Rick Tocchet

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CanadaCanada  Rick Tocchet Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 9, 1964
place of birth Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 97 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 6th lap, 121st position
Philadelphia Flyers
Career stations
1981-1984 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1984-1992 Philadelphia Flyers
1992-1994 Pittsburgh Penguins
1994-1996 Los Angeles Kings
1996-1997 Boston Bruins
1997 Washington Capitals
1997-2000 Phoenix Coyotes
2000-2002 Philadelphia Flyers
CanadaCanada  Rick Tocchet
Rick Tocchet
Coaching stations
2002-2003 Colorado Avalanche ( Assistant Trainer )
2005-2006 Phoenix Coyotes ( Assistant Trainer )
2008-2009 Tampa Bay Lightning ( Assistant Coach )
2009-2010 Tampa Bay Lightning
2014-2017 Pittsburgh Penguins ( assistant coach )
since 2017 Arizona Coyotes

Richard "Rick" Tocchet (born April 9, 1964 in Scarborough , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Philadelphia Flyers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Los Angeles Kings , Boston Bruins , Washington Capitals and Phoenix Coyotes in the National from 1984 to 2002 Hockey League played.

After finishing his playing career, Tocchet worked for some time as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning . He then worked as a television presenter for Comcast . He has been the head coach of the Arizona Coyotes since summer 2017 .

Origin and youth

Tocchet's parents, Norma and Nat, came from the Dolomites in northern Italy and emigrated to Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto in the eastern Canadian province of Ontario, in 1951, where Tocchet's father found work as an auto mechanic. According to Gene Hart, the Tocchet family entered Canada via Germany and originally had the (presumably Germanized) family name "Toket". Why the parents of Tocchets in Canada again used the Italian spelling of their name is not known.

Tocchet has two older brothers, Andy and Dany, with whom he competed in the athletic field as a child. Tocchet attributes his assertiveness not least to this initial family situation. Tocchet's favorite club in the 1970s was not the Toronto Maple Leafs from his hometown, but the Canadiens de Montréal . Their famous right winger and five-time Stanley Cup winner Guy Lafleur describes Tocchet as his great sporting role model.

Career

Tocchet's exemplary career as a professional ice hockey player, executive player and Stanley Cup winner spanned 18 years and was marked by great successes but also some setbacks. Because of his achievements and his extraordinary stamina, he is now considered one of the most successful 'power forwards' in recent NHL history, as he repeatedly managed to stand out both playfully and physically.

Junior time with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

Tocchet played three seasons for Sault Ste during his junior years . Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League .

In the 1981/82 season he reached only seven goals and 15 assists in 59 games and Tocchet was particularly noticeable for his aggressive and enthusiastic game on the gang, which earned him 184 penalty minutes.

In the following season 1982/83, however, Tocchet succeeded in increasing his offensive skills considerably, without, however, losing hardness and intensity. He was able to increase his goal production to 32 hits in 66 games and the improved interaction with his teammates also enabled Tocchet to make a total of 34 assists, so that he achieved an average rate of exactly one scorer point per use. This significant increase in performance did not go unnoticed and so Tocchet was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1983 in the 6th round in 121st place by the Philadelphia Flyers .

Obviously spurred on by the interest of the well-known NHL club, Tocchet screwed his scoring for the greyhounds in the 1983/84 season to 44 hits and with now 64 assists in 64 games also demonstrated his increasing playmaking qualities. Tocchet had thus exceeded the mark of more than 100 scorer points in one season at a time that was strongly influenced by Wayne Gretzky . Since he also fit into the overall concept of the Philadelphia Flyers, who tried to rejuvenate the aging squad, with his physical and enthusiastic style of play, which did not shy away from fistfights, he managed to jump into the regular formation of this NHL- before the 1984/85 season at the age of twenty. Teams.

Philadelphia Flyers

In his rookie season 1984/85 Tocchet immediately succeeded in moving into the Stanley Cup final series with the heavily rejuvenated Flyers , where, however, the Edmonton Oilers had to be beaten in seven games. In the fifth game Tocchet managed the winning goal to 4: 3, which forced a sixth game in Philadelphia. Over the years, the rough leg Tocchet developed into a productive striker who never avoided a fight in the NHL.

In 1987 he won the Canada Cup with Team Canada , at that time the unofficial world championship of professional ice hockey, which was held in North America.

In the 1988/89 season Tocchet was appointed to the NHL All-Star Game for the first time .

In the 1989/90 season , Tocchet failed as the Flyers' best scorer just barely at the 100 point mark and reached 15th place in the overall scorer ranking of the NHL. Tocchet was therefore invited again to the NHL All-Star Game. In April 1990 Tocchet was awarded the Bobby Clarke Trophy for his outstanding achievements in the past season, which is given annually to the most valuable player in the Flyers in the season just ended.

His always exemplary commitment and his growing offensive qualities meant that Tocchet was finally appointed in the 1990/91 NHL season as the successor to Ron Sutter as captain of the increasingly unsuccessful team. In 1991 Tocchet won the Canada Cup for the second time and was also called up for the third time in the NHL All-Star Game.

