maine , he played for the local hockey team at the NCAA for three years. After completing his studies in 1981, he left for Sweden where he spent one season for HC Kristianstad from the city of the same name . Then he returned to the United States and for four years played for various clubs of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League (ACHL), after which he switched to coaching. During his career, the player has not played a single match in the NHL.
At the initial stage of his coaching career, he headed the Rochester Americans club of the American Hockey League , with whom he won the Calder Cup in 1996, and was also an assistant coach in the New Haven Nighthawks , Buffalo Sabers , Phoenix Coyotes teams, The New York Rangers .
During the 1999/2000 season , the acting head coach of the New York Rangers club, having spent 4 matches with the team and not having won a single victory, Tortorella left his post after the regular season.
In the middle of the 2000/01 season, he was hired as a temporary coach for the Tampa Bay Lightning team. Starting next season, Tortorella became the regular head coach of Lightning. According to the results of the 2002/03 regular season , Tampa Bay wins its division and for the first time under the leadership of Tortorella enters the playoffs, where he loses in five matches in the second round to the future champion New Jersey Devils . The 2003/04 season was the most successful in the history of the club and in the coaching career of Tortorella. According to the results of the regular season, Tampa becomes the champion of the Southeast Division and the winner of the Eastern Conference, losing only 3 points to the Presidential Cup to Detroit . In the playoffs , Lightning reached the finals , where they defeated Calgary Flames in seven matches and won their first Stanley Cup . At the end of the season, John Tortorella was recognized as the best coach of the year and received Jack Adams Eward .
After the 2004/05 lockout season , Tampa Bay Lightning entered the playoffs twice, but invariably lost in the first round, and in the 2007/08 season it was not able to make it to the Stanley Cup, after which John Tortorella was released from position held.
During the 2008/09 season, he led the New York Rangers, in which he spent 4 full seasons. The most successful was the 2011/12 season , in which the Rangers took 1st place in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference in the regular season, and in the playoffs reached the conference finals, where they lost to the New Jersey Devils in six matches. After losing to Boston in five games of the 2nd round of the 2013 playoffs , John Tortorella was fired. [one]
In the 2013/14 season, he headed the Vancouver Canucks [2] . On January 21, 2014, the league was disqualified for 15 days, because in the first break of the match between Vancouver and Calgary Flames , he rudely expressed to Calgary coach Bob Hartley his discontent with the dirty game of his wards and tried to get into the opponent’s locker room. [3] At the end of the season, he was unable to withdraw his team to the playoffs and Tortorella was relieved of his post. [four]
In the 2015/16 season, he replaced Todd Richards as the head coach of Columbus Blue Jackets [5] , who at that time had settled down firmly at the bottom of the standings. On March 19, 2016, John Tortorella played his 1000th regular season match in the NHL as head coach. [6] December 18, 2016 won his 500th victory in the NHL regular championships as head coach and became the first US native to reach this mark. [7]
The 2016/17 season was the most successful in club history. For the first time, Columbus was able to overcome the milestone of 100 points and gain 50 victories in the regular season. As a result, the Blue Jackets took 3rd place in the division and in the first round of the playoffs met with the Pittsburgh Penguins , which lost in five games. At the end of the season, John Tortorella was recognized as the best coach and received his second “Jack Adams World”. [8] September 12, 2018 extended the contract with Columbus for two years [9] .
Also, John Tortorella led the US team at the World Cup 2008 (6th place) and the World Cup 2016 (7th place). [10]
NHL Coaching Statistics
| Club | Season | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||
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| AND | AT | P | N | BY | Glasses | A place | AT | P | Result | ||
| New york rangers | 1999–2000 | four | 0 | 3 | one | - | one | 4th place in the Atlantic Division | - | - | did not participate (acting) |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2000-01 | 43 | 12 | 17 | one | 3 | 28 | 5th place in the Southeast Division | - | - | did not participate (acting) |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2001–02 | 82 | 27 | 40 | eleven | four | 69 | 3rd place in the Southeast Division | - | - | did not participate |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2002–03 | 82 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 93 | 1st place in the Southeast Division | 5 | 6 | Defeat in the second round (" New Jersey Devils ") |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2003–04 | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 106 | 1st place in the Southeast Division | 16 | 7 | Winning Stanley Cup Final ( Calgary Flames ) |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2005-06 | 82 | 43 | 33 | - | 6 | 92 | 2nd place in the Southeast Division | one | four | Defeat in the first round ( Ottawa Senators ) |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2006–07 | 82 | 44 | 33 | - | 5 | 93 | 2nd place in the Southeast Division | 2 | four | Defeat in the first round (New Jersey Devils) |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 2007–08 | 82 | 31 | 42 | - | 9 | 71 | 5th place in the Southeast Division | - | - | did not participate (Fired) |
| New york rangers | 2008–09 | 21 | 12 | 7 | - | 2 | 26 | 4th place in the Atlantic Division | 3 | four | Defeat in the first round ( Washington Capitals ) |
| New york rangers | 2009–10 | 82 | 38 | 33 | - | eleven | 87 | 4th place in the Atlantic Division | - | - | did not participate |
| New york rangers | 2010–11 | 82 | 44 | 33 | - | 5 | 93 | 3rd place in the Atlantic Division | one | four | Defeat in the first round (Washington Capitals) |
| New york rangers | 2011–12 | 82 | 51 | 24 | - | 7 | 109 | 1st place in the Atlantic Division | 10 | 10 | Defeat in Conference Finals (New Jersey Devils) |
| New york rangers | 2012–13 | 48 | 26 | eighteen | - | four | 56 | 2nd place in the Atlantic Division | 5 | 7 | Defeat in the second round ( Boston Bruins ) (Fired) |
| Vancouver Canucks | 2013-14 | 76 | 34 | 31 | - | eleven | 79 | 5th place in the Pacific Division | - | - | did not participate (Fired) |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 2015–16 | 75 | 34 | 33 | - | 8 | 76 | 8th place in the Capital Division | - | - | did not participate |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 2016–17 | 82 | fifty | 24 | - | 8 | 108 | 3rd place in the Capital Division | one | four | Defeat in the first round ( Pittsburgh Penguins ) |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 2017–18 | 82 | 45 | thirty | - | 7 | 97 | 4th place in the Capital Division | 2 | four | Defeat in the first round ( Washington Capitals ) |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 2018–19 | 82 | 47 | 31 | - | four | 98 | 5th place in the Capital Division | 6 | four | Lost in the second round ( Boston Bruins ) |
| Total | 1249 | 618 | 345 | 37 | 105 | 1386 | 3 division wins | 52 | 58 | 1 Stanley Cup | |
Notes
- ↑ New York Rangers fired coach
- ↑ Tortorella topped Vancouver
- ↑ Vancouver coach disqualified after being beaten in NHL match
- ↑ Tortorella fired from the post of head coach of Vancouver
- ↑ Tortorella led the Columbus
- ↑ John Tortorella held his 1,000th NHL match
- ↑ Tortorella became the first head coach - a native of the United States with 500 victories in the NHL
- ↑ NHL Awards: how it was
- ↑ Tortorella signed a new contract with Columbus until 2021
- ↑ Tortorella will lead the US national team at the World Cup