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The Vancouver Canucks have named John Tortorella the 17th head coach in team history, replacing Alain Vigneault, who was fired following a first-round exit at the hands of the San Jose Sharks. The 55-year-old Boston native carries with him both a history of success and controversy over his time as a bench boss in the NHL. The question is; is he the right choice to coach the Canucks? Tortorella had his best season as an NHL head coach in 2003-04, when he led the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup. He also received the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year at the end of the campaign. He spent six seasons behind the bench for the Lightning, compiling a 239-222-36-38 record before being fired after missing the playoffs in 2008. After half a season away from the game, Tortorella was named head coach of the New York Rangers. He would spend five more seasons at the helm before once again finding himself out of a job. In 319 regular-season games with the Rangers, he went 171-115-29. He also reached the playoffs in four of his five seasons. His time as a head coach has not been without its controversies. In 2009, Tortorella was suspended one-game for squirting a fan with water and throwing a water bottle that struck a fan during the playoffs. He has also become known for colourful press conferences and run-ins with media members. The last seven seasons under Vigneault have been filled with near misses for the Canucks, as they have watched regular season success turn into playoff disappointment. The 2010-11 season was the closest the Canucks came to capturing the championship, as they were one game from the Stanley Cup before losing Games 6 and 7 to the Boston Bruins. General manager Mike Gillis said after the 2012-13 season that the team needed to head in a different direction if they were going to achieve at the level of their talent. "We lost consecutive games in the last two playoff years, and there comes a point in time where the message has to change and we have to be better," Gillis said at the year-end news conference. "And we simply didnt get the result we expected." Is Tortorella the right head coach to help the Vancouver Canucks get over the hump and finally win the Stanley Cup? Its Your! Call. Custom Bucks Jersey China .Y. - Rob Manfred was promoted Monday to Major League Baseballs chief operating officer, which may make him a candidate to succeed Bud Selig as commissioner. Cheap Custom Bucks Jersey . -- Ryan Blaney provided more evidence that Penske Racings No. http://www.custombucksjersey.com/ . Durant finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and Lamb scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, lifting the Thunder to a 94-88 win over San Antonio and snapping the Spurs 11-game winning streak. Oscar Robertson Jersey Large .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Bucks Jerseys China . Durant finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and Lamb scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, lifting the Thunder to a 94-88 win over San Antonio and snapping the Spurs 11-game winning streak. Gold Coast coach Neil Henry is confident the Titans can successfully argue contact from Ryan James which broke James Tedescos jaw was accidental.The Titans front-rower is facing a one-match ban after being slapped with a grade-two careless high tackle charge over his hit on the Wests Tigers youngster during Gold Coasts 19-18 win on Saturday.James will front the NRL judiciary in Sydney on Wednesday to fight the charge which the Titans feel wasnt careless or malicious.We feel that it was unavoidable and accidental contact, Henry said.While the injury is terrible and we feel for James Tedesco, in this situation when you look at the timeframe of hundredths of a second and movement, thats what it was.I think weve got a valid argument and we wouldnt be going there if we didnt think so.Henry denied the suggestion the challenge was merely a rolling of the dice, with James to face a one-game ban whether hes found guiltty or takes an early-guilty plea.ddddddddddddThats not even the point, if we thought it was clear-cut that he deserved a week or he deserved two weeks or three weeks, wed be doing that, he said.Regardless of the outcome the Titans head to bottom-placed Newcastle this weekend expecting another win to deliver them closer to ending a finals drought stretching to 2010.Henry though is urging respect be shown by his charges to the Knights, who are currently on a club-record 15-game losing run.Theyll be really keen to get a win, Henry said.Its a tough place to go and historically the Titans havent been particularly good down there.We had the win up here, round one, but we need to prove we can get away again, get the points, its crucial to our campaign.Were not good enough to relax anyway. ' ' '