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Tortorella has been credited by ECHL founders [[Henry Brabham]] and [[Bill Coffey]] for coming up with the name for the league during a meeting at a Ramada Inn in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]. At the time, Tortorella was the head coach of Brabham's [[Virginia Lancers]], but he left the Lancers to become the assistant coach of the American Hockey League ([[American Hockey League|AHL]])'s [[New Haven Nighthawks]] before the ECHL's inaugural season in [[1988–89 ECHL season|1988]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Mancuso |first=Jim |title=20 Years of the ECHL |page=6 |year=2007 |publisher=ECHL}}</ref> |
Tortorella has been credited by ECHL founders [[Henry Brabham]] and [[Bill Coffey]] for coming up with the name for the league during a meeting at a Ramada Inn in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]. At the time, Tortorella was the head coach of Brabham's [[Virginia Lancers]], but he left the Lancers to become the assistant coach of the American Hockey League ([[American Hockey League|AHL]])'s [[New Haven Nighthawks]] before the ECHL's inaugural season in [[1988–89 ECHL season|1988]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Mancuso |first=Jim |title=20 Years of the ECHL |page=6 |year=2007 |publisher=ECHL}}</ref> |
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Tortorella got his first head coaching chance when [[John Muckler]] was fired with four games left in the [[1999–2000 New York Rangers season|1999-2000 season]]. His first game as a professional head coach was on April 1, 2000, which saw the Rangers tie the [[Boston Bruins]] 2–2. Tortorella went 0–3–1.<ref>https://www.nhl.com/news/john-tortorella-playing-mentor-as-he-hits-1600-games</ref> |
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===Tampa Bay Lightning=== |
===Tampa Bay Lightning=== |
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