The Flyers fired coach John Tortorella on Thursday with very few games left in another losing season for a franchise that hasn’t been in the playoffs since 2020.

The team entered Thursday night’s game against the Canadiens last in the Metropolitan Division at 28-36-9 for 65 points under the notoriously brusque Tortorella.

Tortorella, who won a Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2004, said after the game he was not “really interested in learning how to coach in this type of season, where we’re at right now.”

“But I have to do a better job,” he said. “So this falls on me, getting the team prepared to play the proper way until we get to the end.”

The Flyers will get to the end without him.

The Flyers named Brad Shaw the interim coach.

The 66-year-old Tortorella, who brandished his reputation as a fiery, no-nonsense coach on a team still mostly full of young 20-somethings finding their way in the NHL, went 97-107-33 for the Flyers and was fired with one year left on his contract.

The Flyers haven’t won the Stanley Cup since the last of their two straight championships in 1975. They last played in the Stanley Cup Final in 2010.

WNBA: The Los Angeles Sparks will retire Candace Parker’s No. 3 jersey at halftime of the team’s game against the Chicago Sky on June 29.

The seven-time WNBA All-Star and former Naperville Central standout will become the third Los Angeles player to have her jersey hang in the rafters of Crypto.com Arena. She’ll join Lisa Leslie (No. 9) and Penny Toler (No. 11).

“To see my jersey hanging in the rafters amongst other legends is truly an honor. This moment is not just about me — it’s about my family, my teammates, and the incredible support from the LA Sparks organization and fans,” said Parker. “I’m grateful to my parents, who believed in me every step of the way, to my brothers who still are my heroes and to my wife and kids, who inspire me every day. “

Parker helped the franchise win its third WNBA championship in 2016 and she earned Finals MVP honors that year. She played 13 seasons with the team that drafted her first in 2008. The two-time league MVP averaged 16.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists during her time with the franchise. Parker also averaged 1.6 blocks and 1.3 steals and was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2020.