The Flyers fell behind 2-0 for the fourth straight game, but second-period goals from Travis Konecny and Ryan Poehling erased the deficit. John Tortorella's club went to OT for the 20th time this season and dropped to 11-9 after regulation. The Flyers (28 ...

Brad Shaw is taking over the Flyers' bench in the interim for the nine games they have left this season, but now general manager Danny Brière and the front office will be commencing a head coaching search for wherever their rebuild goes next.

though he's been prone to some slumps while playing on a more defensive-minded team -- the Flyers are 26th in the league with 2.71 goals per game.

"I'm not really interested in learning how to coach in this type of season," the Flyers coach said after Philadelphia's 7-2 loss to Toronto.

John Tortorella has been fired by the Philadelphia Flyers after three seasons as head coach. Tortorella previously coached the Columbus Blue Jackets for six seasons, leading them to four playoff appearances.

The Flyers couldn’t wait to end the John Tortorella era. Philadelphia fired its head coach on Thursday morning, despite there only being nine games left in the regular season. The Flyers are currently 28-36-9 and in last place in the Metro Division.

After comments made by John Tortorella after the last game the Flyers played, a 7-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, general manager Daniel Brière decided to act immediately on replacing his team’s head coach. Tonight will be the first game for Brad Shaw in an interim role as he just tries to get a disappointing team over the finish line.

Tortorella’s club dropped 11 of its last 12 games and was outscored 52-21. It won just six times in its last 25 games. The Flyers were in full-on rebuild mode after trading five players over the ...

NHL insider Rick Dhaliwal dismissed the speculation that coach Rick Tocchet might leave Vancouver Canucks to take over the Philadelphia Flyers.