articleThe Philadelphia Flyers hired Rick Tocchet as their coach Wednesday, hoping his return to the franchise will push them out of an extended rebuild and into playoff contention. Now 61, 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. "I couldn’t be more excited to lead this team back among the NHL elite where we belong," Tocchet said. Instead, they lost 11 of their last 12 games under Tortorella and won only six times over the last 25. "During this process it became clear that Rick was the absolute right coach to lead our team," Briere said.