The Flyers hired Jay Varady as an assistant coach Thursday, along with Yogi Svejkovsky. With Rick Tocchet and the Canucks, Svejkovsky oversaw the club's power play in 2024-25.

On Friday, the Flyers announced the hiring of Todd Reirden as assistant coach and Dylan Crawford as assistant/video coach, joining Jaroslav Svejkovsky and Jay Varady to form Tocchet’s trusted team.

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today they have hired Jaroslav Svejkovsky and Jay Varady as assistant coaches, according to General Manager, Daniel Briere ...

Enter Jaroslav "Yogi" Svejkovsky—a man whose name may be unfamiliar to many Flyers fans now, but whose potential impact could ripple through the team’s DNA in the right ways.

The two gentlemen will join new head coach Rick Tocchet, who was hired by the Flyers in May, for the 2025-26 season. Svejkovsky is a familiar name to Toccet, as the Czechia native has spent the ...

Jaroslav Svejkovsky and Jay Varady will be joining Tocchet in Philadelphia to be the Flyers' assistant coaches, the organization announced Thursday. “I’m excited to bring Yogi and Jay on board ...

Jaroslav “Yogi” Svejkovsky will join the Canucks’ bench next season as a part of Rick Tocchet ’s coaching staff, the team said in a release Wednesday. The former first-round pick of the ...

Jaroslav Svejkovsky, Jay Varady join Flyers' staffThe Czech Republic native had worked the previous two seasons as a skills coach and assistant with their AHL affiliate in Abbotsford. He had ...

His father, Jaroslav Svejkovsky, played 113 games across four NHL seasons with the Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning. From 1996-2000, he recorded 23 goals, 19 assists and 42 points.