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Rick Tocchet doesn’t want any credit for Flyers’ Penguins dominance
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Rick Tocchet’s position in the Philadelphia Flyers - Pittsburgh Penguins first-round series, considering he has been on both sides of the rivalry as a player. Tocchet spent 13 years of his career between the Flyers and Penguins, with just 2.5 of those years coming in Pittsburgh. However, he did when he won his lone Stanley Cup on one of those Penguins teams alongside Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr .
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Tocchet was a polarizing hire for the Flyers before the season started, as people questioned how he would be any different from the man Philadelphia fired before him, John Tortorella. Tocchet and Tortorella coach a similar style that didn’t work out for the latter, but midway through the season, Tocchet figured something out with this team. The only thing is, the head coach is staying humble and giving all credit to the players, according to Kevin Kurz via X, formerly Twitter.
“I’ve been in the game 40 years, and I’m not just saying it, this is one of the tightest groups for me as a coach or a player,” Tocchet told reporters. “I have nothing to do with it. It’s all them.”
The Flyers now have a chance to send their rivals home in heartbreaking fashion with a four-game sweep. After stealing two games in Pittsburgh to start the season, Philadelphia rallied for a 5-2 win on Wednesday night to put themselves one step closer. Rick Tocchet’s coaching performance this season is strikingly similar to his early seasons with the Vancouver Canucks before things went south for the franchise.
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