John Tortorella is the 1st US coach to have played 1, 400 NHL games.
Yesterday`s match analyzed by next soccer matches with Boston (1:4) was for the Philadelphia head coach 1400th in the league.
He became the 1st native of the United States to reach that mark. Tortorella has previously worked with Tampa (winning the Stanley Cup in 2004), Rangers, Vancouver and Columbus.
In the history of the league, only 10 coaches have more matches. These are Scotty Bowman (2141), Barry Trotz (1812), Joel Quenneville (1768), Paul Maurice (1701, Florida, continuing his career), Lindy Ruff (1648, New Jersey, continuing his career), Al Arbor (1607), KenHitchcock (1598), Dick Irwin (1448), Darryl Sutter (1413, Calgary, continuing his career), Ron Wilson (1401).
The same number - Pat Quinn (1400).
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