COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Every Friday morning around 9 a.m., Columbus Blue Jackets players are waiting for the email. What’s inside that email could determine how much conditioning work they’ll have to do when hockey resumes. It’s serious stuff.
Sportsnet Hockey Central have spent time over the last few weeks speaking with many of our head coaches during the paused NHL season. Take a listen.
Bob McElligott talks with Blue Jackets Head Coach John Tortorella about his team, his relationship with other coaches in the league and First Responders Night.
“The biggest thing I try to stress with young players is, ‘I want some information, too. Don’t be afraid to talk to me about some things you may see that may help you.’ All we want to do as coaches as help.”
In January, Columbus Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella and Nashville Predators head coach Peter Laviolette were deadlocked in a quest to become the first American-born coach to record 600 wins in the National Hockey League.
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