Honors
Torrey was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995. He is honored with a banner in Nassau Coliseum along with Al Arbour and six of the players he drafted. While the players have their jersey numbers retired and Arbour has a similar banner with the number 1500, the number of games in which he coached the Islanders (until 2007, when he returned to coach one game, the number was 739, the number of wins he coached the Islanders to), Torrey's banner has the words "The Architect" and the image of a bowtie.
- Stanley Cup Champion - all with New York Islanders (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 as President/General Manager)
In 2001, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.
On October 23, 2010, the Florida Panthers honored Torrey by retiring the number 93, and raising a banner in his honor to the rafters. The 93 represents the year (1993) when the Panthers franchise was incorporated into the NHL.
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