John Tortorella is an accomplished NHL coach, but he has a new trophy in his sights.
The 58-year-old will coach Team USA at September's World Cup of Hockey in Toronto, and coming away with a win on the international scale would be right up there on the list of Tortorella's accolades, which include the 2003-04 Jack Adams Award and Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"For U.S. to go into Toronto, a Canadian city, fantastic hockey city, what that atmosphere is going to be like," Tortorella told CBS Sports, via NHL.com. "And to go in there and do our business and try to do it the right way, at this point in time in my career, it's going to have to rank as one of the top things because it's your country and it's the U.S. in Canada."
Tortorella, current coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, has experience in this field, earning a silver medal with Team USA at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, but he's ready for another chance.
"Totally honored to be involved with this, to represent your country," Tortorella said. "We're really looking forward to it. I was very fortunate to win the Stanley Cup, (but) to do something in this situation and try to come into a situation and win it, man oh man, I'm not sure where you'd rank that."
Team USA kicks its tournament off Sept. 17 versus Team Europe at the Air Canada Centre.
