COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – John Tortorella (Boston, Mass./Philadelphia Flyers), who will enter his third season as head coach of the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers this fall, and David Quinn (Cranston, R.I.), who is set to begin his first season as an assistant coach of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins in 2024-25, have been named assistant coaches for the 2025 U.S. Men’s National Team that will compete in the 4 Nations Face-Off set for Feb. 12-20, 2025, in Montreal and Boston.
The duo – who combined bring more than 60 years of coaching experience – will join John Hynes (Warwick, R.I./Minnesota Wild) in support of head coach Mike Sullivan (Marshfield, Mass./Pittsburgh Penguins) on the U.S. staff.
“We’ve got a highly accomplished coaching staff leading our team and we couldn’t be more excited about the group,” said Bill Guerin, general manager of Team USA for the 4 Nations Face-Off. “Their experiences – both unique and shared – will be a big benefit to our country as we look to bring home a championship come February.”
Between the four coaches, they’ve been involved in 26 major international tournaments either as a head coach or assistant coach for U.S. teams, including for the IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship, IIHF World Junior Championship, IIHF Women’s World Championship, IIHF Men’s World Championship, World Cup of Hockey and Olympic Winter Games.
The 4 Nations Face-Off is a four-team international tournament being staged by the NHL and NHLPA that features teams from the U.S., Canada, Finland and Sweden. The event will include round-robin play, with the teams having the best record advancing to the championship game.
About Tortorella
John Tortorella enters the 2024-25 season as the ninth all-time winningest coach in NHL history and second among Americans. Having won 742 games across his 22 seasons as an NHL bench boss, the Boston native’s career has included leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to the club's first Stanley Cup in franchise history in 2004.
After 10 seasons as an NHL assistant coach starting in 1989, including stints with the Buffalo Sabres, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning, Tortorella began his time as an NHL head coach full-time in 2000-01 with the Lightning where he spent seven seasons behind the bench. He went on to serve for five years as head coach of the Rangers, spent one season guiding the Vancouver Canucks, completed six years with Columbus Blue Jackets and will start his third season with Philadelphia in 2024-25.
USA HOCKEY EXPERIENCE
On the international stage, most recently Tortorella served as head coach of Team USA for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. He was an assistant coach for the silver medal-winning 2010 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team and also served as head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team for the 2008 IIHF Men’s World Championship and associate coach for the U.S. in the 2005 IIHF Men’s World Championship.
AS A PLAYER
Tortorella began his playing career at Salem State College before transferring to the University of Maine. He spent three seasons with the Black Bears and was twice named an Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star. After playing in Sweden, Tortorella competed in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League with Virginia, Hampton Roads and Erie.
About Quinn
David Quinn has more than 30 years of coaching experience, including at the junior, collegiate, international and professional levels.
His NHL experience includes stops with four teams, including the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he will embark on his first season as an assistant coach in 2024-25. He has also previously served as the head coach for the New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks and was as an assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche.
Quinn, who was a head coach at USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program for two seasons (2002-24), has spent 19 years in the collegiate coaching ranks, including as an assistant men’s ice hockey coach at Northeastern University (1993-96) and the University of Nebraska-Omaha (1996-2002). He was also associate men’s ice hockey head coach at Boston University for five seasons (2004-09) and served as the Terriers head men’s ice hockey coach from 2013-18. His resume also includes three seasons (2009-12) as head coach with Lake Erie of the AHL.
USA HOCKEY EXPERIENCE
Quinn is a veteran with USA Hockey on the international staff, with his tenure highlighted by serving as head coach of the 2022 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team. His first international experience came as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team in both 1999 and 2000. He has also served as an assistant coach for the 2003 U.S. Under-18 Men’s National Team, the 2005 U.S. National Junior Team and the 2007, 2012, and 2016 U.S. Men’s National Teams. In addition, Quinn was the head coach for both the 2022 and 2023 U.S. Men’s National Teams.
AS A PLAYER
Selected in the first round (13th overall) by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft, Quinn’s playing career ended prematurely after he was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder. Prior to his career-ending, Quinn was an All-Hockey East and All-New England defenseman at Boston University. A co-captain during his senior year in 1987-88, Quinn was also a member of the U.S. National Junior Team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1986 IIHF World Junior Championship, the country’s first-ever medal in the event.
