Category: 2025 Rangers Head Coaching Search
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The Rangers have officially hired Mike Sullivan as their next head coach. Chris Drury said in a statement, “Mike Sullivan has established himself as one of the premier head coaches in the NHL. Given his numerous accomplishments throughout his coaching career – including two Stanley Cups and leading Team USA at the international level –…
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5/2/25 |10:44AM: Emily Kaplan tweets that Tortorella did speak with the Rangers but will not be re-joining the team. 10:20AM: Darren Dreger tweets that he doesn’t believe there is anything to the rumors of Tortorella joining Sullivan as an assistant coach. Arthur Staple also tweets that Tortorella won’t be on Sullivan’s staff. 5/1/25 | Emily Kaplan…
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Rick Tocchet will not return as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks next season. (Friedman) Tocchet interviewed twice with the Rangers in 2021 before they hired Gerard Gallant. Tocchet also coached JT Miller in Vancouver.
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6:03PM: Friedman said on NHL Network on Monday, “I just don’t know how after the season they had this year that the Rangers aren’t at the forefront of this making sure that no one is going to do a better job of courting Mike Sullivan than they are. In 2021 when Chris Drury got the…
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Larry Brooks writes in the NY Post that the Rangers will not reach out to Joel Quenneville in their search to replace Peter Laviolette. Brooks says that both sides likely recognize that coaching the Rangers would not “provide the softest landing” for Quenneville’s return to the NHL. (NY Post)