Another piece in the NHL head coaching puzzle has been placed, as former Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet will be joining the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers announced on Wednesday that Tocchet will be the 25th head coach in franchise history.

Tocchet won the Stanley Cup as an assistant with Pittsburgh in 2016 and ’17 and played more than a decade with Philadelphia in separate stints at the start and end of his career.

Adam Foote was named coach of the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. The 53-year-old replaces Rick Tocchet, who stepped down as Canucks coach on April 29. Foote was an assistant for Vancouver the past three seasons. His only previous head coaching experience was two seasons with Kelowna of the Western Hockey League (2018-20).

The Vancouver Canucks seriously considered hiring someone with New York Rangers ties to replace Rick Tocchet as coach, before deciding

Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin detailed his reasoning for picking Adam Foote to take over from Rick Tocchet.

Tocchet, 61, succeeds interim boss Brad Shaw, who replaced the fired John Tortorella on March 27. He coached the Vancouver Canucks for the past 2.5 seasons.

After the Vancouver Canucks and Rick Tocchet parted ways, the franchise found its next head coach. Adam Foote will be replacing Tocchet, according to Darren Dreger of TSN. The move comes after a disappointing Canucks season,

Amid a dramatic head coaching search in the NHL following Rick Tocchet's exit, Elias Pettersson's Vancouver Canucks are reportedly down to two candidates to take over behind the bench.