TIPSHEET

Compiled by Ken Chia

KNOW THIS

At the time of Mike Yeo's firing, only four NHL coaches had been with their current teams longer than him: Boston's Claude Julien, Chicago's Joel Quenneville, Arizona's Dave Tippett and the New York Islanders' Jack Capuano.

WATCH THIS

Is John Torch­etti the answer to all the Wild's woes? The first step in finding out comes in his coaching debut, at Vancouver (9 p.m., FSN).

RANDOM FANDOM

"You can blame Yeo all you want and in many cases rightly so, but this team gave up on the coach. Yesterday only a couple of players showed up ready to play, that is on the players."

— jimreg on startribune.com.

Weigh in on what you're thinking about to mrand@startribune.com

Torchetti

TWEETED

"Very sad for Mike Yeo, a class act and overall good guy. Hope the Wild can turn things around. Yeo will definitely be back in the NHL."

— Jamie Hersch, NHL Network studio host and former Fox Sports North broadcaster.

@JamieHersch