“The Canucks announced on April 29 that Tocchet would not return. His former assistant coach, Adam Foote, was promoted to the head coaching role on May 14. Tocchet was named head coach of the Flyers the same day. The Flyers and Canucks have travelled opposite paths since. Heading into Monday’s slate of games, Philadelphia sat third in the Metropolitan Division with a 19-11-7 record and was eighth in the league in points percentage (. 608). Vancouver sat at the very bottom of the NHL standings with a 15-19-3 record.”-CP
