Rick Tocchet wants the Canucks to “reach a new level of fitness.” His methods of achieving his goals sure are interesting though.
Rick Tocchet is a veteran of the game and recently was announced to be the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks. Before joining the Canucks team Tocchet coached the Arizona Coyotes, leading them to the playoffs in 2020 for the first time in eight years.
Fans were very hesitant and sceptical of bringing in Tocchet at first as they had an emotional attachment to old head coach Bruce Boudreau. They flooded the teams social media pages with the hashtags #brucethereitis and #selltheteam.
However, fans have started to warm up to Rick and theirs no question that the team has started to improve over the past few weeks.
This is partially due to Rick Tocchet’s interesting workout techniques he does with the team.
Rick Tocchet wants Canucks players to 'reach another level of fitness' pic.twitter.com/ngLS9d7wpI
— B.Reynolds (@unsknnybop5) February 13, 2023
A video surfaced recently of the Canucks team all planking and waddling their way down the ice using their sticks.
The team seemed to really struggle with this activity but it sure was funny for fans to watch. Let’s hope more activities like these can help the Canucks reach a new level on the ice and win some more games next season!
The Canucks play the Nashville Predators tonight on the road.