John Tortorella News

If 1992 doesn't seem like that long ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning are going to spend the next year making you feel very old.

An abysmal season by the Montreal Canadiens has seen them finish last for the first time in franchise history, sparking panic within the organization.

Kidding aside, the man his players affectionately refer to as "Torts" is one the most ornery, fiery and intense people you'll come across in the NHL .

Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers defends his net against the New Jersey Devils during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Prudential Center.

Vinny Prospal is demanding in practice. "You get more out of practice if you don't just coast through it," he said.

On the eve of the Rangers' must-win Game 6 against the Devils at New Jersey in the 1994 Eastern Conference final, Messier guaranteed his team would force a deciding contest at Madison Square Garden.

The biggest news for the Lightning this week? The fact that their AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals have swept the Eastern Conference Finals and will be playing for the Calder Cup.

John Tortorella has reminded fans and media members during the 2012 NHL playoffs that coach press conferences can often times go bad.

PHT's Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what's happening and what we'll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

The John Tortorella Show is Broadway's newest one-man performance, a thrilling combination of drama, action and, according to a rival, comedy.

Kirk Penton goes after NBC's Pierre McGuire for not dishing the dirt on what John Tortorella and Pete DeBoer were yelling at each other during Game 4. NBC's Pierre McGuire was between the benches on Monday for Game 4 of the Rangers-Devils series, so he was able to hear what John Tortorella and Pete DeBoer were yelling at each other.

The NHL has been fortunate to have many colorful coaches with a great sense of humor that makes them funny to watch and listen to.

John Tortorella, on his way to a Stanley Cup championship eight springs ago with the Lightning, instructed Ken Hitchcock, the Flyers coach at the time, to "shut your yap." Only two months ago, he told Devils coach Peter DeBoer to "just shut up." Instead, it is Tortorella who now shuts his yap and just shuts up whenever the media demands what his ... (more)

If you took most of your news from Twitter or other social media, you would swear John Tortorella is the chief figure in the NHL playoffs.

Brad Richards is getting ready for the Rangers' latest Game 7 the same way the star forward did years ago when he was a kid with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

If you follow the New York Rangers on a regular basis, you know that head coach John Tortorella is an intense individual.

After his first season as coach of the Lightning, Steve Ludzik was relaxing on the back porch of his home with his wife, Mary Ann, in the summer of 2000 when he noticed one of his fingers was trembling.

If you've only become a Caps fan in the past three weeks or so , then you might have been shocked by theA Rangers A head coach's press conference following Saturday's loss in DC.

Back on April 30, the NHL released their three candidates for the Jack Adams Award to be handed out June 20 at the NHL Awards show in Las Vegas.