An incident between John Tortorella and Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Cam York this week contributed to a deteriorating relationship between coach and team that led to Tortorella’s firing on Thursday morning, a team source said.

Three games down in the post John Tortorella era and three wins for the Philadelphia Flyers. With the shackles coming off and an aura of relief beaming off the team, the Flyers seemingly have new life breathed into them in the trio of contests since last Thursday’s shocking coaching change.

The Flyers fired John Tortorella with nine games left in his third season as head coach, a campaign mired with on-ice regression.