Pittsburgh Penguins and Stanley Cup win

In 1992, at his own request, he was given in exchange for Mark Recchi to the reigning defending champion and arch-rival, the Pittsburgh Penguins . There he could do his part to defend his title and won the Stanley Cup . The next was his most successful season with 109 points.

End of active playing career

This was followed by a varied time with the Los Angeles Kings , Boston Bruins , Washington Capitals and the Phoenix Coyotes , but Tocchet returned to Philadelphia in his old days. In the 2001/02 season he ended his active career after 14 games. As an NHL player, Tocchet embodied the almost perfect combination of toughness and scorer qualities. Only Pat Verbeek could score more goals with a comparable number of penalty minutes.

Coaching career

After finishing his active career, Tocchet initially hired the Colorado Avalanche as an assistant coach. From 2003 he was an assistant behind the gang of the Phoenix Coyotes and represented head coach Wayne Gretzky when he was temporarily unavailable because he was taking care of his sick mother. From summer 2008 he was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning coaching staff and was their head coach until April 2010. After a change of ownership, Tocchet was fired along with General Manager Brian Lawton . In summer 2014 he was introduced as the new assistant coach at the Pittsburgh Penguins , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2016 and 2017. He then returned to the Arizona Coyotes in July 2017, who hired him as head coach and successor to Dave Tippett .

Proceedings for illegal betting transactions

On February 6, 2006, Rick Tocchet was charged with illegal football betting. Even Janet Jones , the wife of Wayne Gretzky , should be involved in the betting shops. Tocchet and Jones announced on May 8, 2006 that they were reserving the right to sue the state of New Jersey for reputational damage for $ 50 million each.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1981/82 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 59 7th 15th 22nd 184 11 1 1 2 28
1982/83 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 66 32 34 66 146 16 4th 13 17th 67
1983/84 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL 64 44 64 108 209 16 22nd 14th 36 41
1984/85 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 14th 25th 39 181 19th 3 4th 7th 72
1985/86 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 69 14th 21st 35 284 5 1 2 3 26th
1986/87 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 69 21st 28 49 228 26th 11 10 21st 72
1987/88 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 65 31 33 64 299 5 1 4th 5 55
1988/89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 45 36 81 183 16 6th 6th 12 69
1989/90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 37 59 96 196 - - - - -
1990/91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 70 40 31 71 150 - - - - -
1991/92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 42 13 16 29 102 - - - - -
1991/92 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 19th 14th 16 30th 49 14th 6th 13 19th 24
1992/93 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 48 61 109 252 12 7th 6th 13 24
1993/94 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 51 14th 26th 40 134 6th 2 3 5 20th
1994/95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 36 18th 17th 35 70 - - - - -
1995/96 Los Angeles Kings NHL 44 13 23 36 117 - - - - -
1995/96 Boston Bruins NHL 27 16 8th 24 64 5 4th 0 4th 21st
1996/97 Boston Bruins NHL 40 16 14th 30th 67 - - - - -
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 13 5 5 10 31 - - - - -
1997/98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 68 26th 19th 45 157 6th 6th 2 8th 25th
1998/99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 81 26th 30th 56 147 7th 0 3 3 8th
1999/00 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 64 12 17th 29 67 - - - - -
1999/00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 16 3 3 6th 23 18th 5 6th 11 49
2000/01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 60 14th 22nd 36 83 6th 0 1 1 6th
2001/02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14th 0 2 2 28 - - - - -
NHL overall 1144 440 512 952 2912 145 52 60 112 471
OHL total 189 83 113 196 539 43 27 28 55 136

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Sporting successes

As a player
As a trainer

Personal awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://articles.philly.com/1989-10-05/sports/26116242_1_brian-propp-flyers-coach-paul-holmgren-mark-howe/2
  2. ↑ Gene Hart: Score! My Twenty-Five Years with The Broad Street Bullies, Chicago: Bonus Books (1990), p. 220.
  3. ↑ http://articles.philly.com/1989-10-05/sports/26116242_1_brian-propp-flyers-coach-paul-holmgren-mark-howe/3
  4. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5417
  5. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5417
  6. ↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8451925#&navid=nhl-search
  7. ↑ http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8451925#&navid=nhl-search
  8. ↑ Gene Hart: Score! My Twenty-Five Years with The Broad Street Bullies, Chicago: Bonus Books (1990), pp. 260f.
  9. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?statsleague=Italy&player=21418&team=&year=&status=&leagueid=&season=
  10. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?statsleague=Italy&player=21418&team=&year=&status=&leagueid=&season=
  11. ↑ Gene Hart: Score! My Twenty-Five Years with The Broad Street Bullies, Chicago: Bonus Books (1990), p. 298.
  12. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?statsleague=Italy&player=21418&team=&year=&status=&leagueid=&season=
  13. ↑ Gene Hart: Score! My Twenty-Five Years with The Broad Street Bullies, Chicago: Bonus Books (1990), p. 300.
  14. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?statsleague=Italy&player=21418&team=&year=&status=&leagueid=&season=
  15. ↑ sports.espn.go.com, Time to bolt: Lightning fire coach, GM
Squad of the Arizona Coyotes in the 2019-20 season
personal data
SURNAME Tocchet, Rick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tocchet, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario