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John Tortorella named coach of USA World Cup team

John Tortorella on Monday was named Team USA's coach for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.An officialannouncement was made on ESPN's "SportsCenter"afterthe conclusion of the network's "Monday Night Football" broadcast. andreported the hiring earlier Monday.MORE: Tortorellalast coached in the NHL for the Canucksduring the Larry Rountree III Jersey  2013-14 season. Problems arosein January 2014 when he attemptedto enter the Flames visiting locker roomto fight head coach Bob Hartley. The league later . He was fired after the season, one year into a five-year, $10 million contract.Prior to joiningthe Canucks, Tortorellaspent eightseasons with the Lightning, winningthe Stanley Cup in 2004, and 4 1/2 years  JK Scott Jersey with the Rangers, where his teamsqualified for the playoffs three times and reached the Eastern Conference finals in 2012.He boaststhe most regular-season wins(446) of any American-born coach in NHL history.Tortorella Donald Parham Jr. Jersey also served asan a sistant coach in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouverand coached the U.S. mens national team to a sixth-place finish in the 2008 IIHF World Championship.Team USA has already namedKings president andgeneral manager andFlyers president Paul Holmgren as a sistant general manager. Derwin James Jersey The 2016 World Cup of Hockey is set totake placeSept. 17, 2016, throughOct. 1, 2016, in Toronto. It will feature teams from the United States, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Ru sia, the Czech Republic and two All-Star teams made up of young stars from North America andEurope.The 2016 tournament will be just the third World Cup of Hockey.The most recent World Cup of Hockeywas won by Team Canada in Toronto in 2004. The Troy Reeder Jersey  U.S. won the inaugural event in 1996.This article has been updated with Tortorella being named Team USA's coach.

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