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The first day of action over in the regionals for the NCAA tournament is in the books, and it was a productive one for the pair of Flyers prospects taking part.

The Philadelphia Flyers just scooped up one of the biggest prizes of the college free agent pool.

The Philadelphia Flyers fired John Tortorella Thursday morning but it has some competition for the most peculiar thing surrounding this hockey team that happened that day.

Oh, there was also a hockey game tonight.

*Alright folks we all know what every single Link today is going to be about: John Tortorella’s firing, which happened yesterday morning.

Flyers general manager it was time to remove John Tortorella as head coach, stating it wasn’t one particular incident or event but rather a series of things that happened over the last three weeks since the trade deadline.

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The Philadelphia Flyers made the unexpected decision to fire head coach John Tortorella on Thursday morning.