Rick Tocchet had a lasting impact with the Penguins

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Mike Sullivan has coached in plenty of high-stakes hockey games with the Penguins.

Has won a bunch of them, too.

But Tuesday, Sullivan admitted, will be among the more emotional things he has experienced in Pittsburgh.

While a November game against the Arizona Coyotes will never match the intensity of, say, Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final, it will feel different for Sullivan because it marks the return of good friend and former Penguins assistant Rick Tocchet.

Sullivan and Tocchet played together in Arizona and were on the same staff in Tampa. They grew even closer over the past two Cup-winning seasons before Tocchet left to become a head coach again this past…